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August 1, 2007
Holy Cats!
Of course my title is one of my favorite sayings, stolen from none other than Barb! :)
Anyway, the "holy cats" is in reference to our heat wave. Wow was it hot today. I'm talking melting hot. Like can't breathe because it's so hot. Like you walk into your 85 degree house and it actually feels cool compared to outside!
Regardless, it was sort of cool this morning when I did a short and easy 30 minute run (which came after a short and easy 1500 meters in the pool at the YMCA).
It was not cool this afternoon when I went out for my 90 minute ride though! Holy cats! I was soaked within minutes. Luckily I was very distracted from the temps because I was much more focused on trying the race wheels! Double holy cats! I can see why people pay $3000 for a set of these bad boys. I felt like I was flying! I always try to tell myself that stuff like race wheels, aerohelmets, lighter bike components, etc... don't make that much difference but after today's ride I threw that theory out the window. Wowsers! I felt like a bit of a tool riding my bike around town with race wheels (and a disc in the back no less) but truth be told the people around where I live likely don't know the difference between a disc wheel and a mountain bike tire.
Anyway, one of the best things about the disc (other than making you faster of course) is the noise is makes when you are riding...sort of like a whirr, whirr, whirr with each pedal stroke. I was thoroughly enjoying myself. And I came right home and emailed the owner of said wheels that I definitely would not be returning them any time soon. :) One downside to these wheels however is that they are tubulars (vs the clinchers I usually use). This means I can pump them up to 140-150 psi. This in and of itself isn't a bad thing of course (part of the reason you can go faster!) other than for fools like me who have trouble pumping their tires up to 120 let alone 150! And unfortunately on race morning I have to be the one pumping as O won't be allowed in the transition area. Perhaps some big tri dude will take pity on me and help me out. :)
So we are leaving tomorrow morning for southwestern Michigan! I'm pretty excited for the race and just for the trip in general. We will be close to Notre Dame so even though we are NOT Notre Dame fans we are going to stop by campus to at least check it out. O also found a minor league baseball team that plays very close by so if I'm not in a coma on Saturday night we'll probably go to that (race is Saturday, not leaving for home until Sunday).
Will report back after the race!
Posted by beth at August 1, 2007 6:56 PM
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Good luck this weekend, Beth!
Posted by: Meghan at August 1, 2007 9:33 PM