Lord of the Chainrings: Dads Running Group

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Hubs & Hotties

Mrs LoTC humping the Parts box as usual. Perv.

Two late nights in a row have taken its toll. I'm feelin' whooped.

An evening of tinkering with the bike resulted in a missed bike ride. Followed by a semi-missed run.

The next evening was a late night at the office which means a missed 'optional' strength training session the next morning.

I say semi-missed run because I did run, just not at the training plan's pace. I went for a very short, very slow run with my father's running group. It was fun, great conversation but we were only holding a 6:30min/km average. It was actually really really hard to find my footing and never did get comfortable going that slow. In the end I have some pain along the front of my shins from running that slow. It didn't feel natural, it was tough. Anyhow, it was better than nothing and that was the first time I have run with someone in 16 weeks. It was nice having company for a change!

I'm rescheduling my missed bike to double up with my swim tonight. The strength training session can be scrapped. I don't mind! hah!

There's a zoomed version of the photo floating around
my computer but I was veto'd on posting it. U can use your
imagination. Or just use your own zoom ;) lol!

I can't wait to get working on the bikes again. I figure at this rate, I won't be able to touch them until Friday evening. I did learn one thing though - the frame headset is different type than advertised. I ordered the incorrect headset. Unfortunately the local stores carry what I need but only at 3 times the price of what I can easily get it for online. Ouch! Overall not bad, so far that is the only screw-up on the parts order. At least the wrong part wasn't overly pricey so nothing lost. Well, except I have to find the proper one and dont feel like waiting another week for it to ship. I'll keep shopping.

As I build and install I will post individual pics.