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The bad: shortened the Saturday ride due to time constraints missed the Sunday ride completely with getting the new bikes (mine and Mike’s) more ready and doing tons of new house errands The good: Got into a karate class (although I don’t find I’m missing it much any more) and got movies on DVD of…
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Sometimes I have a day where I feel great. All day I plan what workout I’m going to do, and where. And I’m just itching to do it. Yesterday was one of those days, and so the evening run became the week’s long run (it’s usually Weds morning but had been moved to Thurs morning…
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Yay! The new bike fits! Finally having the bottom bracket bolt and an hour when the fitter guy was in the bike shop, the frame is a good size for me! Basically all he did was look at me on a trainer and say “if I was going to fit you to that bike I…
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Yes, both in one ride. Started out with 80 in mind as Mike had to get to work and the time change stole an hour. We started out together as usual, each armed with nuun and a bar and a gel. It was nice out, and I even opted for the tank jersey. Mike took…
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At some point I will live in one place for a long time again… First out of college I lived in the same place for a year. Then Irvine was the longest at about a year and a half. With Holly has been about 15 months, but that was in 2 different locations. And now…
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On the bike front, still waiting on a few pieces so there really hasn’t been much progress since Valentine’s day. Hopefully the final piece will arrive later this week and I’ll have cranks that are attached! 🙂 Tough ride for me this weekend. But it got hard before the ride ever started: with 2 FULL…
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Last night Mike and I had a great Valentine’s date of working on getting the bikes built… Where by “we” I mean Mike is doing most of it and I’m learning, helping where I can, and taking pictures!
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About an hour after I left Mike’s office this morning (he kicked me out saying the bikes would be a while and etc) our bikes were delivered! At least he is getting punished, too — he’s not allowed to open the boxes til tonight and with me 🙂
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here are some pics from this weekend’s race: To see all the pics check out my Redlands Tri gallery.
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So today Mike and I did our first Tri of the season. It was a local (Redlands) race, and reverse order (run, bike, then swim). Very short for us: 5k run, 9 mi bike, 100 yd swim. A few notes of interest on this race: it was the first tri I ever did (although the…