With spring/summer time comes the occasional rain. And if you are as hard core as Charlie then you know that you won’t get fit sitting on the couch while it raining outside. So if you decide to go for a ride in the rain, but are worried about how you’ll dry your shoes in time for the next days ride, here is the simple yet effective trick to drying out your wet shoes.
First step, take shoes off your feet.
Remove foot bed/liners etc. You can usually dry liners in the clothes drier if their not specially made orthotics, if they are I’d place these by a warm air register.
Grab some old news paper (or if you read your news online) junk mail or old bills, just any type of paper that doesn’t have a coating on it. (I like to use old Velonews magazines if I’m short on the Sunday St Cloud Times)
Now stuff as much as that paper into each shoe and wait 4 to 6 hours.
After the allotted time, remove the now wet paper you’ll find your cycling or running or any other kind of shoe dry to the touch.
You are now ready to go meet Charlie for one of his double secret training rides and show him what you’ve got.
Cheers
Eric
You look forward to riding all winter and now spring is here and it’s time to ride but you fear that dreaded first couple rides due to having a sore butt.
Here’s the secret I was told many years ago and it still hold true today.
Ride your bike at least 10 miles each day for 3 days in a row. By the 3rd day your butt will be doing much better.
If you can endure the pain of day 2, day 3 will be better and you’ll be off to a great start for the season.
Cheers
Eric
As one of the founding members of this club I always want to make sure that our members get their best value for joining HOP-Fit Club. I also know that sometimes the best value is something you can’t buy, but comes in the form of advice.
So with that in mind, I’ve decided to spread some of my wealth of cycling/life knowledge onto all of you. With a 28 year history of riding bike and 12+ years of working in the cycling industry, I’ve done, seen and heard just about all of it. Take this for what you want. Some people will know some of this stuff others none at all. My hope is to educate and entertain you with tid-bits of (hopefully) daily advice.
First one: Recovery
Never stand when you can sit. Never sit when you can lay down.
Cheers
Eric
We are fortunate to have a lot of riding trails in the area.
Read Skoog’s latest post about his last ride on Plum Creek.
Good stuff.
http://skoog.typepad.com/nothingbox/2010/04/sweet-agony.html
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