Yesterday was pretty important for me, as I ran and rode as final tests before this Sunday's race. Even though I had pretty much decided Sunday was a go, I definitely wanted to see how my groin would hold up to a race-pace run and a hard ride. I started off by running three miles on the treadmill during lunch. The first mile was at 7:30 pace, with the final two at 7:08. The run felt fairly comfortable, and my groin was completely fine during it and afterwards. Test one passed. After work I did a 15 mile ride with my bike basically set up in race mode. I tried to place my tri spoke wheel on the front, but it continues to rub up against the brake (which led to my first-ever DNF last summer), so I finally gave up and put on the training wheel from my back-up bike (which is ridiculously "un-aero" -- it must have like 50 spokes). I also put on my "faux disc" rear wheel that has a cover on it, which is working perfectly fine. The other mechanical issue I have is I cannot get my bike computer to work with my rear wheel, which is O.K. because with my aero drink on, I cannot see the display anyway (and I have a Forerunner 205 to keep track of my speed). Anyway, I rode 15 miles fairly hard with a tailwind on the way out and headwind coming back, and felt pretty strong. Test two passed. It looks like it is all systems go for Sunday...
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