Biking and health
Angono, Rizal, Philippines | January 3l, 2013
I have placed slideshows of the past rides at the sidebar, either from Picasa web or You Tube. Some of them are:
l. Sierra Madre ride via Sampaloc in 2012
2. Visita Iglesia
3. 5th Recyclists Baguio ride
Thursday, January 31, 2013
What is next for Recyclists?
Biking and health
Angono, Rizal | January 31, 2013
This coming Sunday, February 3, 2013, the Recyclists will wear their new uniform (mostly unpaid to VM) bike to Pisong Kape, go back via Teresa and attend mass at Antipolo for thanksgiving for the safe voyage.
Others like VV suggested that we plan early the long rides on a monthly basis to strengthen the cyclists and lengthen the mileage for endurance. Suggested destinations: Dalton Pass, Subic (Barretto), Naga City.
This will enable Recyclists to make periodic installments for the damage/fees so that they can join the rides.
What do you think?
Maybe a group ride to Tacloban City, or GenSan? The bike ride of a lifetime.
Angono, Rizal | January 31, 2013
This coming Sunday, February 3, 2013, the Recyclists will wear their new uniform (mostly unpaid to VM) bike to Pisong Kape, go back via Teresa and attend mass at Antipolo for thanksgiving for the safe voyage.
Others like VV suggested that we plan early the long rides on a monthly basis to strengthen the cyclists and lengthen the mileage for endurance. Suggested destinations: Dalton Pass, Subic (Barretto), Naga City.
This will enable Recyclists to make periodic installments for the damage/fees so that they can join the rides.
What do you think?
Maybe a group ride to Tacloban City, or GenSan? The bike ride of a lifetime.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Valuable lessons learned from the 5th Baguio bike ride
Biking and health
Angono, Rizal | January 29, 2013
Our goal is ride better. Same mistakes can not be repeated. The two days ride were tough: the first day was bike marathon 200 km. and many rode it fast. Worse, the middle part was windy (Angeles city to Urdaneta) and it was during the hottest part of the day. The second day was tough too: it is nearly a l00 km, and the roads at Sison was tough. Unlike the first day were there not too many vehicles, the speeding buses were whizzing by at that time of the day. Worse, the concreting of Kennon seemed to have made some climbs stiff and steeper.
Here are some lessons and advice:
l. Maintain a foundation mile of at least 60 km per week;
2. Those who seem to be huge must reduce to say their ideal body weight: l00 lbs for the first 5 ft of ht + 5-7 lbs for every inch. You can do this by: eating fruits and vegetables, planking and crunch exercise to remove the flabs. I have made a number of posts on weight reduction. You can search the web for the tips and there are many.
3. For this ride, if you bring a heavy bike, you are handicapped. Even if you bring an MtB, be sure it is light. You cant ride the peloton with the road bikers otherwise you will cramp or bonk out. Those who were at the peloton wore light bikes.
4. Practice riding at the hottest time of the day: 11 am to 3 pm.
5. Save the best for the last. For the Baguio climb, the Urdaneta to Rosario should have been ran at moderate speed; same for Rosario to Black Mountain. The best effort should be made from Black Mountain to Kennon view deck. If you did not, then you will be distressed.
Ride your usual pace as you have practiced. Do not race with the leaders who trained differently from you
6. Get plenty of sleep before the ride.
7. Hydrate and get energy food periodically say every hour or 50 km. Otherwise, you run into calorie deficit or dehydrate - you hit the wall, you bonk.
8. In your ride, practice interval high intensity training: shorten rest periods between intervals, and put the hardest effort in the second part when you are running out of speed and strength. The interval should not be more than l minute. Try it and you will be stronger (take it from Joel Javier)
Try to consider these tips
Angono, Rizal | January 29, 2013
Our goal is ride better. Same mistakes can not be repeated. The two days ride were tough: the first day was bike marathon 200 km. and many rode it fast. Worse, the middle part was windy (Angeles city to Urdaneta) and it was during the hottest part of the day. The second day was tough too: it is nearly a l00 km, and the roads at Sison was tough. Unlike the first day were there not too many vehicles, the speeding buses were whizzing by at that time of the day. Worse, the concreting of Kennon seemed to have made some climbs stiff and steeper.
Here are some lessons and advice:
l. Maintain a foundation mile of at least 60 km per week;
2. Those who seem to be huge must reduce to say their ideal body weight: l00 lbs for the first 5 ft of ht + 5-7 lbs for every inch. You can do this by: eating fruits and vegetables, planking and crunch exercise to remove the flabs. I have made a number of posts on weight reduction. You can search the web for the tips and there are many.
3. For this ride, if you bring a heavy bike, you are handicapped. Even if you bring an MtB, be sure it is light. You cant ride the peloton with the road bikers otherwise you will cramp or bonk out. Those who were at the peloton wore light bikes.
4. Practice riding at the hottest time of the day: 11 am to 3 pm.
5. Save the best for the last. For the Baguio climb, the Urdaneta to Rosario should have been ran at moderate speed; same for Rosario to Black Mountain. The best effort should be made from Black Mountain to Kennon view deck. If you did not, then you will be distressed.
Ride your usual pace as you have practiced. Do not race with the leaders who trained differently from you
6. Get plenty of sleep before the ride.
7. Hydrate and get energy food periodically say every hour or 50 km. Otherwise, you run into calorie deficit or dehydrate - you hit the wall, you bonk.
