Bike Shoes

So, I have been biking for a couple months now and am still by every definition very amateur and very green.  However, I have been getting better and have seen marked improvement, so its about time I set myself back a few pegs, right?  Why not bring clip less pedals into the picture?  I know that it will improve my bike, that it will decrease my overall energy exerted and make each rotation more effective, I also know that it locks me onto my bike!  AHHHHH! :)  The game plan for this?  Going up to the shop to  pick up shoes and pedals, install and then head out to Old Saybrook to cruise the back roads down by the shore- not much traffic and plenty of soft places to land.

I drove down to Bridgeport yesterday and did a brick on the course.  Very, very flat, honestly the first time I have engaged the larger gear for more than 3 or 4 minutes at a time.  It felt good, but very different, no uphills means no downhills, and no coasting along.  I tried to be very intentional about hydrating every 7 or 8 minutes which felt good and overall should be a good pace to maintain myself for the rest of the race.  I kept the run short, I knew my feet needed a break, not another run, so I backed off and just got the feel of the bike/run transition.

With the course being very flat, I'm going to have to drive and train down by the shore a little bit more given the fact that there is nowhere flat nearby.  Wetsuit is scheduled to come today, and I am really looking forward to getting into the water and getting my feet wet in a little open water swim.  Soon I am going to need to practice transitions and figure out how this all works.  I am so excited for this new challenge, and am looking toward the next and next and next, thinking its possible that I could do a half-iron by the end of the year, and perhaps a whole next year.  I know, I am getting so far ahead of myself, one step at a time, but I am hooked, I'm ready to go!

After all that, I work 6p-2a, of course, but I can't resist using my new toys! :)  Going to be a long day methinks!