Get some, and then get some more. Just put in the Studbar Pullup Bar and have been working on my pullups. Yup, I continue to be a fitness geek. This bar is awesome. The rafters in my garage are 2x4s so I may sister them up just to make me feel a little better about not pulling down the roof when I’m using it, but it generally feels pretty solid. The crossbar itself has a little flex to it, which is also good.
Of course, we all gave it a try — and have the sore hands to prove it.
Yes, another 200 mile bicycle ride from Seattle to Portland is in the books. On the 12th and 13th of July 9500 cyclists got up early and started pedaling to Seattle. I did the same routine as last year, stopping at the halfway point in Centralia for the night on Saturday, but with my new LeMond, my average speed was significantly faster. My speedometer calculated an overall 16.4 mph for the trip, but I was told that was pessimistic since it included all of the 1 and 2 mph segments where I walked my bike from a rest stop back to the road. Removing those, someone in my group calculated that we were running closer to 17.5 mph. Pretty awesome. The below picture shows the four of us that did this together — Edmund, Eric, me, and Malcolm. Next year, perhaps we’ll think about doing it in one day instead of two :-)
Check out http://www.trekdesk.com/ — they are producing a universal desktop that mounts to a treadmill so folks like me won’t have to build their own. Pretty cool looking. I’ll be interested in seeing the final results. Also interesting is the ball seat — a nice addition — but not clear to me how well that will work out.
I splurged and finally bought a road bike. Bicycle, that is … a LeMond Chambery. Of course, the weather here kind of stinks right now, so I probably won’t be able to ride for a few days, but I sure am looking forward to it. Perhaps at the Daffodil Classic …
