Beating Heart

I recently signed up a coach. The reason that I wanted to get a coach was to make sure of two things: 1) That I am eating right. 2) That I am getting the most out of the limited riding time that I have available. He sent me the nutritional stuff which I read through and think it is very doable. Before we get started on the riding part, he wants me to do a maximum HR test. Yesterday I set out to do the test but didn't end up with a result. Basically the test has to be done on a long hill for resistance. I picked a hill which was too short. Right at the time I was to begin my sprint I crested the top of the hill, with a tail wind to boot, and was gone. I tried to push my HR up on the flat, but with a tail wind and me hitting the mid 30mph range, it was no good. I only got to 170bpm. I am going to retry the test on the 2 mile climb on Rt 620 tomorrow. I am sure I will not run out of incline on that hill.

I put new tires on the roadie yesterday because I kept getting flats on the rear. Upon close inspection, the rear tire was worn pretty thin. The tires only had about 800 miles on them, but I do run about 135psi most of the time. So off with the old and in with the new:

Yeah, what the fuck ever. Just don't go flat BITCHES.

The retro roadie should be completed within two weeks. A bonus for raising prices last year was paid unexpectedly and should be just about enough to finish the bike. All the parts are ordered and I am just waiting for them to arrive so that I can throw it together. I am pretty excited about it. I did find that buying New Old Stock is actually more expensive than buying new current stock. Who would have thought it?