Let's Test My Capacity

I do a fair amount of bike riding, and, I do a fair amount of CrossFitting. Now, I rarely time myself when I am riding, who cares how fast I get to and from work? If I feel good for a bit, I will up the tempo, if I don't feel good, I will relax. I like to keep track of my miles, but not how quickly I get those miles.

On the other hand, CrossFit (most times) is all about the clock. It's all about work capacity, performing under load, performing under duress.

Tomorrow I am going to morph the two for about 30 minutes. I'm part of a 2 man team competing in the Nordonia Hills Duathlon and Pump N' Run where I will do the bike ride portion, and my CrossFit WOD partner, Rich, will do the running. (I found out about the event from a good friend of mine who successfully added the Pump N' Run to this event for the first time this year. As of today, he's got 20 people signed up for the Pump N' Run, and 9 people signed up for the Pump N' Run with the full duathlon! Sweet. )

I have no idea how I will do, I've never done any kind of bike racing. It's only 10 miles, so what the heck, right? I don't have a road racer bike, all I have is mountain bikes, commuters, and fixed gears, so, my new Bianchi Pista gets the nod as it will be the lightest of the bunch and for this distance, I think it will allow me the best chance at a good time. The course is relatively flat, with one little bump to get over, so last night I put my 16t cog back on giving me a bigger gear to push at 48/16.

I plan to come out, get my heart up to where I think I can maintain it for about 30 min. I did a test run this past Wednesday with the gearing at 48/17, I did about 12 mile in a little over 41 min, with lots of slow downs for traffic lights and such, riding near work. And the route had a pretty solid incline on the way out, and a decent climb on the way back, neither of which I will have tomorrow.

It's the day before and I am already anxious, nervous....ack.