Thursday, February 15, 2007

Day 4 and beyond

Have to sum up training up to February 15th so bear with me. I finally broke through the 90 minute mark and it was rewarding. I actually felt really strong towards the end of the ride. I am now doing intervals 3x15 in the big gear. Currently my easy gear is 52x20-something and big gear is 52x18ish? I have to count the teeth. The tension on the flywheel isn't too insane and I don't plan on increasing the tension until I can ride for 90 minutes in the 52x12. That probably won't happen til mid-March. I am tempted to do some hill climbs this weekend but I don't think I am quite ready for that. My leg feels good so I have decided to ride the trainer 6 days a week. This is probably a dumb idea but I want to get back up to fitness as soon as possible. During the riding sessions, I noticed that their is rust in the screws on the stem, drats. I have to probably replace the screws.
Overall my Masi is in pretty bad condition- need to clean the chain, the frame, tires, basically, everything. I even need to get new water bottles since I left them filled with Gatorade for 5 months. Smelled like mold when I uncapped the bottles definitely not salvagable.

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