Sunday, February 1, 2009

  It hit 73 degrees yesterday (a new record) and I got to see how fit I am after all the spinning I did this winter.  It actually felt easier to ride outdoors than inside.   I got to test my new odometer, and I went 19.53 miles on this trip.  I went about 10 miles per hour into the wind, and 19 mph on the  way back.  I had some knee pain, so I adjusted the cleats so that my foot was as far back as it would go.  I think that fixed my knee pain, but time will tell.  I have used the downtime this winter to get my bike to fit better,  and I can pedal much faster now. I get some great bike tips from watching  you tube videos.  The wind got me going so fast (28.5 mph according to my odometer), it scared me so I slowed it down. I could easily have gone faster, but 28 mph feels very fast when when your on top of a 21 lb bike. It was cooler today, so I did a half hour of spinning.  I can work up a very good sweat from that.

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