Rando Richard

Recently I posted a question on a cycling forum. It was “how high should one’s heart rate be on a long extended climb?” Then general consensus was “try to keep it below your lactate threshold” or “don’t go into the red.” (Lactate threshold is also called anaerobic threshold or maximal steady heart rate.) I know [...]

A few years ago, a nephew of mine, who works at an outdoor wilderness program, indicated that this product called Areobic 07, (there are other similar products under other brands) was effective in treating water in the outdoor environment. They supposedly drank out of cow troughs, out of creeks, lakes, yet in several years of [...]

For the past year I have concluded nearly workout (both cardio and strength-training) with a protein fruit smoothie. I got the original recipe from Boys Life, the BSA magazine for youth. It was a simple recipe, which I have since modified slightly. Here it is: 1 to 1.5 fresh bananas 3/4s of a fresh orange [...]

The Salt Lake Randomneurs (long distance cycling) information used to be on this blog, but I have finally moved it to it’s own site at this link. Regretfully all the comments didn’t make the move, but are archived if. > Richard, RBA (Regional Brevet Adminstrator)

Here it is February and I have been consistently swimming since November of last year (2 – 3x a week). On my last post I reported problems with bi-laterial breathing. I have finally settling into breathing on one side, every other stroke (instead of every third stroke as with bi-lateral), BUT I switch sides every [...]

In September I purchased my first stand up paddleboard. I found a deal on a used Wave Storm 10′ 6″ board. These were recently sold at Costco. I found one online review and it was pretty favorable, especially considering the price, which was about $800 for a new board. After purchasing it, I did more [...]

This fall, because it is too cold to cycle comfortable, and since there is not enough snow to ski, I have decided to try swimming for part of my cardio workout (I also hit the weight room while there). I have been going to the local college pool where I have been receiving lessons from [...]

This past season (2011), three of us finished 1200k’s Grand Randonnées: They include myself (Richard Stum), completing Colorado High Country in July with a time of 83:52. Robert Owen, from Saint George finished Paris-Brest-Paris (PBP) in August with a time of 89:02. Conor Carroll, originally from Houston, but now lives in Kaysville, also completed PBP, [...]

When I was growing up, my mother and many of her sisters (she came from a family of 15 siblings), espoused a good diet to increase one’s health and/or to increase your lifespan (several of them published books on this topic). They had a slogan, which I’ll never forget, which is “The Whiter the Bread, [...]

During the spring of 2011 I made the decision to try out a tensioned, unpadded leather saddle again. My previous experience with a 100% leather saddle was using the Selle-An-Atomica, which doesn’t require any break in. But that saddle was heavy (no titanium model available) and the slit down the middle was a negative for [...]