Wow, just wow....

Okay, who would of guessed that just a few little adjustments would make such a huge difference? I took my tire pressure from 80psi to 120psi, and lengthened the stem by probably 2". The difference was marked. Took it out for a quick shakedown, and other than it not being as friendly over the bumpy road, my average speed for 5.5 miles was 18.7, and that was over bumpy roads, and included some small hills. I was happy today, this should prove to cut 2+ minutes off of my 12mile race time.

Long Slow Distance

Today was my long slow distance day, working on building the base... Well here's the map to my LSD run... :D

http://www.mapmytri.com/route/us/wa/seattle/541124261279069580

Hate hill climbs

I hate hill climbs, I hate hill climbs, I hate hill climbs... Anyway, here's the route, time 40min 10sec...
http://www.mapmytri.com/route/us/wa/seattle/343124245085446128

Tonight we spin

Okay, not a long workout, but a challenging one, 20 minutes on the spin trainer, working on form, and cadence. I particularly dislike the spin trainer, because I feel that it's harder than road riding. I have a constant resistance trainer, so unlike riding where you just don't pedal as hard to release some resistance, it's ineffective with my spin trainer. If you slowdown pedaling, or stop pedaling, the rear wheel will stop in about 3 seconds, there's no continuous momentum. The constant resistance I find more difficult than pedaling into the wind. Anyway, I am happy with this workout.

Up and Down, into the wind...

Up and Down 9.66 miles, then into the wind around Alki Point, hate riding into the wind, it just bleeds speed off, and kills your momentum... Here's the route, and 9.66 miles, in 34m 59s.

Me Kwa Run

Just down and back, forgot exactly how far it was, thought it was around 1 mile, couldn't figure out why it was taking sooo long, turns out it's 1.98 miles... :D

http://www.mapmytri.com/route/us/wa/seattle/104124103089334770

Yay... ME...

Back at it...

Okay, I'm back, it's been a long ski season, and it's not over yet, but I'm back on the bike. Today couldn't remember how to reset my bike odometer, so no numbers, but went my usual Alki Route...

http://www.mapmytri.com/route/us/wa/seattle/107124033589558348

Anyway, the HR was right up in the 170s, good ride, stoked to be training again!!!

So anyway, there might be a Team Pirate in training, I'm trying to talk a couple of my buddies into running sprints, there may be more pirate jerseys showing up at triathlons soon!!!