Day 135, 230 To Go

May 15, 2013

So today is the day I got to ride my newly fit bike!  I was very excited...well, as excited as I can get at 6:15am in the morning.  Instead of a !!YAY!! it was more of a yay!

Unfortunately, things didn't work out that great.  As I may or may not have mentioned, when I picked up my bike, the bike fitter was sick, so she was not there to adjust the new aero bars.  They definitely need some adjusting.  My knees kept on hitting my elbows and when I stood up to ride, I almost fell because my knee hit the handlebars!  Yikes!

Needless to say, I still did a 20 mile ride.  I cut it short because I was very uncomfortable, and really, with a new setup, I should not be out there pushing too many miles right away.  I have to get used to it...and I also need to go back and get fit right.  I made some adjustments myself that should help, but I still need to go back. 

I don't know what I did, but I didn't notice that my GPS was not on, so my numbers are not exact.  I turned it on when I turned around, so I guess I can just double everything.  Here they are:

Time: 1:09:12

Distance: 21.04 miles

Pace: 18.24mph

Max Pace: 27.37mph

Calories: 1,386

Avg HR: 138

Max HR: 156

Ok, enough with the bike, its time to talk about the run.  This will be my second day in my new shoes.  Will I run as fast as yesterday or will I go back to my normal slow times...

Let's see:

Time: 20:00

Distance: 2.37 miles

Pace: 8:26/m

Max Pace: 7:09/m

Calories: 305
Avg HR: 134

Max HR: 152

Well, look at that, I did have another good and fastish run.  Is it the shoes?  Nah, it can't be.  They aren't magic.  I would like magic shoes though.  What would I want my magic shoes to do?  Hmmm...I think I'd want my magic shoes to make me rich so I can quit my job.  Yeah.  That's it.  What would you want your magic shoes to do?  I can think of a few good ideas:

1. Allow you to eat whatever you want and you don't get fat (I bet this would be the most popular)
2. Make you rich (hey, that's mine...pick your own!)
3. Allow you to fly!
4. Give you super strength
5. Make you a great dancer (even magic shoes can't help me there...)

I think those are good choices.  Let me know what you want your magic shoes to do!  Until then...

Run for Life!!