8. In your ride, practice interval high intensity training: shorten rest periods between intervals, and put the hardest effort in the second part when you are running out of speed and strength. The interval should not be more than l minute. Try it and you will be stronger (take it from Joel Javier)
Try to consider these tips
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The Jorgeus biker got an unusually high number of visitors. Whereas before we got 5 to 20 on the average daily visit/pageview, today we got 290. Allow me to post the stat of the blog for this site:
The Jorgeus biker got an unusually high number of visitors. Whereas before we got 5 to 20 on the average daily visit/pageview, today we got 290. Allow me to post the stat of the blog for this site:
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Monday, January 28, 2013
Best photo of the 5th Baguio ride.
Biking and health
Do you like this picture? Very classic and very agressive. Very Recyclist ang dating!!
You can sense the ferocity and the intensity of the ride; the harmony and the oneness and unity of the group biking towards a destination that is unseen but which beacons; that which is not easy but hard, challenging and which only real men can reach. (The peloton pedalling rate must be fast and furious and yet the paceline is tight and intact)
By the way, the leader of the peloton rides a Pinarello Dogma, named to be the most beautiful bike in the world
And yet there is danger all around... And they are unmindful of these all; all they focus intently is the ride to Baguio.
As of today, this is the most visited article/post of the 5th Baguio ride by the Recyclist. Hmmm, many like the picture
Do you like this picture? Very classic and very agressive. Very Recyclist ang dating!!
You can sense the ferocity and the intensity of the ride; the harmony and the oneness and unity of the group biking towards a destination that is unseen but which beacons; that which is not easy but hard, challenging and which only real men can reach. (The peloton pedalling rate must be fast and furious and yet the paceline is tight and intact)
By the way, the leader of the peloton rides a Pinarello Dogma, named to be the most beautiful bike in the world
And yet there is danger all around... And they are unmindful of these all; all they focus intently is the ride to Baguio.
As of today, this is the most visited article/post of the 5th Baguio ride by the Recyclist. Hmmm, many like the picture
Photos at 5 Star Apartelle and take off from Urdaneta January 26, 2013
Biking and health
The ground floor is for bike rest; Jess would ride the GTS
VMs brand new Pinarello Dogma dubbed to be the Most Beautiful Bike of the World, beside a Fuji carbon SL -1
Having coffee at 4:33 am
All dressed up by 551, in new uniform
Breakfast at Jollibee; nice uniform eh...
All ready to go; I forgot to strap my helmet; that is the Pinarello Dogma up front owned by VM
Miata club had their breakfast here, I met Jess Crisologo and boy Santayana; AZ leading the take off at 7:01;
Jeff follows Armin; red Miata at the foreground
Master burning the back burners; taken from the Defender 110
Two MTB riders flying: Diego and Secx; they must be exhausted with the heavy bikes
Gerry K tops and Wesluk
Choco2 all alone in front; he would soon melt and fall back?
AZ riding very fast; all in a blur - a very strong consistent rider!
Dogma leading the Jess GTS (my bike) Why is my bike fast when somebody rides it?
VM pacing the peloton
Richard blazing the road for Gerry; his speed blurs the photo
Wesluk sucking the rear wheel of Armin
Gerry K tops
Wesluk resting?
Archie
I like this picture; we all like Ronda riders - VM and Jess at lead the peloton; the most viewed pic
Additional photo album for the 5th Baguio Recyclist ride - Angeles City to Urdaneta # 3
Biking and health
Here are additional pictures of Recyclists 5th Baguio ride from Angeles City to Urdaneta
Gerry Ktops posing with imposing Bamban Tarlac bridge
Jorgeusbiker posed too; the peloton travelling at 40+ kph left us
Peloton rested here; some 4 km from Hacienda Luisita
Jeff, Gerry, Diego VM, Wesluk, Richard and Jess
JB, Diego, VM, Jeff, Gerry, Choco2, Luis, Armin, Richard
It was like Sauna inside and you smell all the bad things inside
Choco2, his Tito Gerry, Richard, Wesluk and Jeff
Wesluk, Jeff and two great celebs
Is that Gerry K tops?; enroute to Hacienda Luisita 4 km away we meet DV there
He took the wrong turn; the result of making the wrong turn is...?
Can you name the rider; who got lost? Do you see the clue?
Would you guess who took this picture? The fotog gave us a clue
JB having splendor on the grass resting feet at Hacienda Luisita
Jeff and Diego's buttocks staring at the camera; somewhere in Tarlac City
That is JB on a GTS bike
Another JB pic; Jess who took this picture has an interest on the GTS?!
JB passing by Wilcon in Tarlac city
VM blowing whistle; time to go; at a Moncada store
Wesluk had a flat at San Manuel; others supervise him fix his flat
What the magic bag of pareng Weluk contains...
In fixing flat, pareng Luis is one of the fastest and the best...
Diego, Archie, Jesse and JB while waiting for Wesluk to fix flat
It is 5:26 and we are almost at Rosales
Landing at Rosales by 5:32
Archie, Gerry, Diego, VM, DV, and Wesluk
Diego recovering lost potassium
We are at Villasis by 6:10 and in Urdaneta by 6:20. It was all ready dark. We overshot 5 Star apartelle by l km.
The rates are good for the 5 Star: PHP 1t and you have 2 floors, 2 bedrooms each with own TB. Each BR can have 4 occupants.
We had two units: 8 bikers in one unit; the driver and crew one room, VM, Secx, DV and me in one room
Here are additional pictures of Recyclists 5th Baguio ride from Angeles City to Urdaneta
We are at Villasis by 6:10 and in Urdaneta by 6:20. It was all ready dark. We overshot 5 Star apartelle by l km.
The rates are good for the 5 Star: PHP 1t and you have 2 floors, 2 bedrooms each with own TB. Each BR can have 4 occupants.
We had two units: 8 bikers in one unit; the driver and crew one room, VM, Secx, DV and me in one room
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