Not outside real world, since it was 3 degrees with blowing snow. On the spin cycles in the cycle studio. Rather interesting, I was surprised at how many people doing beginning triathlon program have little or not cycling experience - of the roughly 20 people at this workshop (out of about 50 total taking the course), at least half said they had little or no experience, and about 4 or 5 didn't even own a bike. About the same number, roughly 5, said they had either very old or very cheap, mass market bikes. And, there were about 5 "bike geeks" like myself, into it with high-end bikes, which was pretty cool - we're the carbon fiber club!
The evaluation was an hour on the spin cycle, with a simulated course projected on the video screens. Unfortunately, these stupid things have no data measurement of any kind, so at various times we were asked to count cadence and see what zones we were on on heart rate monitors. The last 10 minutes was a simulated climb of progressive difficulty.
So, did I ace it? I held my own. Which wasn't bad after spending almost an hour in the pool and then spending an hour lifting weights and doing squats with my PT.
The rest of the program was the manager of a local bike shop giving a crash-course in cycling 101. Nothing earth-shattering there on his part. I'm kind of disgustingly amused by people who don't want to buy basics like helmets or tri-specific biking shorts. Fine, but WTF are you taking this program if you're not going to do what you need to do?
Now, am I ready for this? Can I ride a whole 12.5 miles on a bike?
Yeah, I may have that one in the bag.
The evaluation was an hour on the spin cycle, with a simulated course projected on the video screens. Unfortunately, these stupid things have no data measurement of any kind, so at various times we were asked to count cadence and see what zones we were on on heart rate monitors. The last 10 minutes was a simulated climb of progressive difficulty.
So, did I ace it? I held my own. Which wasn't bad after spending almost an hour in the pool and then spending an hour lifting weights and doing squats with my PT.
The rest of the program was the manager of a local bike shop giving a crash-course in cycling 101. Nothing earth-shattering there on his part. I'm kind of disgustingly amused by people who don't want to buy basics like helmets or tri-specific biking shorts. Fine, but WTF are you taking this program if you're not going to do what you need to do?
Now, am I ready for this? Can I ride a whole 12.5 miles on a bike?