Biking

who does it frequently?

I personally love it, and try to do a 40 mile ride at least everyone other week, and 10 mile rides in between.

i feel like it really helps.

I like biking, but the farthest I've ever gone is only 11 miles-ish. you can feel the burn..haha

We have a really popular bike trail with all those hardcore bikers that speed past in their fancy bikes..and I have my crappy got it at like target bike. nothing fancy buut it works

i usually do it 2-4 times a week
usually a crosstraining day and whenever else i feel like it.

I usually do it when I do strength. Just to switch it up a bit.

when i was out with a hip injury for 3 weeks, i stayed in shape with the bike. i did about 20 miles every day. i actually really enjoyed it but since ive been back running i havent biked. i really wanna start up again because it really helped my leg strength, not as much my cardio but it made my legs so much stronger...great xtraining

i biked for a week once when i needed new shoes, cause i wasnt going to go pick some out until the weekend, and my old shoes gave me shin problems, cause of the lack of support

Pinthin, my bike is from 4th grade, a huffy, i think from k-mart, haha. Oh well, at least i have a bike.

that makes me feel better ^

I always feel like the lance wanna-bees are judging me.. haha like at the reststop they just stare at you like your not one of them

Lol, that's funny. We don't have too many of them, but we do have a cool paved railtrail.

I have a road bike and all the pros look at me like I'm one of them yee
I bike as a cross training activity

ND XC 23-- Did biking help when you had a hip injury? I injured my hip last week and took time off, and it got better, but then when I ran again this week it came up again. I'm kind of screwed because I have XC camp next week...

i am the worst biker in the world like seriously i always get too far behind and get lost im so slow at it idk why its just like impossible for me.

You and my sister should race, she's also the worst biker in the world.

haha we should.

i used to, didn't help my running any so i quit.

Biking is fun. I don't do it that like regularyly though.
I have my mom's old bike. It's 15 years old but in incredibably(sp?) good shape because my mom is like a freak about keeping things nice so she like covers it up and polishes it and like crap like that ALL the time ha, it's kinda funny.

i dont do it very often, is it good for cross training?

mary XC wrote:i dont do it very often, is it good for cross training?

Of course.

i bike occasionally, but im not very good.

AudienceOfOne wrote:i used to, didn't help my running any so i quit.

I think I can remember you saying you went 8-12 miles on the bike...which is equivalent to a 2-3 mile run lol.

I biked during XC season and for a few days before I started running again. It's a lot of fun, and really kind of a confidence booster when you ride your bike to the next town and back. Only problem is I have to ride my moms "comfort" bike...not the most hxc thing out there I guess lol.

im not good with bikes at all i had a horrible accident at practice once when i was taking it easy because of my hip so i rode the bike and i was going down a steep tar hill at myschool and i went to go up onto the sidewalk but i didnt realize how fast i was going and i flew almost 10 feet infront of my bike and slide across the pavement, all infront of a guy i like and was going on a date with the next night.it was quite aweful and i was bleeding for a loooong time.

runnergirl93 wrote:im not good with bikes at all i had a horrible accident at practice once when i was taking it easy because of my hip so i rode the bike and i was going down a steep tar hill at myschool and i went to go up onto the sidewalk but i didnt realize how fast i was going and i flew almost 10 feet infront of my bike and slide across the pavement, all infront of a guy i like and was going on a date with the next night.it was quite aweful and i was bleeding for a loooong time.

ouch. That sounds really painful and embarrassing, lol. Falling sucks

The worst accident was my own fault, and a have a perfect round scar on my shoulder because of it.. =/

haha

thats why i like spin classes and the stationary bike

I was riding on a busy road once, and my chain got caught somehow and I ran into a deer crossing sign with my face. Good thing I had my invisible retainer in, or I would have knocked out my teeth, cause I definetly cracked my retainer. And the worst part is, no one believes me that my chain was stuck because when I picked my bike up it was perfectly normal.

geeze that sucks.

ND XC 23 wrote:haha

thats why i like spin classes and the stationary bike

me too. i feel much safer knowing i'm not going anywhere. ha. but i love biking. the longest i've even gone was like 15 miles. we have tonss of nice trails around here. it's a nice break from running.