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smiling lobster February 6, 2007

Posted by Kylie in : swiming, biking, mountain biking , add a comment

Another great weekend for riding!

Saturday I checked out a fireroad I had seen on a map. It connected to my favorite loop, and cut out some of the busier road sections. And it worked, and was a good ride. I did have to walk one hill. But that just means it’s a new nemisis hill. Which is good — since I conquered the old one! Ok, not perfectly yet. It’s a very sharp uturn to a downhill, to a left through a stream and up a hill. If I set up at the top, I can make it. It will truely be conquered once I can just ride right through the whole thing.

Sunday was back on the road chasing Mike. This time on his tri bike getting those muscles ready for racing again. Did the loop of bike paths down to the beach and back to the hills. 80 miles. And over 80 degrees out! We both forgot sunscreen, so ended up with tan lines already, and February has just started! My nose and arms and legs were a bit red… but it was still a fun ride!

I gave my legs a bit of a rest from pounding last week, and should be back out on a long run this Wednesday. And I’ve been in the pool, but nothing too exciting to report. I really like having swim workouts planned with me and my goals and abilities as their only target audience. It makes it hard to cheat on them since I know they are right for me!

24 hours of woooo!

Posted by Kylie in : biking, Planet X , 7 comments

woooooo! So yesterday morning Mike and I ordered our bikes. I was yet again please with Planet X and all the help they gave me. Having seen a thread on a tri site about Team Planet X Tyros I decided to check it out again. To be eligible you have to ride a Planet X bike and be a cyclist or triathlete in the US or Canada, and to apply you have to send in a paragraph of why you should be on the team as well as a race resume. So last night I did. And today I got an email that started “Would like to welcome you as a member of Team Planet X Tyros”. So yes, happy happy wooo!

And I have my first sponsor (ok second if you count Foothill Cyclery doing tons of maintenance stuff and providing race wheels — but first that I had to apply for).

Hehe… one of my biggest points in my email was the value of internet community participation and blogs, etc. And yes, I gave Trifuel much credit.