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“Cycling”
From:	Seth Dillingham	In Response To:	Top of Thread.
Date Posted:	Tuesday, May 9, 2000 7:12:43 PM	Replies:	4

Enclosures:	None.

I'm a cyclist. I love to ride my bike. I have a nice Cannondale that cost almost $1000, which I bought last year. Why a Cannondale? It's the only one I could find that fits my 6 foot 9 1/2 inch frame without spending almost $5000 on a custom frame. Thankfully, it's also the best bike I've ever owned (well, the current one is about the same as the one it replaced, which was destroyed).

Two years ago I'd built up my endurance to the point that I was riding about 35 miles per day, two to four days per week. That all came to an abrupt halt on September 8, 1998, when I was hit by a car. The accident left me with a crushed bike, a (left) collarbone which was completely snapped in two places, and a crack that ran the full length of my (left) shoulderblade all the way up into the rotator cuff of my left shoulder.

Ouch.

Last year, the year after the accident, I only rode about 240 miles total. There were a number of reasons, but I honestly don't think any sort of "accident-phobia" was one of them... after all, I did ride 240 miles.

As a result of my limited riding time, my desk job, and lack of other forms of exercise, I've put on a lot of weight and lost most of my endurance.

This year, I'm getting back into shape. I'm even keeping an online diary of which days I ride and how far.

Discussion Thread:

Cycling Diary (by Seth Dillingham at 5/9/2000)

My Cycling Diary, 2000 This is the cycling diary for 2000. See this year's. I'm a cyclist. I love to
- New Route (by Seth Dillingham at 5/11/2000)
  
  I tried out a new route today, on my bike ride. Actually, it was my regular route, plus a side street
- Ouch, I Hurt (by Seth Dillingham at 5/14/2000)
  
  After I'd finished with the wood and the stones, I went for a bike ride. 15 miles in about 63 minutes.
  - RE: Ouch, I Hurt (by Jim Woolum at 5/15/2000)
    
    Seth, Have you tried the Terry Men's Liberator bike saddle, per chance? (http://www.mtbr.com/techtalks/general/messages/5168.html,
    - RE: Ouch, I Hurt (by Seth Dillingham at 5/15/2000)
      
      On Monday, May 15, 2000 at 4:00 PM, Jim Woolum (jwoolum@onebox.com) wrote: >Have you tried the Terry
- Route Map (by Seth Dillingham at 6/4/2000)
  
  Here's the route I'm going to try today. If it works out to my liking, then it will be my official "new
- A Three-Day Week (by Seth Dillingham at 6/25/2000)
  
  Hey, I finally had another 3-ride week. Haven't done that since the first week of riding this year.
- Could It Be a Five-Ride Week? (by Seth Dillingham at 6/26/2000)
  
  In the last seven days, I've ridden four times: Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. That's pretty
  - Yes It Could! (by Seth Dillingham at 6/26/2000)
    
    I did it! I'm totally exhausted now, almost to the point of being sick, but I managed four days in a
    - Re: Yes It Could! (by Sean McMains at 6/27/2000)
      
      Go, Speed Racer, Go! Congratulations! Sean
- 500 Miles and Loving It (by Seth Dillingham at 7/16/2000)
  
  I hit the 500 mile marker, finally! To be precise, I've now ridden 506.1 miles this year. (Actually,
- Saturday's Long Ride (by Seth Dillingham at 7/23/2000)
  
  There is much that I want to remember about this ride, besides the sheer length of it (43.83 miles).
- One Down, Nineteen to Go (by Seth Dillingham at 8/2/2000)
  
  My first ride under the goal for the month of August went very nicely. My time was a couple minutes
  - Re: One Down, Nineteen to Go (by Mark Morgan at 8/2/2000)
    
    Yay! I know you've been cursing the foul weather (which, honestly, I didn't send you in exchange for
- Cycling in May (by Seth Dillingham at 8/3/2000)
  
  My Cycling Diary: May, 2000 This is the cycling diary for 2000. See this year's. I'm a cyclist. I love
  - It's Good To Improve (by Seth Dillingham at 5/16/2000)
    
