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Wednesday, January 07, 2004

On the Limit

I've always wondered how much cycling I could do and still take care of the rest of my responsibilities. During break times the limit seems to be much more of a physical limit than a time-based one. It has a lot more to do with how many miles my body can handle. During the semester, things are different however. This week I'm supposed to put in 18 hours on the bike for training. That's about 2.5 hours per day. Add to that an hour of weight lifting three times a week and I'm right up to the limit of what I can do before I have to let too much slide. Actually, I probably can't hold this level of commitment for much more than a week or two before the intangibles catch up. It's not just that there's the on the bike time but there's also prep time each day (30 min), stretch and cool down time (30 more minutes) and the fact that my energy level dops pretty noticably about 30 minutes after that for about an hour. Basically, after school my life seems to become the bike for the rest of the day, especially on lifting days. I think I'll be able to hold a level slightly less than this (15/week) but only if I can put in some long rides on weekends. Time management will be important here.

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