I love cardio- on a bike. I find the steepest, longest climbs and I go suffer in joy. There's something about the tangible aspect of it.... "I am climbing this hill".... as opposed to being on a treadmill or whatever.
Plus the 40 mph downhills are a blast.
Cycling really helped me come back from a head injury. I was in a dark place... had been for over a year...got obsessed with cycling and at the peak I was riding 50 miles every other day for months and months. Every ride was like a click on a ratchet- one tangible notch "better", cognitively. I attribute it to the oxygen bath my brain was getting but who knows. I've scaled it back- now I go 25-35 miles but it's a more intense route and pace. 50 miles is just a long-ass time to be on a bike; the contact points (hands, feet, butt) take a beating.
I'm in a bit of shock that MTWarden is older than me and running that much. I wonder if my body could do that.
