The PeeFans Sports Club

[Kupar 12,314]

6 minutes ago, JesseP said:

Oh god what am I signing myself up for

Hahaha! Nothing you don't want to my friend! You have already inspired me to do some intervals. So thank you!

[Kupar 12,314]

Well @JesseP. I just got in from some interval training 🙂 so thank you for the inspiration!

In miles, run / walk: 1.0 / 0.15;  0.85 / 0.15;  then 4 x fast 0.25 / 0.15 where 'fast' = 6:30 mins/mile pace.

Over to you 😉.

[Guest ShyPeeMan]

I like to ride and run. I've done a 2 mile run so far this week and I'll be going out again soon then tomorrow I'll be going out for a 50 mile bike ride. I'm trying to burn off my biscuit belly lol

[Kupar 12,314]

2 hours ago, ShyPeeMan said:

I like to ride and run. I've done a 2 mile run so far this week and I'll be going out again soon then tomorrow I'll be going out for a 50 mile bike ride. I'm trying to burn off my biscuit belly lol

Excellent 🙂. Then you can treat yourself to another packet of biscuits 😉

[Guest ShyPeeMan]

@Kupar problem is I'll burn off 1 and eat 2 as a reward lol

[harry_jones_1975 562]

Did a 10k run with a beautiful friend recently but she wouldn't let me stop and pee en route. We are aiming for a half marathon next year which definitely deserves a pee stop lol

[Kupar 12,314]

2 hours ago, harry_jones_1975 said:

Did a 10k run with a beautiful friend recently but she wouldn't let me stop and pee en route. We are aiming for a half marathon next year which definitely deserves a pee stop lol

Good luck with the training for that 🙂 You never know, we might both be running the same races without knowing it 😉 

[harry_jones_1975 562]

23 minutes ago, Kupar said:

Good luck with the training for that 🙂 You never know, we might both be running the same races without knowing it 😉 

If you pass a little blonde telling a bloke in glasses you are not peeing yet. That would be us lol

[Guest ShyPeeMan]

45 mile ride this morning, out nice n early to enjoy quiet roads

[Kupar 12,314]

2 minutes ago, ShyPeeMan said:

45 mile ride this morning, out nice n early to enjoy quiet roads

Nice one  Just a couple of biscuits-worth, I reckon 😉. I'll go out for a 10k run after coffee this morning. You've inspired me.

[Kupar 12,314]

Building back the distance gradually. 10k this morning in 52:16. Lots of work still to do.

But I got out there, and ... I even did some quad, hamstring and groin stretches immediately afterwards, and took my vest off to walk the half mile home (it's 15 degrees and 90% relative humidity out the this morning), so I'm feeling good about myself 🙂 

[harry_jones_1975 562]

I can maintain that pace to 7k but then always get some sort of niggle and end up in minor discomfort the last 3k which slows me down. Great effort. 

[Guest ShyPeeMan]

5 hours ago, Kupar said:

Building back the distance gradually. 10k this morning in 52:16. Lots of work still to do.

But I got out there, and ... I even did some quad, hamstring and groin stretches immediately afterwards, and took my vest off to walk the half mile home (it's 15 degrees and 90% relative humidity out the this morning), so I'm feeling good about myself 🙂 

I'm slowly build up to 10k, the most I've run is 8.4

[Kupar 12,314]

22 minutes ago, ShyPeeMan said:

I'm slowly build up to 10k, the most I've run is 8.4

You'll get there 🙂

[Kupar 12,314]

So my run this morning wasn't particularly fast or long, but I did do it wearing a Spiderman costume (obviously without the beanie hat pulled down over my face - that would have been silly).

And this being England, no-one gave me a second look. Except for a very cute, fit young lady cyclist who flashed a lovely smile as she passed me, which was nice! 

[Kupar 12,314]

Ha! "Cross training" today. By which I mean I cycled 11 and and a bit miles into town, drank a couple of pints with a friend, then cycled home. On my trusty hybrid, along dead flat paths, it was 22.3 miles in total at 12 mph. But ... is it too late to ask for a suspension seatpost for Christmas? I don't care about the power delivery efficiency, I just want my sitting bones not to hurt any more.

[gldenwetgoose 20,205]

1 hour ago, Kupar said:

Ha! "Cross training" today. By which I mean I cycled 11 and and a bit miles into town, drank a couple of pints with a friend, then cycled home. On my trusty hybrid, along dead flat paths, it was 22.3 miles in total at 12 mph. But ... is it too late to ask for a suspension seatpost for Christmas? I don't care about the power delivery efficiency, I just want my sitting bones not to hurt any more.

My sitting bones have definitely softened up...  or the nerves around them have regained their sensitivity since I stopped cycling as much as I was.  One potential solution is to do more...   so they say.

[harry_jones_1975 562]

Way to far in this cold. A mile to the station is far enough for me. 

