Any other chronic night owls?

[Aspigander]

Since I got this cell phone that has a keyboard so it's easier to enter reminders in for things (refer to my thread where I mentioned getting this so I can enter reminders to help with my absent-mindedness/executive function if you don't already know about it), I've been doing pretty well. I'm trying to build up my list of 'reminders' slowly so I don't overwhelm myself, but when my phone tells me to, say, wash dishes at 8pm, I'm pretty good at jumping right up and doing it.

The one 'reminder' I seem to rebel against is the 11pm bed alert. It is now 12:49am. It's not that I'm not tired, just that I'm kind of not ready to get off the computer. LOL Why is it this one reminder, I seem to have a tough time obeying? Am I the only chronic night owl here?

[Nikabee]

Well, since I'm replying to this - I guess I am! lol I think it's just a bad habit I've gotten into from when Kaelen used to wake up at 1:30 every night. There was no point in trying to sleep until the 1:30 wake up was over, so I just stayed up. Now though, he rarely wakes... but I'm still up! Of course, it couldn't have anything to do with the gallons of Diet Coke I drink a day. ;)

[Aspigander]

Of course, it couldn't have anything to do with the gallons of Diet Coke I drink a day.

Oh of coooouuuurrrrse not! :p

[roadracer]

I remember in your last thread about this, (the day you started ten threads) you had drunk like a half pot of coffee or something like that? You are not on the coffee again are you? :D I remember there were a bunch of us up at 3am

Did you try any of the alternative stuff we have said about? Is it really important what time you get to sleep?
I have been going to bed at around 3am, as that is when I get tired enough to fall asleep, and that is with all the 'alternative' sleep stuff I use to fall asleep. It is going to be rough in the morning because it is now 1:40 and I have to get up at 6am to go on a 70 mile training ride, then I will probably sleep after the ride, then sunday it is off to a small race early in the morning again.

[Nikabee]

LOL so I'm not the only one with crazy sleep habits! Should I be concerned though that I'm the only NT commenting on this at almost 2am? lol

But anyway... I am going to go to bed NOW. :D You should too. ;)

[Aspigander]

No, not on the coffee right now. lol

70 miles???? Did I read you correctly?

[roadracer]

70 miles???? Did I read you correctly?

yep, just a short ride, would like to do more if I am not to tired from lack of sleep

[Aspigander]

You call 70 miles a SHORT ride? That begs the question, what would you consider a long ride?

[Nikabee]

:eek: I don't even like to ride in a car for 70 miles! lol

[Aspigander]

I've actually been getting a little better at falling asleep when I get into bed (though that goes in phases). I think the trouble I've been having of late is the same reason I'll sometimes neglect my bladder as long as possible when I'm doing something, like reading threads on this forum. I just don't like to stop for something mundane like sleeping or using the restroom. Does that sound odd?

[Nikabee]

I don't think it's odd, necessarily. I think we all have that tendancy to a certain degree. It would be a problem, though, if it interferred with you living your life or with your health. I know I have to MAKE myself get off the computer at night, because I will never be "finished." There always seems to just 'one more thing' that I need to check out! lol

[peglem]

I've actually been getting a little better at falling asleep when I get into bed (though that goes in phases). I think the trouble I've been having of late is the same reason I'll sometimes neglect my bladder as long as possible when I'm doing something, like reading threads on this forum. I just don't like to stop for something mundane like sleeping or using the restroom. Does that sound odd?
I'm that way too, along with eating.

[roadracer]

I'll sometimes neglect my bladder as long as possible when I'm doing something, like reading threads on this forum.

Be very careful with that, as sometimes there are posts on this forum that are very funny, and you don't want to end up with a wet seat. :D

You call 70 miles a SHORT ride? That begs the question, what would you consider a long ride?
well I was joking some, as 70 miles is not really a short ride. 60 miles is a average ride for me, and 30-40 is a short ride. So a long ride for me is 100 or more miles.
I didnt get to do that 70 miles I had planed, because it was raining and storming all day, so instead I rode a couple hours on the stationary bike.

[Aspigander]

Be very careful with that, as sometimes there are posts on this forum that are very funny, and you don't want to end up with a wet seat.

ROTFLOL!!!!!!!! I'm glad my bladder was not full while reading that. :p

well I was joking some, as 70 miles is not really a short ride. 60 miles is a average ride for me, and 30-40 is a short ride. So a long ride for me is 100 or more miles.
I didnt get to do that 70 miles I had planed, because it was raining and storming all day, so instead I rode a couple hours on the stationary bike.

