Quote Originally Posted by redrhodie View Post
Wow, that is ambitious! I'm glad to hear you took a rest day. I don't train for anything, and I need 2 rest days to recover !

Was the woman who beat you on the bike segment on a comparable bike to yours? Sometimes, it's the bike, not the rider.
I don't like to build in a rest day. I take them when my body/mind says to. Some weeks I can go five days straight, others I need a day off every other day. I suppose if I were way serious I'd have a more specific plan, but really this is about having fun and pushing myself in a different way. I'll get more serious when I'm a better runner.

I don't know what kind of bike she was riding. I was ahead of her out of the water, so at some point she passed me. But I wasn't looking at numbers or anything at that point, so who knows. This year I plan to ride with aero bars. We just put them on my bike in the trainer so I can start getting use to the position. In a month or so I'll put them on my outside bike.

Veronica