So I'm counting down the days to the next Olympics. In fact I don't have clue for the dates and times of when the next Olympics will be held. The only information I have is that they are in London, England I've been too lazy to look up the dates on the web.
Before my posting last night, I forgot to mention, I actually started training yesterday. I biked for 9 miles and my rear axle finally gave out on me. I have owned the bike I'm riding for over five or six years. I've only ridden it a few times. Within a few short weeks of owning it the front axle ball-bearing case gave way. I took the bike back to the store and they exchanged the front tire for me. A few months later the same axle went out on me. I decided to pack the bearings myself. However, I noticed the rear axle was still making a similar sound and I knew it would only be a matter of time before I needed to repack the rear axle bearings. Well yesterday it finally happened, fortunately for me only 1 of the cases gave way. There were actually 3 sets of ball bearing cases inside the axle which was strange to me. I called my wife and she brought the kids to pick me up. I would have made it home by 8:00 pm if I would have continued at my pace. This would have made my time about 50 minutes for 13 miles, which means I averaged about 11 mph roughly. Again not bad considering I haven't really been pushing my self and I weighed my self last night and noticed I had lost about 1 or 2 lbs of weight.
Today hasn't been so good for training. I wanted to get to the bike shop to get the bearings packed for the rear axle but my wife had other plans. We visited a family in our neighborhood. I'll have to get the bearings tomorrow. I'm not sure if I will be able train tomorrow either because I have to help my sister get her phone system setup at my Brother-in-law's new work in Logan. He started a law firm there.
Maybe I'll take my wife's pink bike into Logan to do the job for my sister and brother-in-law. Or maybe I can swing by the bike shop and pick up the bearings for my bike. I'm not sure which.
I realize I probably need some pictures for this site. I noticed I haven't had any visitors posting comments so I'll just continue writing until I get some comments or questions.
Last night I also looked into local teams and bike trials. I noticed there was a quite a schedule for the Logan Area, mostly 10 Mile and at the most a 28 mile run. I checked the times and it appears that they are really running a somewhat fast pace. The fastest time was nearly 22 minutes. However, with the right bike, gear and losing my weight I know I could push this limit which according to my calculations is an average of about 27 miles per hour.
I should probably supplement my training experience with a little weight lifting. I've been a bit hesitant to put my weight set back together but I'll probably find some time to do this in the near future to supplement my training when I can't get on the bike. Winter will be here soon and I need to build up my strength, endurance and prepare my self for next spring when I can start looking at local races to enter.
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