Wednesday Night Hammerfest
By JB. Filed in Cycling, Heart Stuff, Triathlon |
47 (actually 52 but I forgot to turn my Edge on until 5 miles into the ride) @ 20.6 mph.
Did OK, I suppose. Somehow I was pulling again when the spring began and gassed myself right out of the gates, so I was probably third from last to pass the town sign. I have to figure out a way to get in the middle of the pack when the sprints begin. epon finished in the top few, I think. He rode strong tonight. I think he was trying to get me on his wheel when the attacks began about 5 miles out from Flatville but I was out of steam at that point and rode back with Dave and the dude on the Klein. Can’t remember Klein-rider’s name, but when I first started riding with Wild Card he was about as squirrelly as me on the bike. His bike handling skills seemed much better tonight.
The chest pain came back for a visit about 5 miles from home, but I also rode a lot harder tonight and haven’t taken the Coreg since around 6:00 this morning. It seems like the chest pain has some correlation to the last time I took the Coreg. Hopefully a reduction in dosage is just what I need to be able to put down sustained efforts without heart discomfort.
Martin suggested that I do the Lytle Park Sprint Triathlon this Saturday in Neoga. It’s a 300 meter pool swim, 12 mile bike and 5K run, so it should be pretty doable for me. I think I’m going to sign up for it as long as Cindy’s OK with it.
Tags: Coreg, Cycling, Flatville, Hammerfest, Lytle Park
Thursday, August 13th 2009 at 8:50 am |
I tried to hold Gene’s wheel ( I think thats’s his name :/ ) way too early and blew up too. I’m great at seeing a break and putting out the bursts to stay in it but have no staying power once the intensity ramps up.
I couldn’t wait till the Klein guy dropped, he almost took me out dieing in the pace line when I was next man back on the way home. He follows the next wheel really close, pedals hard and coasts …. was wearing me out.
Hope ya get the meds worked out. Good ride.
Thursday, August 13th 2009 at 9:24 am |
Yeah I noticed that Karl was keeping a lot of distance between him and Klein-guy. I was definitely glad to not be in his line for most of the ride out, but it was pretty easily pedaling with him and Dave on the way back in for some reason. He seems to be better at holding a line than he was, too.
Started thinking about the beginning of the sprint last night, too, and think I could have held back a bit since I was pulling when the sprint began. Going downhill after a slight climb, it seemed like the right time to go, but we were still two miles out from town, I think. Probably should have waited until someone attacked from behind and then tried to get on their wheel – or even waited for a few more riders to break. I think also that if I try a little harder to get in the middle of the pack when the attacks begin on the way back into town that I’ll have a better chance of keeping a faster pace for longer.
Still a noob, though, so I’m forgiving myself for now for not using a little more sense. Little learning opportunities present themselves each time I ride.