Ah, okay.

When my parents show their dogs, the kind of showing they do is something called Schutzhund. One of the tests they do is to see if the dog can run, I think it's 8 miles. The handler is on a bike, and the lead is attached to the bike and the dog runs alongside. I always thought 8 miles would be a long bike ride!

[roadracer]

When my parents show their dogs, the kind of showing they do is something called Schutzhund. One of the tests they do is to see if the dog can run, I think it's 8 miles. The handler is on a bike, and the lead is attached to the bike and the dog runs alongside. I always thought 8 miles would be a long bike ride!

8 miles, lol, I do about a 8 mile warmup BEFORE a race, lol, beginner cyclist usually start out doing 20-30 miles. The cycling club I belong to, there beginner rides are usually around 20 miles, at around 12 mph average speed. The average cyclist can do 30 miles at around a 15 mph average speed. I ride 60 miles at around 20 mph average speed. Lance Armstrong probably rides 60 miles as a short ride at around 25 mph average (but I could keep up with him anyday :D)

[Aspigander]

Do those bikes have speedometers? How do you know the mph?

[roadracer]

Do those bikes have speedometers? How do you know the mph?
I got my tape measure out and measured that 70 miles, timed myself with my pocket watch, and figured out my average speed.

(I was joking by the way) :D

It has a little tiny computer that weights next to nothing that attaches to the handle bars. The computer has a little display that tells you your speed, distance, effort, average speed, and literly 100 other kinds of information. There are little sensors on the bike that measure this stuff while you are riding. I can look at the info while riding, and also the computer records everything about my ride, so after the ride I plug it into my regular home computer and a bunch of charts pop up that tell me all about my ride. It is pretty high tech.
You can get a cycle computer for any bike, you can pick up a cheap one that will tell you your speed for $15
Because I race and train, and get all this expensive stuff, I have a high tech cycle computer. The one I have retails for around a thousand+ dollars. Attached to my bike that at retail costs around 5 thousand, throw in a extra set of light racing wheels (different from your everyday wheels) and the whole bike and setup costs over $7500 easily. This is why you have to be on a team, because then most of this stuff is free or very low cost.
Sorry, that is probably waaaayyyy more then you asked, but I felt there was no easy answer to the question. :D

[Aspigander]

Pretty interesting stuff. Actually, it reminds me of a question I'd been wondering about for a while. With you having mentioned having a road bike, your name being roadracer, you mentioning crashing and landing on the road, are you literally racing down the street?

I know next to nothing about bicycling. Last time I rode a bike I was probably 9 or 10...never graduated training wheels. lol

[roadracer]

Do you live in a cave? in the middle of nowhere? You never seen a person riding a bicycle down the road, in tight bike shorts and a fruity looking jersy? :D

Yep, the road, usually 60+ miles of road, like the Tour de France style of racing (and dont even tell me you never heard of the tour de france)
Anyway here is a good video to watch of a bike race, this is what you would see if you where standing along side the road of a big race (this is tour of California). They usually have a ton of volunteers who shut the road down and it is pretty cool having a police escort and in the middle of all this. You will see a bunch of people riding up the road who just fans riding up there to watch, you will know when it is the racers who are going by, and all those cars after the racers are team support cars, so if you get a flat, your team car zooms up to you and changes the wheel for you so you can hop right back in.
Make sure you have the sound on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0hk2CsF_LA&feature=related

[Aspigander]

Ah, okay, so they close the road down. I was imagining a race in progress while cars were going down the road, and that just sounded like it was begging for trouble. I know people ride their bikes on roads, but a race on a road with cars just seemed like a dangerous idea. lol Got the video going, actually the sound is off at this point. My computer gets grumpy with videos and I have to let it run once before I can actually watch it, as it insists upon starting/stopping/starting/stopping its first run. Strange.

(and dont even tell me you never heard of the tour de france)

You'd mentioned it in another thread where you posted about goal setting, but other than that I've never heard of it.

[Aspigander]

Drat, where did the time go? I ignored my bed alarm at 11pm, I know that, but all of a sudden it is 3:26 and I'm just starting to wind down. And NO I didn't have a bunch of coffee today (yesterday). Am I about to head into another nocturnal phase? lol

Edit -- Actually by the time I hit post it was 3:27.