The Pro’s and Con’s of Shaving

On a strictly weird and personal level, I tend to classify triathletes into one of two categories; there are either the “shavers” or the “non-shavers”.  Up until this point in my tenure as an avid triathlon participant I have never seen the need, nor understood for that matter the point of shaving my legs.  I [...]

The Bike Thief

This post has neither anything to do, or even in common with the sport of triathlon apart from the fact that it involves bikes…specifically, stealing bikes. God knows what I’d ever do if either Daisy or Lucille should ever be forcefully or illicitly removed from my life; I’d probably crawl into a badger hole and [...]

Wattage? WTF?

Two years ago it was, “Hey Terry, you need to get a cadence reader on your bike”…so I did.  In cycling, cadence refers to the number of revolutions of the crank per minute; roughly speaking, this is the rate at which a cyclist is pedaling/turning the pedals over.  I know, ‘big whoop’, right? However, once [...]

The Big Move

The Big Move (click to see stats) * 121.73k (5:57:08) Avg. Heart Rate = 110 bpm Max. Heart Rate = 169 bpm Avg. Speed/Pace = 21.4/kph Best Speed/Pace = 61.2/kph Calories = 4183 Temp = 22º SOTD = ‘Sweet Home Alabama’  by Lynyrd Skynryd * Information within this link is not accurate as I forgot [...]

Zen and the Art of Bicycle Maintenance

You may remember that one of the major action items for my upcoming Cancun triathlon adventure was to be able to take my time trial bike (Lucille) apart to fit into a bike box for shipping, and then be able to successfully reassemble it on the other side.  For some of you this might not [...]

Tour de Tigerrabbit (Part 2)

I’m really beginning to enjoy these little ‘blasts through my past‘ during my workouts lately and I genuinely look forward to just getting out and reliving some old childhood memories, memorable locations, or simply the key highlights and locales from the area in which I train that I might otherwise have taken for granted.  Believe [...]

Get Aero?

There has been an interesting discussion waged amongst the riders I cycle with during my Sunday morning group rides.  It has even been a bit of a touchy subject at times in the past and I only bring it up here now, not to fan the flames any, but to logically map out on which [...]

Tour de Tigerrabbit (Part 1)

I didn’t know it growing up, but I am very blessed where I live.  I am blessed in that depending on which way the wind blows I can travel in any number of directions that will take me through aromatic wine country, past enormous ocean and lake-going vessels sailing miles inland between Great Lakes, along [...]

Life in the Fast Lane

Climbing the Niagara Escarpment on your bike (never mind on foot) is a total bitch but, fortunately, what goes up must also eventually come down and in this case, down also means fast…very fast.  Believe me, lugging this chubby frame up those long steep inclines on a bike is no party and I’m no Alberto [...]

Mother’s Day Ride

(Easy) Ride (click to see stats) 26.67k (1:02:40) Avg. Heart Rate = 137 bpm Max. Heart Rate = 174 bpm Avg. Speed = 25.5 km/h Max. Pace =  51.9 km/h Calories = 1100 Temp = 18° It was an absolutely stellar day for riding yesterday.  So, I ditched my intended pool workout and donned the [...]