Training Log Archive: ebuckley

Change of Heart including 70:00@marathon effort. First 45 minutes (to the base of the climb to uppper CC Lake Park) easy, including a mile run with Yaya's Godmother, Joann Spitz who was doing laps of the lake in prep for the San Antonio marathon. Then got on it and felt pretty good for about 30 minutes. After that it felt like someone had driven a spear through my shoulder, but it wasn't really slowing me down any. Finished the pace section with a lap on the track to verify pace. As I had feared, it was slow by about 20s/mile. The HR was right, so there are obviously still some ventilation issues (or, I've lost more fitness than I realize).

Easy spin in the 60" gear. Decided to see how well the shoulder would handle the increased vibration and extra weight support on the road bike. Felt fine for the first half hour then got uncomfortable in a hurry. Probably another week before I can ride in this position for any length of time. Just as well, since I really need to be focusing my training on running for the next couple weeks before starting to taper.

I think I may have been a bit hard on the Cannondale. Granted, even a crappy road bike feels like cheating when you've been putting around on a 29'er, but this is still a decent bike even after all the years, miles, and crashes. It needs a new chain and freewheel and the handlebars definitely need to be retaped, but everything else is working fine.For about $150 in maintenance, I could be back to a pretty nice ride. The dilemna, of course, is that I really don't care about road riding anymore. I suppose the smart move would be to sell it to someone who does.