Ouch

So the weather up here has finally taken a turn for the spring. Rather than snowing.. it has been in the 50s/60s and even reaching 70 lately. I know.. for a lot of you that is how things have been for the past 4 months. Note that if that is the case, I hate you.

Anyways, I've finally gotten to get out and ride a little. Over the winter I had a chance to pick up a pair of powercranks which I finally put onto a bike. Well.. then have definitely changed my opinion of my ability of ride.



I've always considered myself a decent rider. Nothing spectacular.. but these things have shown me that I suck at riding. Having independent crank arms forces you to pedal perfect circles each time. Which, is harder than you think. On a traditional crank you take for granted the amount of force your opposite crank has on your upstroke... and I'd been working hard to get a good pull up with my legs. These are something else though.. they are working my hamstrings more than anything else.. and well.. yeah... it sucks. But I'm going to stick it out and see what I can do with them. I plan to ride them to work and around on saturdays.. and keep the normal cranks on my quick bike for group rides, etc.

I need to get back into it. I've run a few times.. but need to get more dedicated to that as well. I have roughly 7 weeks before I'm doing the Kansas Half-Ironman.. or Kansas 70.3.. or whatever you want to call it. Mainly I need to get back in the pool again... but I'm lazy and don't want to pay for a pool. I suppose I was spoiled a lot at Hendrix.. yeah.. definitely. I just need to suck it up and go pay the YMCA here some money and start swimming.

Bah.

Later