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Message started by Rawhide on Mar 15^th, 2008, 2:49pm

Title: I ate Greg's dust today
Post by Rawhide on Mar 15^th, 2008, 2:49pm

Well, here I am, working on another Saturday! Took time out about 12:45 to get a few miles in while it was still nice. Got out on the Trinity Trail by work and the old legs just didn't feel like they had much today. I got around by the Colonial and about a mile ahead I could make out a swb bent and df'r, going the same direction, just flying. I tried to ramp it up to catch them and gained nothing. Could only stay even with them. In my mind I thought it might have been Greg 'cause they were scooting along pretty good. Normally I catch most everybody out there eventually. Which I did, at the rest area by the crossover and 183, only because he had stopped. We had a nice little chat, then I had to head on back to the office for more fun, while Greg was gonna put on another30 miles or so.

Title: Re: I ate Greg's dust today
Post by aikigreg on Mar 15^th, 2008, 9:41pm

I don't know about that. My legs were jelly after chasing down and overtaking that roadie. Man I need to get back into shape and into clipless shoes.
I ended up with 55 miles on the money, which was about all I could handle. The wind and the sprint had robbed me of a whole lot of power. And the sun - I had no idea how strong it was for such a cool day. I am FRIED. I'll have to be more careful tomorrow. I hope to get in a couple hundred miles at least this week - more if I can, since I want to be ready for the 200k on the 29th.

Had my first flat on the aero today. I was going over a pretty crappy gravel patch and then I felt the rear wheel get mushy. I found no hole at all, so it musta been a snakebite from a rock, but it was such a tiny little hle in the tube. Ah well, didn't take too long to fix (for me - I'm absurdly slow at repair).

But at least my miles are coming along. I expect I'll be back to flat century strength by the end of the week. I hope, anyway!