New road bike

Yesterday, I rushed from work around 4:30 to try and get 2 hours of cycling in. I was heading toward the Hillsborough Bridge when I heard a little "poof" and my rear tire went flat. I have tubular tires on my tri bike and that is the first flat I have ever had. I think the tires are just worn out as they have never been changed. They are actually on the wheels from my previous tri bike. So, I had just purchased a new road bike at Smooth Cycle that I hadn't picked up so I rushed over there to trade bikes. My new road bike is a "Kuota Kebel" and it looks very much like my tri bike which is a "Kuota Kalipur." Same colour and both carbon. I managed to get in about an hour and 15 minutes of cycling. The road bike feels good; a little "stiffer" than my previous bike.

This morning we had our weekly swim lesson. We used fins a bit to work on flutter kicking and butterfly kick. We then did some butterfly with the fins and then without the fins. My butterfly stroke is improving a bit but it is still difficult. Today, I am getting a massage and am not supposed to work out after that. Tomorrow I am hoping to do a long run. I am a little uptight about the fact that I haven't done many 20 k runs lately but in less than a month I am doing a race that has a half marathon after biking 90 k. Although, I try to tell myself that 20 k is not a long run for me and I don't need to worry.