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When I was in high school, I ran in cross-country. I would have joined the cycling team, too, but we didn't have one. Since I took awhile to get my driver's license, I did a lot of bicycle touring. After bending a rim on a city grate, I upgraded to a mountain bike w/ drop bars (1982) which I have dubbed the "argali" style. Before we had kids, my argali was my backup ride whenever I had car troubles (or no car at all).
Fourteen years ago, I took a job as door-to-door paper carrier, walking 9.5 miles, 2x/week, year-round. Three years later, I picked up a utility trike. In the last two years, my route was reduced to once/week. It was discontinued in January of this year. (At my peak, I had a resting heart rate in the 40s, though still a little overweight.)
Since our youngest moved out, I have had my argali tuned up (for spring/summer/fall riding) and intend to keep triking in the winter (when roads are clear).
After nine months of relative inactivity, my RHR has creeped up to 70 and my waist inches have gone up, too. My abs have remained reasonably strong, but I don't really have the knees for running anymore.
I prefer outdoor cycling but have pulled some "resale" exercise equipment out of mothballs for use on rain & snow days,
(Edit: I recently biked my old paper route as an exercise routine. I corrected the miles (as reported by Google Maps) to that recorded by my newly installed odometer.)
Fourteen years ago, I took a job as door-to-door paper carrier, walking 9.5 miles, 2x/week, year-round. Three years later, I picked up a utility trike. In the last two years, my route was reduced to once/week. It was discontinued in January of this year. (At my peak, I had a resting heart rate in the 40s, though still a little overweight.)
Since our youngest moved out, I have had my argali tuned up (for spring/summer/fall riding) and intend to keep triking in the winter (when roads are clear).
After nine months of relative inactivity, my RHR has creeped up to 70 and my waist inches have gone up, too. My abs have remained reasonably strong, but I don't really have the knees for running anymore.
I prefer outdoor cycling but have pulled some "resale" exercise equipment out of mothballs for use on rain & snow days,
- a simple motorized treadmill,
- a fan-type spinning bike &
- a hydraulic rower.
(Edit: I recently biked my old paper route as an exercise routine. I corrected the miles (as reported by Google Maps) to that recorded by my newly installed odometer.)
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