Bike Fits and Personal Firsts

It's early in the year and everyone is into training hard, but as for results they are mostly in the form of breakthru workouts. But that doesn't stop amazing personal performances from happening. Here are a few milestones from training recently:


Video: Tri L2 indoor bike workout: 18 peeps.

STtrainer is a certified triathlon bike fitter. Last week we did a bunch of indoor cycling; during this time I was running to-and-fro trying to tweak everyone's bike fit. You see, many people accept the fate that they have to be uncomfortable and suffer on the bike. There especially is a lot of mis-information that a tri bike is necessarily uncomfortable and unstable.



Photo: Right now I am checking everyone's cleats to make sure the knees stay happy.

Here are a couple quotes after bike fit tweaking:

• "That's amazing what one little allen wrench can do....MUCH BETTER!" --Autumn
• "Night and day difference; I'm not numb anymore." --Mark M.
• "I rode for 3 hours, and I stayed in my aero position the whole time. It's perfect." --L.

Other Breakthrus:


Photo: Beth Todd (on right) ran a whole mile non-stop for the first time in over 20 years, then stretched and did it again!



Photo: Matt M. completed his first endurance race of any kind at Nashville's Zoo Run 5K. Training for triathlon has inspired him to eat better and exercise more than ever before.



Photo: Libby (on left) did a 50 minute run for the first time, and also 1200 meters of swimming...both huge breakthrus for her. She is going to do 3-5 Team Magic triathlons this summer. Her and her boyfriend Richard are enjoying getting in shape together.