Saturday and Sunday were great learning and training experiences for me. Saturday, I learned that my hands need some SERIOUS protection from the cold! Running at 5am at 26 degrees (feels like 13 with wind chill), in the Bronx with no sunlight, is officially a BAD IDEA! As if I had to try it to realize that. Some people just need to learn, THE HARD WAY. Unfortunately, that’s what is necessary to get two workouts done in a day. I ran 11.74 miles Saturday morning, but I couldn’t find a pool Saturday afternoon for my 40 min swim. Very frustrating.
Sunday was an adventure! Timing is everything, like previous stated. Sunday, I did not wake up early to do my first bike. I waited until 2pm to do my long ride. BAD IDEA! The long bike was 3 hours, totalling approximately 45 miles. I was done around 5pm, but I had to wait 4-5 hours between my first and second workout. I didn’t start the second workout, which was a 90 minute ride, until 10pm. Made for a very long night. And a particularly short sleep because I had to wake up Monday morning and swim!
Monday morning I overslept and couldn’t swim because I had to drive 3.5 hours to PA for a bike fitting. See, this is why timing is so important. Every minute and hour must be accounted for. I missed my Monday swim all because I waited until 2pm for my first Sunday bike. Ugh!
The bike fitting was AWESOME though! World Cup Ski & Cycle in Mechanicsburg, PA is incredible. Lee is an outstanding bike fitter, more like a wizard. He got me and my wife completely dialed in and extremely comfy on our bikes. It was hard work though, it took 6.5 hours. I was hoping to squeeze in some family time while in PA but I had to do an “about face” if I was going to get home in time to get some sleep. The bike fit was very important though. Lee was able to point out and correct some fundamental errors in my bike setup. Seat height, handlebar height, aero bar position, seat fore/aft position, and so on. He even pointed out some manufacturing problems with the bike itself. One the folks at Fuji weren’t even aware of! Apparently the bikes made with the aero seat post pointed “off center”. We thought it was only my bike, but Lee had another bike (same year, make, model and components as mine) and it had the same EXACT “off center” problem! It looked almost deliberate, but of course Fuji had no idea of this being a problem and no one has ever reported this problem in the past. I’ve uploaded a picture in this post. This is the value of going to get your bike fit though! You get to learn all of the intricacies of your bike and how it interacts with you. Definitely worth $80 for the fitting at World Cup!
Quick training recap of the long weekend.
Saturday: 11.74 mile run – almost froze my fingers off
Sunday: 45+ mile bike around 2pm and then a 25 mile bike that evening
Monday: No Swim because I overslept. Ugh!
Today, I’ve got a 60 min bike in the morning.
Here’s the tunes for Tuesday! Listened to this on the drive out to the bike fitting. Great song that makes me think of my dad!
Let’s have a great week! It’s a short one!
you should have taken a photo when Buck was lying next to me!!!