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Cadence By Barefoot Ken Bob Saxton
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I now have a new reason to
I now have a new reason to air up my bike tires and start riding again. That makes alot of sense!
I now have a new reason to air up my bike tires and start riding again. That makes alot of sense!
Today after work I put my dad
Today after work I put my dad on the recumbant at the gym and hit the treadmil again, having no real goal in mind.
During the first minute I noticed that the guy next to me seemed to have a loud & slow cadence, so I glanced at his speed read-out: 6.5 mph. I then set mine at 6.5 to see what my cadence sounded like compared to his, and like I suspected it was about double! I counted my footfalls for the first time ever and it was 200/min for a cadence of 100. That made me happy even though to a casual observer I must have been working way harder than him. Sure, he was significantly taller than me (who isn't), but my spinning legs were probably sending less shock to my joints than his even though we probably weighed close to the same.
Cycling I was always the gearhead paying close attention to cadence and swapping out chainrings and freewheel cogs to tweak my style, but who would have thunk cadence was so important to running?
Thanks Ken, seeing him spin those legs on gravel during his 2010 summer tour left a real impression on me.
Today after work I put my dad on the recumbant at the gym and hit the treadmil again, having no real goal in mind.
During the first minute I noticed that the guy next to me seemed to have a loud & slow cadence, so I glanced at his speed read-out: 6.5 mph. I then set mine at 6.5 to see what my cadence sounded like compared to his, and like I suspected it was about double! I counted my footfalls for the first time ever and it was 200/min for a cadence of 100. That made me happy even though to a casual observer I must have been working way harder than him. Sure, he was significantly taller than me (who isn't), but my spinning legs were probably sending less shock to my joints than his even though we probably weighed close to the same.
Cycling I was always the gearhead paying close attention to cadence and swapping out chainrings and freewheel cogs to tweak my style, but who would have thunk cadence was so important to running?
Thanks Ken, seeing him spin those legs on gravel during his 2010 summer tour left a real impression on me.
