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Originally Posted by Hunter
Riding with people is always a plus since someone is always a little stronger or having a better or worse day. Drafting is huge if done with someone you trust and know well. Also using a pace line works well but of course mind the W&OD traffic or other traffic. I have to admit I have not been on my bike much this year but this is certainly make me think about it.
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I started biking as a substitute to running. It's a much lower impact (excluding massive impacts with the ground and inanimate objects
) and frankly it's just more fun to get an hour of cardio covering 15 miles versus 6. But I've found that to get a workout similar to running, you have to PUSH all of the time. Running is relentlessly taxing. Sucks going uphill, sucks less going downhill. But biking allows respites that can actually undermine the workout. For that reason it's basically impossible to get a good bike workout on a public trail on a weekend.
PS: On Father's Day a couple of friends and I drove out to the Catoctin region and had a fantastic ride. Open roads, minimal traffic, great scenery.