I had been dreading this day all week...the day I was supposed to bike a double loop on the Ironman course. I started out a little slow, but by mile 16 I was feeling pretty good, and kicked it into gear! By the time I hit "the wall," I began thinking that I totally could do two full loops, no problem! That's when my chain broke...about 200 feet up the wall. So my 88 mile bike turned into a 23.3 mile ride. And now I have no bike. BOO!!!! The nice thing is, that 23.3 miles of uphills and rollers still only took me 1:40:14...so I averaged 14 mph without any downhill advantage! AND my garmin said I burned 1654 calories, so that's not too bad. I did go to the gym later to try to make up some of my lost milage, but I only lasted 16.3 miles in 48:43. I guess I didn't fuel properly after I got off the bike the first time... :S |