shevdog`s Xlog

A nice evening ride, while making some last minute adjustments.

I think I am ready for the Pittsburgh Triathlon. Really am digging my new TYR skull swim cap I got at Lake Placid.

Slept in, (needing the sleep), missing the swim start. Got to the transition area late in the morning and watched the race. Got out my bike shortly after the 1:30pm first bike lap cutoff. Planned on biking away from the action, yet a wrong turn got me on the course.

The course was being cleaned up as I biked it. A much better ride than Saturday's brief ride. I biked all the way to Wilmington, where I finally caught the slow cyclists. I cut out the 16 miles of flat and took the course back to Lake Placid. Cop told me it was ok, as long as I was not in the way of the cyclists. Felt kind of bad when I was fresh, zipping by cyclists. Ended up chatting with someone's coach for a couple minutes. I loved the one rest stop where they had targets and hockey goals out for cyclists to throw out their trash. I skipped the tempation to grab a bottle of Power Bar Perform. (I heard the orange stuff is nasty, though I do like the strawberry, which I had for my ride.)

I didn't swim or bike as far as I had planned, since I got to Lake Placid late. The first climb out of LP is workable, though a couple miles long. I had a 18.2 average until I took those climbs the other direction. The mountains here are beautiful! 112 here is doable.

15.5av, 41.4max

Everything the say about Mirror Lake is true. Loved it, though I would have faired better with a wetsuit, since it was in the 70's. I will enjoy seeing the swim start tomorrow.

Was hoping to go faster, yet at least I kept within the minimum tempo of 20mph

I am nervously excited that my next swim will be at Lake Placid. Will be great to see all the Ironmen in action.