Tuesday - March 13 Part II (Steve)

Thanks for the comments Matt. If I want to make the aero bars wider I'll have to cut the tape on the bars and slide them out some more, but I'm thinking it's because the ones I had on my Cannondale were out very wide. I hope it's just a matter of getting use to it. I didn't have any real pain, just some discomfort over the back of my shoulders and I figure I'll give it a little bit to adjust because I spent the winter with the wider position on the Cannondale. I definitely plan on getting a professional fit, I have a gift certificate for it but the guy that does it at the place isn't there that often and his next appointments aren't until May! So I'll have to make due until then. I just want to get my body use to the setup right now. Perhaps I need to stretch more which leads me to this evening...

Tonight the East Providence pool was closed because someone dropped a deuce in the pool in there was no swimming. So I came home and did a little of that "S" word. That's right I actually stretched. I actually got home while the sun was up and did a DVD of Hard Core Conditioning. I could only handle 35 minutes of the non-stop ab workout and then put in a DVD that was Yoga for the Endurance Athlete. Guess that's a good way to finish off the day. Now it's time for a nice big plate of pasta.

About today's run, I guess I know I can't hold that pace for St. Anthony's. Sub 40 minutes would be awfully fast for me. But I'm pretty sure if I just had to run a 10K I could do it in 42-45 minutes I guess. I have no idea how it'll be after 70 minutes on the bike. I'll definitely do my best to try and be in this range but that might not be realistic because I know I'll have to get the legs warmed up for running before I start trying to crank it up or I'll be toast.

Tomorrow calls for the brick for me. I know it's listed as a 30 minute bike 10 minute run, but again I'm feeling confident about my training so far so I'm going to shoot for 45/45. I'll mainly try to spin out the bike at a good clip and then try to crank up the run pretty good for about 1.5 miles then just jog out the rest as a warm down/aerobic recovery. It's supposed to be just about 60 tomorrow so I'm hoping the rain doesn't come in and I can get out of work a little early to make a good night out of it.