The bike ride was good! I'm a little stretched out on the bike so I made an appt for a fitting on Monday - I need a shorter stem. It is amazing how different this bike is from the touring bike I've been riding... holy cow! I did a solid 25 miles and will probably jump up to 35-40 next week with a/some shorter one(s) between now and then. I need to ramp up the mileage and worry about adding other stuff in later!

We have a full gym in our garage so tomorrow I am going to officially start my weight training. I'll definately go pretty easy at first but I could tell on today's ride that some upper body strength training would be a good thing

Personal trainers are pretty cool! I'll be interested in how things work out for your friend as well. I'm doing weight watchers right now and I do actually do better on the weeks that I go over my 'limit' than I do on weeks where I stay way under.... GOOD, I love food!!!

You are really lucky that you found such a good fit with Tim so quickly. I know a few people who've had to try several trainers before they found one that had the same/similar philosophies as they did! A bit OT, but there's a Chiropractor in Scottsdale who I went to for a while that used to work on some major athletes (lots of autographed pics etc. on the walls). He was actually a great source of tips/tricks (he was quite the god/adonis himself ) in regards to recovery etc. I would go in there just to look at him though....

Keep us posted on the progress, it seems its coming quickly!

Trac'