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So I was able to get up early enough to head out the door at 7:30 am. I decided to take the commuter, partially for the fat 38c tires, but mainly for the platform pedals. With platforms I can wear my vans insted of cycling shoes. Even with the shoe covers, anything below 20 degrees and my toes freeze. Street shoes allow my toes some more room and keep them warmer.
As I traveled through town, I passed the railroad tracks along 7th street. Stopped to take a shot of the graffiti on a box car. It's not the best piece I've seen, but not bad either.
Still trying to decifer what it says. Kelmer?
Riding on the pavement out was interesting. There was ice covering some turns on the road. Traffic was light otherwise I would have been worried that a car would slide on the ice in the turn and smoke me.
Getting onto the Oxbow Classic course, the gravel wasn't loose and most of the roaads were clear of ice.
The sun didn't break the clouds all morning.
I ended up working alot more than I wanted to, spending more time in zone3 than I should have. But that's how it goes sometimes. My TrImp score for the week was about 500 when I wanted to be at about 400. But that's ok. It's not gonna kill me, or throw my training plan off. Mainly cause my plan is more of a loose guide.
Here's the heart rate graph if you're interested. I did change my heart rate zones to reflect my most recent max and resting heartrates.
Related:
2006 Oxbow Classic Race Report
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Monday 03/03/2008 | 10:50 am
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