Sweet!

I got the call yesterday that my P2C is at the River City Bicycles in Portland. It's all built up so they're planning to box it up and ship it out maybe even today. I might have it by the middle of next week. I'll have to put it together and then figure out my position on it. I have to figure out the best way to integrate the bike into my training since the position will be different than my current road bike setup.

All in all, it's quite exciting to see if I'll get some free speed and maybe even some more comfort. I'm having an extra chain and a folding Armadillo Specialized tire included in the box. I just bought another Armadillo yesterday for my road bike at City Bikes. It was a nice small shop but had a decent selection from cruiser to a couple of high-end bikes. The cool think is its on this trail just a mile away from my typical flat interval route. I decided just to change my tire right there and I'm glad I did. I found out that one of the tubes I've been carrying in my seat bag had a hole in it. I guess it's something to check every so often. Luckily the 2nd tube was fine.

I did a 2200 yard swim with the first 1000 at race pace and as fast I could for the 2nd 1000 with a 200 cooldown. I'm still struggling to match my speed from earlier in April in the pool. It seems the trip to Germany slowed me down somehow. No idea...I'm just not improving. I guess it's back to focus on some more technique to try to find some free seconds. It's looking like a 40 minute swim at the upcoming Half is a good goal. We'll see if I can swim that fast in open water as it's probably slower than the pool. Maybe I can catch a draft for some free speed since there will be over 400 people in my wave. Hopefully I won't come out of the swim with a broken nose or finger with 1600 feet and arms churning.

The weather here has been a bummer this week as it's been cold and wet early this week and just starting to warm up slightly. I already got spoiled with the nice warm weather the last couple of weeks but hopefully the weekend will be warm for the big rides. The current weather report is showing mid 70s on Friday and Saturday but possible thunderstorms. I'm hoping the rain stays away. I've been trying not run the heat in the condo but I wussed out today and turned it on. I was freezing.

Another interesting going on this week is the amount of food I've been eating. I've been constantly starving and eating tons of food but as of this morning I haven't gained any weight. Not sure what's going on there as the training volume hasn't been huge or anything. All I can say is thank god for Costco!

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