    15.2 miles in 62 minutes. That's a pretty good improvement over Sunday, especially considering it was
- Cycling in June (by Seth Dillingham at 8/3/2000)
  
  My Cycling Diary: June, 2000 This is the cycling diary for 2000. See this year's. I'm a cyclist. I love
- Cycling in July (by Seth Dillingham at 8/3/2000)
  
  My Cycling Diary: July, 2000 This is the cycling diary for 2000. See this year's. I'm a cyclist. I love
- Cycling in August (by Seth Dillingham at 8/3/2000)
  
  My Cycling Diary: August, 2000 This is the cycling diary for 2000. See this year's. I'm a cyclist. I
  - August 4, 2000: 2/20+ (by Seth Dillingham at 8/4/2000)
    
    Physically, I just wasn't quite up to snuff today: just didn't have the energy that I thought I did
  - Up, Up, and Away (by Seth Dillingham at 8/9/2000)
    
    I'm pleased to see that my performance has been steadily improving since I started riding in April.
    - RE: Up, Up, and Away (by Donald W. Larson at 8/9/2000)
      
      I see you added a graph of your progress. You could probably put some of the values in an Excel spreadsheet
      - RE: Up, Up, and Away (by Seth Dillingham at 8/9/2000)
        
        Well, I wrote a script that generates the graph in Frontier, automatically, so there's no work involved
        
        RE: Up, Up, and Away (by Donald W. Larson at 8/9/2000)
        
        Curious about a script that generates a graph. Are you using a third-party tool for the output? If not,
        
        Use LibGD to Generate GIF's with Frontier (by Seth Dillingham at 8/9/2000)
        
        Don, I'm using LibGD, from Arn Lesikar. It's a DLL with a full suite of scripts that live at extensions.libGD,
  - Construction! (by Seth Dillingham at 8/9/2000)
  - August 15, 2000: 8/20+ (by Seth Dillingham at 8/15/2000)
    - RE: August 15, 2000: 8/20+ (by Donald W. Larson at 8/15/2000)
      
      Anyway, make sure you check out the performance graph on the Cyclist's Diary. That spike on 8/15 is
  - August 17, 2000: 9/20 (and loving it!) (by Seth Dillingham at 8/17/2000)
  - I've Reached the Half-Way Point (by Seth Dillingham at 8/19/2000)
  - Major Hardware Failure (by Seth Dillingham at 8/22/2000)
  - Still Climbing, but Won't Reach Twenty Rides (by Seth Dillingham at 8/26/2000)
  - I Blew It (by Seth Dillingham at 8/31/2000)
    
    I'm very unhappy about this. I was all set to get sixteen rides in the month of August. Not quite my
  - Broken Spoke (August 27, 2000) (by Seth Dillingham at 9/1/2000)
  - Comaradie, and Cooling Off... Twice (August 28, 2000) (by Seth Dillingham at 9/1/2000)
- Cycling Diary Header Text (by Seth Dillingham at 8/4/2000)
  
  This is the cycling diary for 2000. See this year's. I'm a cyclist. I love to ride, on the road, for
- Performance Graph 2000 (by Seth Dillingham at 8/9/2000)
- Cycling in September (by Seth Dillingham at 9/1/2000)
  
  My Cycling Diary: September, 2000 This is the cycling diary for 2000. See this year's. I'm a cyclist.
  - A Good Beginning for September (by Seth Dillingham at 9/1/2000)
    
    Now this is the way to start off the month: a new record speed, with a vengeance! 28.94 miles, in 96
  - September's Goal (by Seth Dillingham at 9/1/2000)
    
    My goal for the month of September is 12 rides, and at least 300 miles. Yes, that goal is significantly
  - Ho Hum... Yet Another Record (by Seth Dillingham at 9/5/2000)
  - Something to Prove (by Seth Dillingham at 9/5/2000)
    
    As September 8 approaches, I can feel myself developing an attitude. I have something to prove, to everybody
    - RE: Something to Prove (by Brian Carnell at 9/5/2000)
      
      For my 11th birthday I received a new bike and promptly managed to almost kill myself on it. It was
    - RE: Something to Prove (by Donald W. Larson at 9/5/2000)
      
      Seth, I understand apprehension in such matters but you have the willpower and perseverance to overcome
    - Re: Something to Prove (by Mark Morgan at 9/5/2000)
      
      It's also the day before my twenty-eighth birthday. Okay, I didn't need to know that you're younger
      - Re: Something to Prove (by Brian Carnell at 9/7/2000)
        
        Mark wrote: "In reality, I was screaming obscenities and random German (I'd just taken a year of it)."
        
