The South Wind and the Sun

Week 7: April 20-26

Run: 45 km
Bike: 209 km
Swim: 1500 m

Biking in the wind is the most depressing and most exhilarating thing in the world. Since Thursday Whitehorse has been swept up in a raging south wind. On Thursday I took an easy ride into the wind and then rode as hard as I could back into Whitehorse. The slow grind into the wind was well worth spinning at 100 RPM in my highest gear and hitting speeds of 45 km/h on the flats. I fooled myself into thinking that I would have an equally fabulous time doing the same thing on Saturday. This time I took out my new triathlon bike thinking that I'd get even faster speeds. Unfortunately, my poor Contessa von Awesome (my triathlon bike) was getting thrown all over the road and every time I tried to use the tri bars, I was worried I'd get creamed by an oncoming semi truck. I learned a bit of a lesson, and on Sunday Tony and I rode to the Marsh Lake Dam (30 km south), then turned around and rode to Bean North for a coffee (70 km north). I probably compromised the training integrity of the ride, but who cares...riding with a tailwind is awesome.

The camera is en route, so the blog should be slightly more interesting soon.

Sierra posted this on Apr 28, 2008 from the gym | | permanent link