Critical Manners Ride

Sorry for the late information on the Critical Manners ride. It is the first Wednesday of every month starting at 4:30 PM. We meet in the Arkansas Arts Center parking lot. In march, Tom will be solo because I will be attending the National Bike Summit in Washington DC. Stay tuned to my website for photo and news updates of the Summit.

Critical Manners ride (March 5th). Next ride I will attend is April 2nd.

It's COLD outside!

Maybe some of you like the cold weather, but it was in the teens this morning. Plus that Critical Manners ride last night was cold! I could fight the cold weather, but I want to get that workout and my winter rides are becoming shorter and shorter.

This is the perfect time to try out some new sports and wait patiently for those sunny days again. So far I have tried spinning class which I love. My instructors make us get out of the saddle constantly which is something I hardly do on my road bike. They also discuss the dynamics of sports conditioning which has improved my outlook already. The biggest advantage was the dependance on cadence and watts -something I haven't used much (I use a Garmin Edge GPS computer for my bike).

Next, I signed up for the Little Rock half marathon. Considering I have a bit of a bad foot, I think this will be a big challenge for me. The next challenge will be an improvement in flexibility.

Changing things up have been exciting and have helped me on the bike as well. I might be labeled a bit of a wimp, but we'll see if this cross training pays off.