        RE: Something to Prove (by Seth Dillingham at 9/7/2000)
        
        On Thursday, September 7, 2000 at 2:35 PM, Brian Carnell (brian@carnell.com) wrote: >That's the weirdest
    - Start Your Engines (by Seth Dillingham at 9/8/2000)
      
      It's been two years, almost to the minute, since my big accident. I'm getting ready for the long ride ,
      - Re: Start Your Engines (by Mark Morgan at 9/8/2000)
        
        It's been two years, almost to the minute, since my big accident. I'm getting ready for the long ride
      - Closure (by Seth Dillingham at 9/8/2000)
  - Taking It Easy? (by Seth Dillingham at 9/7/2000)
  - After Three Days Off (by Seth Dillingham at 9/12/2000)
  - What Are Records For? (by Seth Dillingham at 9/14/2000)
    - Re: What Are Records For? (by Sean McMains at 9/16/2000)
      
      Hey, congrats on the excellent ride! That's gotta be a great feeling! Are the clipless pedals the ones
      - RE: What Are Records For? (by Seth Dillingham at 9/16/2000)
        
        On Saturday, September 16, 2000 at 7:20 PM, Sean McMains (sean@mcmains.net) wrote: >Hey, congrats
        
        RE: What Are Records For? (by Philippe Martin at 9/16/2000)
        
        At 20:21 +0000 16/09/00, Seth Dillingham wrote: >I guess I could understand falling over when you're
        
        Re: What Are Records For? (by Sean McMains at 9/16/2000)
        
        Yes, those are the ones. You fall over on the bike, or when you try to waslk in them? Yes. :) I guess
  - Morning Rush Hour (by Seth Dillingham at 9/18/2000)
    
    I love early morning rides! I've only done two of them this year, but I'm going to try to stick with
  - More Broken Spokes! (by Seth Dillingham at 9/21/2000)
    
    I guess the rear wheel on my bike needs to be replaced. I went for a ride today, and had only gone three
    - RE: More Broken Spokes! (by Donald W. Larson at 9/21/2000)
      
      Seth, Do you know how to straighten spoke wheels? You might be able to save yourself some money by doing
    - Rolling Along (by Seth Dillingham at 9/22/2000)
      
      I had seriously considered ending my cycling season a little early this year, after the last set of
- How Could I Improve this Graph? (by Seth Dillingham at 9/16/2000)
  
  I'd like to improve the performance graph a little bit, but I need a suggestion for a statistical formula
  - RE: How Could I Improve this Graph? (by Donald W. Larson at 9/18/2000)
    
    The first number, shown in the yellow line, is my year-to-date average speed. It's actually rather meaningless,
    - RE: How Could I Improve this Graph? (by Seth Dillingham at 9/18/2000)
      
      On Monday, September 18, 2000 at 8:41 PM, Donald W. Larson (don@macrobyte.net) wrote: >(today's avg
- Shaved Off Two More Minutes (by Seth Dillingham at 6/29/2000)
  
  Now this is a serious improvement! I rode Friday through Monday, and then took Tuesday and Wednesday
Age versus Physical Performance and Endurance (by Seth Dillingham at 9/6/2000)

A report on NPR this morning, that I'm listening to as I type this, says that physiologists are starting
Cycling Season's Closed (by Seth Dillingham at 10/17/2000)

I haven't mentioned cycling here in awhile because I consider the season to be over. I have stats for
Cycling Diary (by Seth Dillingham at 4/26/2001)

While year 2001's cycling has begun in earnest, I haven't yet started publishing this year's cycling

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