Day 20 (Wed - 1/20)

Today was another good day. I got out of work at a reasonable time (not ideal but reasonable for the stage in the project); stuck to the 30 minutes of clean up after dinner; had some solid kiddo time including a quick dance party; and hit the bike for 45 minutes. I didn’t get to talk with my wife much but she was researching possible vacation spots we could go with the buggo before our new arrival. I am looking forward to day dreaming with her tomorrow evening when she tells me about what she found.

I felt strong but kept feeling a pull on my knees, so at the 45 minute mark I got off the bike and took some measurements. Turns out I was about ½ inch low and ¼ inch too far back. I had tinkered with flipping my stem in November and adjusted the seat to see if I favored that configuration. Well, I didn’t so I set my stem back and must have forgotten to readjust my seat position.

After around 15 minutes of dialing into a position I found that familiar sweet spot. It was kind of amazing, my legs responded to the new position as if I had logged some miles in that position (which I had last season, I was just a little surprised my legs remembered after a few months off). I am just happy I caught this now and not several weeks into training. Bike fit is the most important aspect of bicycling in my opinion.

That bike ride brings me to 1:45 of 2 hours down on the bike. It is supposed to break into the 40’s tomorrow and I am thinking of sneaking in a run between work and home. Something quick, say 2 or 3 miles at the most and then Friday pick up a quick 15 minute sprint on the bike followed by some more core. It doesn’t look like the pool is factoring into this week and that is OK; however, I did some quick calculations regarding cut off times for the 70.3 and my swim time will be close to the cut off time of 1 hour after the last wave. I may need to re-think my target for this event. Flash told me he shaved a full minute off of his swim time this week. I might have to get some pointers.