....and we're back

So I think I'm going to document my rehab from elbow surgey here. Surgery is March 4th, 2009.

Tri-PTC

This was my second triathlon. Here are the results

















The swim went fairly well. The lake was full of long, itchy grass. It was constantly wrapping around my arms and neck and I could feel it with my feet and knees as I swam. I started off swimming freestyle but almost immediately switched to breast stroke as I could not see more than 8 inches under water. Very different from swimming in the pristine Gulf of Mexico. I had a hard time getting a good breathing rhythm at first, but I found my pace about a quarter of the way through the swim. I could probably shave a minute off my time swimming freestyle, but I would have been out of gas.


The first transition went fairly well, as did the bike leg. My heart rate was high for the first few miles but it eventually leveled off. It was cool and drizzling rain on and off. The wind was gusty at times but never really bothered me. I haven't ridden my road bike much lately and it didn't feel like it fit like it used to. My track bike has an entirely different geometry and I've been spending a lot of time on it. I averaged 19.3 mph and finished 23rd out of 62 in my AG


The second transition sucked. I tried to swing my leg over and ride in side saddled so i could jump off at the last second. It didn't work. My jello legs failed me and I took a nice chunk of carbon out of my top tube. I also couldn't find my head band

The run went very well for me. 9:09 pace was actually great for me. That's almost a minute better than my 5k pace with fresh legs from a couple of months ago. I am confident I can knock at least another minute off of that. I found my pace about a mile in and finished strong, not out of breath. I guess I need to push harder next time.

A few Pics

Dick Lane Velodrome

FIX PUSH

Nastalgia

I can ride my bike with no brakes

Not really. Had to walk it about a mile after the front brake started grinding and peeling metal curly fries. Unfortunately, I had switched to the freewheel from the fixed gear so all i could do was drag my feet. That was the first and last time I've ridden the freewheel. Boooo freewheels.

Un Blog Andalou

This has been the source of much entertainment for me over the past few months
Lots of good content

Tour de Georgia

I stopped by the time trials at Road Atlanta during the tour de Georgia. I had what turned out to be one of the bests views in the place. One of the cyclists had a rear derailuer snap off right in front of me. It was a carbon SRAM Force. He came out of the saddle and it just snapped...










Here's a few more shots from the race

I was really bored all day

What its all about

I have decided to start this blog to document all the hilarious, random, offensive, and obscure things that I come across in my life. People, places, trends, you get the idea. Too bad this wasn't around to document my Camaro restoration. Maybe Sheldon Brown can convince me to build a fixed gear bike.... Stay tuned....