Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Day 4 - Cocoa Beach to Hutchinson Island 86miles

After the challenges of the previous days, today was just too easy of a ride.  Straight down the A1A, no detours, no cul-de-sacs, no head wind, no thunderstorms, nothing challenging, except...










You train your legs, your train your shoulders, but you can't train your a**. Here is the start of Eddie's  50 ways to shift on a saddle.

Way back - where the hole in the seat accommodates all the parts that really matter.
Way forward - feels good for a while but then you got to pull the saddle out of.....
Shifting left and right on seat all the way to the thigh - good for about 30 seconds then you have to chase Alex for 10 minutes.
Standing - optimum for the little climbs such as bridges, but you quickly run out of breath and change your mind.
Hovering - weight on the wrists and all the power to the pedals.  Here, you quickly discover disadvantages of bodyweight and limitation of your legs.  Still it is great that you are not really on the seat. However, you shoulders begin to hurt and like most breakaways, you get reeled right back in.

There is simply no way to train your a**! Other than (see below)





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