Yesterday I got the cable repaired and found a new spot for my bottle cage. I zip tied it to the post holding the cranks. It is now right in my face and fairly simple for me to get to. Hopefully this works well. I need to be able to drink a lot of fluid on the bike, so this is important. The downside is that it makes dismounts a little slower.
Having fixed the problems, I headed out for another ride. My planned 16 quickly evolved into 20, but instead of turning around I kept going out to Old mill rd again. 30.5 miles. The average pace is still slow, but there are a lot of hills. On one descent, I reached 34.5 MPH. That was crazy fast on a handbike. The return climb was very slow though. I am also having sifting problems that need to be corrected.
I know Ironman Maryland is a flat course, but I still feel like I have a long way to go before I will feel confident meeting cutoff times. I will blog more about the cutoff issue later......
Today it is back to the pool to continue working on my shoulder driven crawl. I made some modifications to my stroke, It resulted in better lap times...... Keep working.
Having fixed the problems, I headed out for another ride. My planned 16 quickly evolved into 20, but instead of turning around I kept going out to Old mill rd again. 30.5 miles. The average pace is still slow, but there are a lot of hills. On one descent, I reached 34.5 MPH. That was crazy fast on a handbike. The return climb was very slow though. I am also having sifting problems that need to be corrected.
I know Ironman Maryland is a flat course, but I still feel like I have a long way to go before I will feel confident meeting cutoff times. I will blog more about the cutoff issue later......
Today it is back to the pool to continue working on my shoulder driven crawl. I made some modifications to my stroke, It resulted in better lap times...... Keep working.
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