Not a lot new going on these days. Lana and I are still working at the tutoring center, helping folks out with their Algebra questions. The big news at work is that I found a shower in the Ivy Tech building, so now when I bike to work I don’t smell like ass for the first three hours of my shift. And when that’s the big news at your job, you know your job is pretty sweet.
Training is progressing nicely. I have a bunch of tiny little injuries right now, mostly related to my left knee, but I am able to keep things under control. Muncie Half Ironman is in two weekends, that should be good. If the stars align properly, I just might go under 5 hours, but that’s really a long shot. I’d have to hit 22mph on the bike and then run sub 1:50 on a hot course with no shade cover. We’ll see.
I’ve done a bunch of time trials, one of the flat 40k variety and three of the sorta-kinda-tricky-hilly 10 mile variety. I love doing time trials, because I get to wear my sperm helmet and I don’t have to that crappy swimming or running. The TT courses are such that I end up going about the same speed on each of them (23.6mph) which is silly. I think I can improve upon my 1:03 for 40k, and I’ll have a chance next weekend, but my 25:30 for 10 miles that I got a few weeks ago was a pretty hard ride that will be tough to beat.
Lana and I are putting a bunch of miles on our tandem. It’s going really well, but we’re still trying to resolve some equipment issues. Lana’s having discomfort issues with her saddle, and buying a suspension seatpost didn’t seem to help. I think she needs a new saddle, but we’ll see what she decides to do! Regardless, we keep getting stronger and more confident as a team, and we never get tired of people giving us “the look” as we ride TWOgether!
Gonna ride 100 miles bright and early tomorrow morning, before the heat of the day. It will be a very boring century–2 loops of a boring ride to/from Martinsville–but it will be good training for Ironman, where I’ll need to be patient and keep my focus for the whole six-hour bike ride.
