Alone or Together?
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Tribro posted 2 years ago.
I train alone 95% of the time. Always working which is good. But it's nice to have some company and someone else to share the work with during long training rides.
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RV posted 2 years ago.
Probably close to 99% on my own. Must be cuz I am a control freak - or is it that I am anti-social. Okay it is both.
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PetetheCanuck posted 2 years ago.
Thus far my rides have been solo but in a few weeks I'm really looking forward to hooking up with some folks from my gym for a weekly social group ride.
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trainDaBrain posted 2 years ago.
I will suck wheel any chance I get. Of course never in a race situation, which might explain why I am always depressed looking at my bike splits after the race...
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Triguy98 posted 2 years ago.
That was good. But I almost always ride alone. Last group ride I went on, the group was too slow, but I didnt really know the route, so I had to just sit there. Avg HR: 135. zzzzzzzz.
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Norcalnewbie posted 2 years ago.
All my training is usually solo. I actually prefer being alone. I can concentrate better.
Plus my training time is pretty much the only time I have to myself. Whether I train in the early morning or late in the day after work I actually crave that alone time.
:D
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CAcyclingFAN posted 2 years ago.
Right now I am about 50/50 but I will often split off on the end of the ride to do some interval/speed stuff. Last year I was alone 95% of the time and was probably in better shape. It is a trade off I guess.
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kylie posted 2 years ago.
I mostly train alone, but I love company for the long bike rides! I bore myself on them sometimes, as I've heard all my stories soooo many times ;)
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glbrum posted 2 years ago.
Once a week group ride, Saturday mornings. Fun stuff. Usually get my butt handed to me. That's the fun part. Other than that, it's all solo.
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rbreddin75 posted 2 years ago.
HAHA... That was good...
Usually I train with another Triathlete in my neighborhood, but sometimes its just me and my wife..
Looking forward to meeting some of the people in the tri club (we just started) and getting into more small group rides (picture TdF Team Time Trial) :D
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beads1985 posted 2 years ago.
In the last couple of years I have been biking pretty much solo.
I am trying to set up more rides with others this season so I get my butt on the bike more.
I have done that with running and I find it helps to run with others. I like to talk and I can run and talk for hours.
(Right Anton?)
I have done the same on the bike on the few times I have ridden with others.
That proclamation may now scare off any possible cycling partners :eek:
''Nothing to it, but to do it''
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qb ant posted 2 years ago.
I usually have a friend or two to train with. I like to have a partner on long runs/rides - someone to talk to. At the gym, there's always someone there and it helps the time go by and the workout seems more enjoyable.
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vollenda posted 2 years ago.
I train mostly by myself too. But have found that running/riding with others pushes me harder. I really should do more group rides since there are tons in the area. But I like to wait until it warms up a bit so I'm starting when they are finishing. :rolleyes:
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Anton posted 2 years ago.
I ride alone alot...and talk to myself, So biking with you Scott would be no problem.
I get out once in awhile with some local roadies or a few MTB's. but after all these years I do fine alone.
I don't have to meet anyone for a 7 am start...I can start at 9. I can hammer when I want and glass crank when i want. Go where I want...stop when I want. Sort of fits my personality.
I invite folks out for my favorite ride but usually get no takers. They can't see themselves riding a MTB for 60 to 80 miles.
I am looking forward to getting out with Scott some this year as we train for our respective events...I want to see if he's capable of talking at 22mph!
"What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?" - Vincent Van Gogh
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beads1985 posted 2 years ago.
Anton wrote:
I ride alone alot...and talk to myself, So biking with you Scott would be no problem.
I get out once in awhile with some local roadies or a few MTB's. but after all these years I do fine alone.
I don't have to meet anyone for a 7 am start...I can start at 9. I can hammer when I want and glass crank when i want. Go where I want...stop when I want. Sort of fits my personality.
I invite folks out for my favorite ride but usually get no takers. They can't see themselves riding a MTB for 60 to 80 miles.
I am looking forward to getting out with Scott some this year as we train for our respective events...I want to see if he's capable of talking at 22mph!
I have been told I can talk 'a mile a minute', now as far as biking goes I might be slower than that :D
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Sling posted 2 years ago.
I am a little surprised at all the solo riders here. I am definitely in the minority on this forum. I try to get out and ride with a group whenever and wherever possible.
When I am doing 3, 4 and 5 hour rides (much longer as I get closer to the IM), it's nice to have some folks to ride with. I like the camaraderie; I can test myself against the strong riders; I can talk and get advice about races and training and whatever else; I always meet interesting new people; plus, I think it's safer to ride in a group.
