Here are the pedals and shoes I purchased.
This morning I decided to ride in my basement. I chose to ride solo so I could get used to clipping in and out and figuring out how to ride with bike shoes. This was my first time ever using them. I wanted to be home in case I needed to change position of the cleats, adjust my shoes, etc.
After one ride I can the benefits to having bike shoes. It really makes a world of difference. Being able to constantly use your legs to pedal by both pushing and pulling is amazing.
My workout for today was to get in a 60 minute foundation ride. I am still building up my base on the bike. Bike and swimming are my two weaknesses right now that need work which is why training now is so important. I am doing things right and getting things in place for a good training block come the end of January.
I completed a 60 minute ride accomplishing 21 miles for a 2:51 pace. My average speed was 21 with a max of 30.9. My average HR was 103 with a max of 124. I right where I needed to be.
To help the time go by I watched the first hour of Bridesmaids. This movie was cracking me up. So far it has lived up to the hype. I will need to ride again soon to finish the movie up. I am at the place where they are on the airplane. This helped make the time fly by. I had to put on my headphones to hear the movie. I did not want to blast my speakers and wake my family up. I had to really scoot my bike up close to the TV. I snapped some photos so you can see my setup.
Here is the slideshow of my Triathlon Training Pictures so far
I finished up with a 10 minute Core workout. I did not do this last night so I added it to the workout this morning. Man, this was a killer little workout if you don't take breaks. I performed the Core workout on the right side of the card. The Upper Body is what we did yesterday. A great workout for the middle of the week.
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