Julie's First Ride

So my wife is going to try a few short sprint tri's this year. The first one is in Union on July 19th. She's been working out hard for almost three months doing the P90X video series and she definitely has gotten a lot stronger in all muscle groups and very strong in the core. She has also been in the pool once or twice a week for about 2 months. I was impressed with her stroke. She had decent form from the start and swims fairly quickly. She also has done the spinning class at the gym a few times.

I worked on the loaner bike that I've been borrowing from a friend and passing around to different riders and got it ready for the road again. It's a decent bike with middle to lower end components and a steel frame, but definitely not a wind slicing rocket ship.

We headed out from our house and did an out and back 12 mile ride that is fairly flat with some rollers and a few gradual ascents over 1 mile long. She did well with shifting and keeping out of traffic and finished at a 16.5mph average speed. A great ride for her first outing.

I told Will that he was done as my riding partner because a found a much nicer view to draft behind!!