New Bike

Last week I purchased a new time trial bike (Trek Speed Concept 9.5) from Mike's Bikes in Moncton. Very flashy looking bike. Very aerodynamic. Not as light as my Kuota and it doesn't come with full dura ace like my Kuota. Still, it is a nice bike and I will be eager to see if it feels fast.

My training with my coach, Torsten Abel has been going well. I am noticing improvement with my swimming endurance and speed. I have been swimming about 9000 km a week whcih is quite a bit more than i was doing earlier in the winter. I have been spinning on the trainor indoors about 3 hours a week. I have been doing a couple of runs during the week and one longer run on Sunday. This past week, the plan called for two runs on Wednesday- one at noon and a recovery run after work. Running fast is the one thing that does not come naturally to me. I have to work at it and I will never be a really fast runner.

Swimming comes easier to me. I didn't start swimming until i decided to take up triathlon about 8 years ago. I like the water and have always been comfortable in the water and I think that helps.

I almost went cycling outside this past thursday. I think it was warm enough but I didn' really want to get my bike dirty. I am hoping to get outside in the next week or so. I am going to cuba for a vacation in mid April and seriously considering taking my bike, I always see lots of people cycling when i am there. Tomorrow, I am supposed to run for and hour and a half and increase the heart rate by about 5 beats per minute every 30 mins.