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East Coast Cycling In The Toti 69er

July 11, 2016 by EnnisP Leave a Comment

Great Training! Great Fun!

The Toti 69er is an annual cycling race organized by the Amanzimtoti Cycling Club which offers variable distances: 19k, 69k and 94k. The race first started in 2002 and now attracts elite cyclists.

There’s no road closure but the route is marshalled so cyclists are catered for at intersections. The route is also monitored by emergency vehicles and CycleSphere provided service vehicles to help with breakdowns.

Everyone is friendly! Everyone is looked after!

Members of my club, East Coast Cycling, enter the race each year and since I had the day off I decided to put my name in the hat.

It was different in several ways to the main races in and around the Durban area. The field was light. A total of 330 entered and there were a few no-shows on the day. To give you perspectve, 330 is less than one batch in the Tour of Durban or Amashoave. That could be good or bad, depending. [Read more…] about East Coast Cycling In The Toti 69er

15 Wattbike Training Benefits

July 9, 2016 by EnnisP Leave a Comment

Indoor Doesn’t Get Better Than Wattbike

Using Wattbikes at the La Lucia Virgin Active gym has been a real pleasure and I’m not the only one who thinks so. The Bikes are popular. So popular that the gym upgraded from three Wattbikes in the squash court corridor to a dedicated Wattbike studio with nine bikes, two TV’s and fans.

All the bike computers have the most recent software and automatically connect to your favorite workout tracking site, that is, if you use the right heart rate monitor and a smartphone. I use the Polar H7 HRM but I’ve been told the Wahoo Bluetooth HRM works as well.

It’s brilliant! Once your session is completed, the data is saved in real-time and that is only one of the many benefits.

The Positives

Following are eleven quick benefits to training on a Wattbike indoor trainer:

No wind, no rain, no sunburn, no intense heat, no debris, no potholes, no road traffic, no punctures, no mechanical failures, no crashes and a serious amount of training data.

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And two more benefits for good measure. [Read more…] about 15 Wattbike Training Benefits

9 Reasons To Express Yourself With WordPress

July 8, 2016 by EnnisP Leave a Comment

WordPress
Makes It Possible
To Speak Up

Everybody has something to say. Not a few, everyone! Not the smart or attractive or advantaged or educated people but every person.

That includes you.

You don’t have to think or talk like an academic to have something to say or to share it clearly. No degrees are necessary. Sometimes study hurts. Degreed individuals aren’t always easy to understand.

What To Say

What you have to say isn’t difficult to come by. It resides within and gurgles up from the inside. It seeps whether you make an intentional effort to share it or not.

The point of this post is you might as well harness it and give it expression. Be intentional. Be deliberate.

One warning though. Initially, you may be tempted to say what’s already been said and repeating it is your way of adding endorsement. That’s OK at the beginning, but eventually you need to add your thoughts. What you think is significant. [Read more…] about 9 Reasons To Express Yourself With WordPress

5 Difficulties Confront Bible Interpretation

July 7, 2016 by EnnisP Leave a Comment

The Best Way
To Respect Your Elders
Is Challenge Their Beliefs

You don’t have to be Christian very long before you realize how much people differ on various Bible teachings. You also learn quickly that these teachings are generally referred to as Beliefs, and a belief is something you don’t tamper with.

They’re like holy cows. Irreverence is not tolerated.

Just raising a question can be dangerous. Writing about it is heresy. It’s a burnable offense! Heretics rank right up there with witches.

The penalties aren’t so severe today but the attitudes haven’t changed much.

The Lord’s Supper (aka Communion, Eucharist, Lord’s Table) is a good example. There are many different ways this ordinance is observed.

Attend an Anglican church and you feel compelled to take the bread and wine. Attend a Catholic church and you’re prohibited. Attend a Protestant church and you get long-winded explanations, and you’re likely to get a different story with each church.

It’s only natural to ask why all the differences, but it’s not a question you can easily ask. The frequency with which churches observe the ordinance and who they allow to participate, are not topics for discussion. Churches generally have very fixed ideas. [Read more…] about 5 Difficulties Confront Bible Interpretation

8 Reasons Wattbike Wins

July 1, 2016 by EnnisP Leave a Comment

Indoor Cycle Training
Made Brilliant

What bike do you use when you can’t train on the road? Wattbike!!

I started using Wattbikes for cycle training a couple years ago and I love it! And I’m not alone. Although many amateurs use the device, Wattbikes are becoming the indoor trainer of choice for elite cyclists too. There are many good reasons for this. Following are just a few.

Easily Adjustable

Saddle and handlebar positions are easily adjustable for individual user dimensions and the bikes are universal. They can accommodate mountain cleats, road bike cleats, and non-cleated shoes.

Fully Computerized

Not only is the Wattbike designed to mimic the feel of the road, but it is also computerized and offers several key data points for measuring your training output during each session: power, speed, distance, heart rate, cadence, time, and the data is presented in real-time and as an overall average. The actual speed is displayed at any given moment as well as the average speed overall.

Improves Pedal Stroke

One unique feature is the Polar view which displays a graphic representation of your pedaling technique. Not just how much each leg is working but where in the pedal stroke each leg is working the most: downstroke, upstroke, the entire revolution, or what.

Variable Data Displays

The computer is also capable of displaying data in several formats depending on what you’re monitoring. If you’re interested in distance, set the display to show what distance you’re traveling by the meter.

The computer can even show how many minutes you’ll take to travel one kilometer at your present rate of speed.

Forty different parameters are measured and recorded while you train. If they made bike computers to record the same amount of data, it would probably cost more than the Wattbike! A power meter alone is half the price.

But that’s not all. [Read more…] about 8 Reasons Wattbike Wins