The New Bike Is Almost Ready!

Yesterday I hit the gym and did chest, triceps, and legs. On the chest exercises I went with heavy weights for the second week in a row, and my strength is definitely coming back pretty quickly -- on the flat bench I put up 205 lbs four times, and I actually put up 150 lbs five times on the incline bench with dumbells (my previous best was 140 lbs). Today I knocked out another 30 minute treadmill run, with each few minutes at a progressively faster speed after the first 12. I have started to eat really well again, and my weight is down to 177 lbs, which is encouraging. If I can stay under or around 180 lbs until I start serious training again, I will be well ahead of the game.

The more important news is that my new bike build up is nearly complete. I stopped by my local bike shop after work to check it out, and it looks really sweet! They are just waiting on one new part (virtually everything else transferred over just fine from my old frame), and then I will be good to go! Fall weather is quickly settling in here, but hopefully I can get a few rides in this year. I will probably have to take my trainer out of temporary retirement this winter to get used to the new geometry and tweak the fit a bit as well. I will definitely post a picture or two once I pick her up. I already have a nickname for the new bike (dorky I know, but I do not care) -- "The Dark Knight."