I can't imagine choosing to do a 4-hour ride alone, if you don't have to. Maybe it's the cycling background? We're notorious pack animals anyway.
Speed hurts; how fast do you want to go?
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Blitz posted 2 years ago.
In five minutes the Zürich Marathon is starting. I am sitting here trying to get my mind off of this. It is pissing rain. Cold. My boyfriend had his knee operated on less than a year ago, and now he is surely standing there jumping up and down at the start, all rubbed down with icy hot, everyone is peeing everywhere. I told him I would come to the finish.
3:15 he expects.
On topic, I ride alone, or do intervals a with my DDR trainer (boyfriend) behind me, yelling that I need to go faster. When we ride together I have to sit for 5 hours without a break. So I like to go alone, can go to the Mcdonalds drive through without being ridiculed. He is a real slave driver, if not a bit crazy.
Who needs a man when you have a Kuota Kalibur to wrap your legs around.
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RV posted 2 years ago.
I'm a solo rider, but I did just join TriWisconsin - and plan on doing some group rides. Specifically the rides on the IMWI course. This is part of my prep for the race - want to ride the course a min of three times prior to the race in Sep.
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dr_rios_ec posted 2 years ago.
99% of the time solo....not only riding...all my trainning over all....as soon as my dad fully recovers from his back injury....then we´ll be back together as a team...
-Santiago
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soccerbum posted 2 years ago.
Almost all of my traiing is alone. I like it that way though. It keeps me focused and I feel that I am able to push myself as hard as I can for as long as I can and recover as I need to. Overall I get a better training session by myself, plus the alone time is great as training is truly one of my only times to have just me time.
I did however talk a good friend of mine into buying his first road bike, and we plan on hooking up during the week and weekends for training. That will be fun however i know i will not be able to max myself during the workout...
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o2Ripper posted 2 years ago.
On the bike 99.5% of the time on my own. Nobody wants to go the distance, and all my friends are hungover on saturday mornings. ;p T/Th nobody is around.
-Branden
"Its an addiction"
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Riverbrady posted 2 years ago.
Dating a roadie, so my bike time is split about 50/50 solo/1+ groups with saturdays being the big, long, slow group tri rides.
Most of my other training is probably about 80/20 solo/group.
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catwood posted 2 years ago.
80% solo, 20% group at this point. Varies a bunch though, I could ride with my cycling team or tri club every day if I wanted to though. I really enjoy doing a lot of slow mileage and the group rides often go faster than I want to but my competitive little mind won't let me gracefully drop off the back and go at my own pace :-)
Do you ride alone or with a group??? Here's a funny:
Scott's Spin: Group Decision
Is it better to ride solo or in a group? Tough call. Hence this handy list of pros and cons.
A. Group Ride
Pro: The thrill of going 30 mph in a big bunch.
Con: The agony of going 30 mph in a big bunch.
Pro: The social interplay. Catch up on all the gossip: who's fit, who's fat, whose carbon stem broke, who's sleeping with whom, who's too overtrained to sleep with anyone.
Con: The social interplay. Six-foot-three, 200-pound ex-Olympic sprinter announces your 4-second pulls ain't cutting it.
Pro: The fun of giving police a fake name when they pull you out of a pack of 50 that ran a stop sign. "Sorry, officer, I'm not carrying any ID. My name? Levi Hincapie. I live at 5311 Paree Roobay Lane."
Con: Getting Tasered by cop who's sick of smart-alecky, scofflaw cyclists.
Pro: Improve your pack-riding skills.
Con: Get taken out by guy who needs to improve his pack-riding skills.
B. Riding Solo
Pro: You decide the start time and route.
Con: Nobody forcing you to make that start time and do that route. Or get off the couch at all.
Pro: Chance for precious alone time.
Con: Already spend plenty of time with self. Actually find self kind of boring.
Pro: You set the pace. No waiting for slowpokes or getting dropped by speedsters.
Con: You set the pace. No lording over slowpokes or bragging to chums about the speedsters you would've hung with if only your bike was lighter.
Pro: Honest workout; no drafting.
Con: Honest workout; no drafting.
Taken from RoadBikeRider.com Newsletter
Issue No. 238 - 03/30/06: Dog Days
ISSN 1536-4143 (Scott Martin wrote feature articles for Bicycling magazine for 12 years. You can e-mail him at )
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