T.W.I.S.T.E.R. - March Winds Challenge (Page 37)

Here is a video link for Corinna Hein.

How un-American!   Kuddos to you!

And so it begins....  Welcome to the neurotic world of cycling.  Next you will be fretting over grams!  It's addictive!

You didn't say if you liked the bike?

Oh, Yes I did!   They didn't have any there small enough to really fit me, but because of the downward curve of the down tube I was able to test ride a 56cm.  It was a reach to shift/brake, but the ride was lovely.  It was lovely to look at too...and so smooth to the touch...and light.

I/it got lots of attention when I was test riding it.  comments along the lines of 'that bike is gorgeous', 'it is so curvy,'  'is it really wood?' and one 'hey, I bet you could nail things to that bike'

I rode this frame :

The seat post, fork. stem, and handlebars are all carbon fiber.
in this wood combo:

It is wenge outside, padauk pinstripe, sapele center


sorry it is so big...I am feeling to lazy to edit the size. 

Edited by mchally 2010-03-13 11:22 PM

I hope it isn't pouring rain tomorrow for my 50 mile bike ride.  I would like the memory of my first half century to be at least a somewhat pleasant.

Good night team.  It is time to give my mom a break from caring for my dad.  It would also be good to get a decent amount of sleep tonight, but that depends on how my dad is doing.

I chat with y'all tomorrow.

wow...surprised I'm the first one to post today.

Gonna go for a run, then a swim this afternoon.

St. Patrick's Day is coming up! But don't "overindulge" too much because we KNOW you want to keep up with your workouts! (Besides, do you REALLY want to drink Green Beer?)

Current Standings:
1st place -- bEASTies - 34.8%
2nd place -- T.W.I.S.T.E.R. - 31.0%

Happy St. Paddy's Day! Keep working out (or I'll zap you. I've just purchased a special GREEN taser. It's my personal way of celebrating St. Patrick's Day.)

Dee

Don't really know what I was thinking, but this just plain hurt this morning.  I found a similar workout on someone's log here and tweaked it a little.  Probably would of been all fine until I decided to run my 100 free interval times at 1:45, which just happens to be my fastest interval time ever.  Hmmm... not the best idea for 15 x 100.  I made it, but I'm sure it wasn't pretty.  The last couple of intervals I literally only had a couple of seconds at the wall before taking off again.  It took ever ounce of willpower to not break the interval.  Rest of the day cancelled!  Time for round 2 of baseball.

WU: 250 free w/ fins
MS: 30 x 100
5x100 pull @ 2:15; 1x100 @ 1:45
4x100 pull @ 2:15; 2X100 @ 1:45
3x100 pull @ 2:15; 3x100 @ 1:45
2x100 pull @ 2:15; 4x100 @ 1:45
1x100 pull @ 2:15; 5x100 @ 1:45
CD: 100 (backstroke,kick x 25)

And, for the unoffical challenge within a challenge (swim):

Disturbed:  23,300
Brick:  21,550
Mndymond: 21,325
Wesgraves:  15,400
Mchally: 12,800
Tri808:  12,700

Can't really remember who expressed interest in this way back when, so I just pulled some of the top numbers.

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Well the weather men were wrong (surprised?) and it was a beautiful day.  A bit cold, but the sky was clear and blue.  I put in a nice long ride. I had to make some changes to the route, but it should be fairly close to 50 miles.  I am going to map it in a little bit.

I didn't make it to the pool much last week.  I will try to put in another 10,000 yards this week.

Great going!   

My bike ride was somewhere between 49.5 and 50 miles! 

The furthest I have ridden up until to today was 40 miles and that was with decent training.

The only bike training I've done in the last few months is a couple of spin classes. 

This was the first time I've ridden this bike more than a couple of blocks since I built it.  I was worried that the aero bar end shifters would be awkward (especially on hills) but I didn't have any problems with them.

Oh...My legs hurt.

You know...a nap sounds really nice right now.

I bet!! 

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Isn't that the whole purpose of these challenges.  Nice job.  I'm psyched for you too!

50 miles is a nice push.  I too found that the aero shifters take a little getting used, but otherwise are not that inconvenient when on the horns.

Great job today!  I bet you sleep well tonight!