Ironman?

My son has been trying to talk me into doing an Ironman for a couple of years now. I've finally decided that I will start getting ready to do it. I know I can bike the 112 miles, I may be able to swim 2.4 miles, but I know right now I could not run 26.2 miles.

So today after doing my normal hour Spinning I went for a jog down the road and back. I know it isn't far or fast but I need to get my legs use to running instead of just biking. I think I will continue with short jogs like this for this week and then up the distance next week.

PowerTap and Garmin

I finally got a Garmin 500 on my bike to use with the rental PowerTap wheel. Love all the data it provides. Owning a bike store has really cut into the amount of time I can ride, but I don't know if I can do LOTOJA three years in a row with no training. So I will see if I can use the power information to get ready for LOTOJA.

First 29er ride

Epic Biking just got a new demo XtC 29 1 in. The big wheels are great for rolling over things. I made the hard corner in the bike park. I have only done it twice before and this was by far the smoothest time. Also on the hill just before the water tank, where the rocks usually grab the front wheel and stop me, I just rolled right on up. Nice bike.

Eagle Mountain Bike Park

I have been working on creating a google map of the Mountain Ranch Bike Park in Eagle Mountain. I was planning on taking my bike out and getting some more gps data. However it has been raining all night, and it is just too much work to get the bike clean after riding in these conditions. So I think I will just walk a couple of trails with the GPS.

Anyway here is the map.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=105197178069041208077.0004681131257dfe8fddb&hl=en&ie=UTF8&z=15

Join our Tour de Cure Team

Epic Biking will be staffing a rest stop at the American Diabetes Association Tour de Cure on June 13. We would like to invite anyone who would like to help us in this good cause. You can join our team at http://main.diabetes.org/site/TR/TourdeCure/TDC530148030?pg=team&fr_id=5629&team_id=354888 or you if you would like to volunteer to help at the rest stop come into the store and talk to me, Dan.