5.1.13 Rabbit Rabbit!

Good Morning

Had a good sprint ride on the trainer last night,  I am going to head over to the Gym at lunch for some Strength conditioning, OH lord I must be Desperate.

Have a great day everyone, its going to be a Beauty Here sunny a light breeze and 74 degrees If this keeps up I might have to get those tires changed on the Bike and get it the heck off the trainer.

This AM 2950 in the pool

tonight - an hour on the trainer with the Sufferfest (title TBD)

Okay, I have to brag and then I can go to bed.....60 km ride with two faster people. Managed to average 31 kph, and it wasn't all, or even mostly, drafting (Lost contact several times and had to catch back up--possible only since they stopped for lights occasionally.) Broke my best Oly split and then continued at the same pace for another 20 km. OMG. Actually don't feel sore or that tired tonight--odd how a ride that I would classify at the time as an NDE (Near Death Experience) workout doesn't take as much out as a run of that intensity.

Really useful experience. The woman I was riding with is very close to my weight/height/build but a fantastic cyclist--realized right away that if I geared down and upped my cadence to match hers, I could hold a faster pace for a longer time than with the bigger gear I usually try to push. I almost always bike solo or with people who are bigger/stronger than me so never realized that.

Beautiful weather here....Planned 40 mile ride after work....Sunny and 80 degrees, a combination I was beginning to think would never happen..

Enjoy the day!

Bailed on my easy 3 mile run this morning after 0.5 with top of foot pain (too tight lacing at a weekend race, I think).  Hope this goes away SOON.

But, did get a great swim workout in.  1500 at a bit over 25' (v. good for me - I have a high drag:power ratio in the pool!), 5x100, 500 cool down.  Felt GREAT in my new goggles and jammers (that don't leak and aren't see through, respectively - much better than the converse). 

Going for a ~50 mile ride up a local ski hill with a work colleague (sounds more professional than riding buddy) in an hour or so.  Too nice here to even describe today!

Good luck getting after it BT!

Matt

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27 miles on the bike & two KOM's! 

http://app.strava.com/activities/51757027

OK I am Jealous looks Like a very Nice ride indeed.

Don't be.  Most of my rides are on the trainer in my basement in Pennsylvania.   It's rare that I get to enjoy riding some place like this. 

labbit labbit! I remembered to say it first thing this morning when I woke up.

Swim at the pool today and some weights and core work. Happy May all!

Update on my ride yesterday.  The weather was 82 degrees, somewhat windy but absolutely gorgeous.

My buddy was really feeling it so rather than turn around at the 20 mile mark (we were on a rail-trail) he kept wanting to extend...

SO, the 40 miler turned into a 53.5 miler....Not a huge difference but enough that the legs were pretty much shot by the time I got home.. The funny thing is he was so wiped out the last 15 or so miles that I pulled the last 10-12 miles including a few fairly nasty hills closer to home...

I bought a new Tarmac recently and am falling more and more in love with it's responsiveness....

That's awesome!  

I had the exact opposite experience.  My buddy wasn't feeling it (he's had bike races each of the past 2 weekends and another this weekend), so our ~50 miler turned into a 25 miler (and I pulled a lot, too).  Still a great ride, given the AWESOME weather!  Truth be told, my legs were wobbly, too.  

Glad you're falling for your new mount.  It's a sweet ride, for sure.  I'm on the Venge (an aero Tarmac ride), which I love, but the Tarmac has a very different (and wicked nice) road feel - all sprinty/climby feeling!

Matt

Interestingly my buddy rides a Venge....His other road bike is a 12 y/o Motobecane Titanium...Mine was a 10 year old Ironhorse...

We were both looking and I wanted either a Venge or Tarmac, he didn't seem to care, just wanted to find a deal...

I never did come across a Venge that met all my requirements but obviously did find a Tarmac so I was beyond happy!

My buddy bought his Venge from a guy who races and interestingly this year he chose a Tarmac... Apparently the team members can choose their bike models as long as they are Specialized....

Spoiler alert (like anyone else is even reading).  

I went with a 2009 (new to me) Cervelo P2C.  Used the money I saved going used to buy some sweet wheels (sub-9 and 808 front, set of 404s to match my current 808 rear - all set for my road and tri bikes), all tubies, and all also "new to me" but not new.

Getting it Saturday, going to shoot for a fitting Sunday and then ride it constantly for the next year (unless I'm running or swimming)!!!

I'll post pics probably next week just to prove it to the doubting Thomas types on BT. 

I was going to say, a wise man once told me without pictures it never happened...

And welcome to the Cervelo Mafia (I know there's a felt one already but Cervelo sounds more mobbish)!!!