[Kupar 12,314]

17 hours ago, Kupar said:

Ha! "Cross training" today. By which I mean I cycled 11 and and a bit miles into town, drank a couple of pints with a friend, then cycled home. On my trusty hybrid, along dead flat paths, it was 22.3 miles in total at 12 mph. But ... is it too late to ask for a suspension seatpost for Christmas? I don't care about the power delivery efficiency, I just want my sitting bones not to hurt any more.

Just out of interest, I compared the heart rates as measured by my running watch (so not necessarily particularly accurate) for a typical run and my cycling yesterday, to see if cycling like I do it is a decent cardiovascular workout.

And, no, it's not really: the max heart rate during cycling was only 121, with an average of only 71 (!! I might as well have stayed at home with my feet up on the sofa). But during my last 10k training run a few days ago, the max heart rate was 216 (yes, I know, I should be dead) and the average was 176.

Conclusion - pedal faster!

[Sophie 22,990]

I'm not sure if this counts, apologies if it doesn't. 

My good friend, Katherine , is getting a road bike this Christmas as a present from her husband,complete with clipless pedals. She's never ridden clipless before but she got the shoes today and she asked me if I had any advice. We had a little chat and a couple of hours later we met up so she could have a little practice ride on my bike. 

She hopped on my bike and I explained the basics to her, how to clip in and most importantly, how to unclip. We spent about half hour with her riding about the car park getting used to the narrower tyres, starting and stopping etc. She did great! Took to it like a duck to water. We decided to go for a short ride somewhere more exciting than an empty car park of an office building, her on my bike with me following behind on hers. 

Everything was going great until we hit a red traffic light about 15 minutes later. We slowed down to stop at the lights and then I heard a squeal as Katherine slowly toppled over next to me. She was laid on the floor in a fit of giggles, still attached to the bike! "It was going so well!" Thankfully there was nobody else around so she didn't get too embarrassed. I helped untangle her and we carried on with our ride without incident, she did really well! She can't wait to get on her bike next week and didn't want to give me mine back lol. 

[Kupar 12,314]

11 minutes ago, Sophie said:

I'm not sure if this counts, apologies if it doesn't. 

My good friend, Katherine , is getting a road bike this Christmas as a present from her husband,complete with clipless pedals. She's never ridden clipless before but she got the shoes today and she asked me if I had any advice. We had a little chat and a couple of hours later we met up so she could have a little practice ride on my bike. 

She hopped on my bike and I explained the basics to her, how to clip in and most importantly, how to unclip. We spent about half hour with her riding about the car park getting used to the narrower tyres, starting and stopping etc. She did great! Took to it like a duck to water. We decided to go for a short ride somewhere more exciting than an empty car park of an office building, her on my bike with me following behind on hers. 

Everything was going great until we hit a red traffic light about 15 minutes later. We slowed down to stop at the lights and then I heard a squeal as Katherine slowly toppled over next to me. She was laid on the floor in a fit of giggles, still attached to the bike! "It was going so well!" Thankfully there was nobody else around so she didn't get too embarrassed. I helped untangle her and we carried on with our ride without incident, she did really well! She can't wait to get on her bike next week and didn't want to give me mine back lol. 

I guess they take a while to get used to. I've never had a bike with clipless pedals, but I have nearly gone through the windscreen a couple of times after pressing firmly down on the 'clutch' pedal when I drive an automatic hire vehicle 😉. You don't do either thing more than a couple of times I reckon!

[likesToLick 9,709]

15 hours ago, Kupar said:

I guess they take a while to get used to. I've never had a bike with clipless pedals, but I have nearly gone through the windscreen a couple of times after pressing firmly down on the 'clutch' pedal when I drive an automatic hire vehicle 😉. You don't do either thing more than a couple of times I reckon!

Hmmmm.  Left foot braking in an automatic is a big no no!   The G-force from the braking action throws your body weight forward against the pedal,  creating a positive feedback loop. 

That said,  I do remember doing it once, about 40 years ago.  My first time in an automatic and it also had ABS.  We stopped so suddenly I felt the force in my eyeballs!

[Kupar 12,314]

1 hour ago, likesToLick said:

Hmmmm.  Left foot braking in an automatic is a big no no!   The G-force from the braking action throws your body weight forward against the pedal,  creating a positive feedback loop. 

Absolutely. Manual transmission is the norm, so driving an automatic is a rarity for me. I did have one for a year or so as a company car. Nice in most respects (Audi 80 - became the A4) but I would never willingly choose an automatic box. I like changing gear manually 🙂

[Sophie 22,990]

[willinglywet 236]

Nothing special to brag about but had a little nice walk in the fresh winter air, i was walking about 6 km and thats my usual and almost everyday routine if the weather is nice enough. Took a pic for nice sunrise at the time and that got me thinking about these times and i really think that we have to enjoy these little things now and then specially when the world is like it is now. Never have too much of a sun in our minds and hearts.