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Carol on April 19th, 2010   Tags: , , 7 Comments »

Richard Armstrong is one of the pro triathletes who led the train with a pro classes at IOS. I always asked alot of questions during the spin classes, often about bike technique. During the very last class, we had a conversation about bike position, and he said I would benefit by having my saddle more [...]

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Carol on February 27th, 2010    4 Comments »

I rode my bike today, 51 miles altogether.  It was hard, windy, hilly and cold.   I wanted to be done after about an hour or so.       I pressed on, determined to ride three hours in preparation for the Cary Duathlon.   I felt out of shape and kept wondering how on earth did [...]

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Carol on January 31st, 2010    4 Comments »

I pulled out my old mountain bike – the one I used for my very first tri season – and had a go at some snow riding.   First I rode up and down the flat part of my street, just to test it.  It was slippery, but as long as I controlled my speed, it [...]

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Carol on January 17th, 2010   Tags: , , , , 3 Comments »

After weeks and weeks of freezing cold temperatures, we finally had a nice warm Saturday for a long bike ride!  Yay! I set out on my newly resurrected road bike for a 40-50 mile bike ride at about 1:30 pm.   Kind of a late start, but I thought I had a few hours left of [...]

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Carol on January 9th, 2010   Tags: , , , , 6 Comments »

When I got my tri bike over a year ago, I hung my Specialized Dolce elite road bike in the garage.    It just was not nearly as comfortable as the tri bike, probably because I had it rigged up with clip on aero-bars and an aggressive racing position – and a road bike really isn’t [...]

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