Lack of updates, sorry all!

Hi everyone! I'm sorry that I've been so sporadic when it comes to updates.  Things have been going pretty well in RTCC training.  We're gradually increasing our overall climb times in order to prepare for the actual climb up Hamilton Mountain.  I've been thinking about what route we'd be taking up the mountain considering that it's HIGHLY unlikely that we'd be able to shut down the highway for that long for all of the riders from Toronto to climb.  The only thing that I can think of is that we'd go up the Jolly Cut or something along those lines.  Only time will tell!

February 12th's training session was pretty good, though I felt like I couldn't try as hard.  My lower back was a little messed up from sleeping weirdly so I had to keep straightening up ever ten minutes or so.  By the time we were doing our final drill I couldn't stay in the saddle very long at ALL.

As per Erin's advice I decided to try coconut water as an electrolyte replenishment drink.  I put in a little bit of E3Live as well in order to give myself some amino acids.  I also put in some lemon juice and a pinch of sea salt in order to replace some of the essential salts I'd be sweating out.  It still tasted pretty potently of coconut, which was alright by me.  I had a few people ask what the intensely dark green drink I had was.

I've recently noticed that the front derailleur on my bike seems to be rubbing the chain when I pedal.  I'm not sure how I can fix it, but I've been told from the guys at Wheels of Bloor that it's an inherent issue with the smaller frames.  Somehow I find that hard to believe but I thought I'd bring it in to get a once over... this is their job after all.

I can't wait to get on the road and start getting in some serious riding.  There's something that pavement beneath your wheels just feels different than being in a studio.  For one, ROAD VIBRATIONS are a giant nuisance that you don't realize.  Man do your arms get tired quickly.  I noticed that my tires are hella soft too.  Considering those bad boys are supposed to be over 100psi, I could pinch them with my fingers!! That's definitely not supposed to be possible.

We'll see what happens.  I think I've stalled out for donations at this point.  But it's only halfway through February.  Lots of time to fundraise!  Almost 50% there.

Still need to worry about surviving the day to day office life though.

G'night all!
KR