Distance gives Perspective
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at 8:05PM So now that my bike commute to work is only 1/3rd the distance of my long weekend run, it doesn't seem like much at all anymore. I bike 7 miles on pavement each way and My long run is 21 miles on trails.
As an example of how not to train, I fell a little sick after pushing it too hard over the past few weeks. There's a great thread on Triscoop right now about how some of that works, so go ahead and put in your two cents. Essentially, you can overdo it in two ways: One is pushing too hard and injuring yourself, the other is increasing your volume too quickly. I pushed my volume of running too much, driving myself into the ground.
The rule of thumb is to not increase your volume of running by more than 10 percent in one week. A quick check of my Google calender to your right will show that I ran 5.92 hours for 30.96 miles one week and then jumped up to 8.23 hours for 42.23 miles the very next week. That's an increase of volume or distance just shy of 40%. No wonder I cratered.
Back to the bamboo front, I've got some pictures of what my bamboo work is looking like. 
Check these pix out. It is taking a long time, but I am having fun. I am VERY interested in building a bike after I learn more while building a bike rack.
Reader Comments (1)
That is looking sweet Tex! Can't wait to see what the final rack looks like.
That may turn into my next project this summer.