On to my usual route: East on Marine Drive to Troutdale, then up the Old Columbia Gorge Hwy and onward to Women's Forum, from which I decided to once again take on Larch Mountain (I am really starting to LOVE that ride!!). I was running out of time, so I only went up to the 8 mile marker, but I was seriously debating continuing to the top. I love that climb and how beautiful it is! If I had started earlier in the day, to the top of Larch I would have gone. I am definitely feeling stronger and officially decided on this ride that Roo will be my companion during the bike portion of the race. I am going to leave the Serotta at home.
A couple of things I realized on this ride:
+ The Quintana Roo SCREAMS down hill in comparison to the Serotta (so much fun!).
+ Paying attention 100% of the time on the bike is critical, especially when flying down hill (there were two points that I almost lost control and flew off my bike or hit the shoulder - kind of scary but it didn't really slow me down).
+ I'm addicted to Facebook (at some point on my ride, I was stopped and decided to take some of the pictures below, when I saw the little "Facebook" icon on my phone and decided to check it out, only to realize that I was facebooking while biking!! So wrong! Don't worry, I was stopped w/ both feet on the ground when I was doing this, but still).
+ I'm getting stronger on the bike (I wasn't as tired or fatigued and today I feel minimal soreness - AWESOME)!!
I wish I had another month of training though! I think then I'd be a bit better prepared for this crazy race that's in 3 weeks!! YIKES! I'm getting excited though. I was on the Ironman CDA website last night to look at the weekend schedule of events! I can't believe that I'm actually going to race in an Ironman!! And I think there is a chance I will finish even though training didn't go as it should have!! Oh, I hope, I hope, I hope!!!
Below are some pictures I took with my phone on the ride (I need to remember to bring my real camera next time):
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