Do you Do Dus?

So today was my first two-sport day in my training program. After 50 minutes on the bike yesterday at mid effort (zones 1 and 2) today called for another 50 minutes but at a stepped up pace (zones 1-3) and then a 10 minute run. Well, if you have never tried running after biking, it's like trying to run with legs filled with Jello and set in concrete blocks. You think the legs are moving a lot, but you don't make up much ground. It feels very weird, and the point of today's training session was to get us used to the strange feel of shifting from bike to run.

Today today was 17 miles on the bike and just over a mile running, but it felt like a lot more. All down at Haines Point on a lovely day. 50 and bright spring sunshine and the blossoms starting to explode.

Too bad tomorrow is not a rest day. I think I could use one.

Will it or Won't it.

It was supposed to be 70 and partly sunny so I broght my bike to work for an afternoon ride. Instead its clowdy and threatening to rain all day. Weathermen suck. Cmon sun!

PM UPDATE - The correct answer is it won't. Raining here and going to have to hit the trainer indoors. boooooooring to ride indoors. Hope something good is on TV.

Weekends are the best

it is tough training during the week. Waking up early, when it's cold and dark but on a day like today - sunny, 65 degrees - why wouldn't I want to head out. The training plan calls for 40 minutes on the bike in heart rate zone 1-2, but will probably go for an hour. It's just that nice out. An Awakening-less Haines Point is the spot today. Anyone interested in joining?

Check out my Ride

So I decided to get a new bike for the triathlons. I did not have a huge amount to spend (some of these can go for $5,000 or more). Big thanks go to Matt Gardner and Greg Webb who went with me to shop for bikes and educate me. I ended up at Spoke's in Virgina (a great experience) and getting a 2007 Trek 1500 with shimano 105 components. It is a wonderful bike, feels great, very light and I have already started enjoying my indoor (on a trainer) and outside riding experiences. It even has cool decals on it!!! It does everything but ride itself. Now, can anyone tell me where to go for blood doping? I hear HGH prices are droppng now that baseball players are running for the hills.