Well… I didn’t have much luck in the lottery for Escape From Alcatraz, but I thought I’d throw my name in the Kona Lottery for the second year in a row. If I don’t get in this year, there’s always next time around. 😉

I’m still doing Jorge’s Winter Plan and took the lactate threshold heart rate test again. This time around my LHTR was 165, not sure if it’s a good thing it’s lower or not, but the workouts aren’t getting easier.

Along with the bike plan I’ve also been trying to do some upper body work. I found a pull-up app and have been trying to improve how many chin-ups I can do. So far I’ve gone from being able to barely squeak out two to a solid eight chin-ups! Once I hit twenty chin-ups, my plan is to work on my wide grip pull-ups.

The wait is finally over! I’ve been waiting to use my upgrade eligibility for a new phone for quite some time now. MotoMaker was finally released for Verizon this week and all I can say is the Moto X is a pretty damn sweet phone!

So I finally took the plunge to do Jorge’s 16 Week Winter Cycling Program. Last week I did the heart rate test to figure out my lactate threshold heart rate (LTHR) was 177. This week I have done the first two workouts and so far have learned my aero position was not great.

I have been flirting with going aero on the rollers for a while now. On the first day of Jorge’s plan, I decided I would spend a good portion of it aero (at least I tried…) I’m not sure if it was because I was on the rollers, but I definitely could not hold aero for very long (looking back, I’m not sure how I could do it comfortably on the road).

The next day I decided I would move my seat as far forward as it could go (and started looking at seat posts that might even be able to move it even more forward). In doing so, I also moved my aerobars forward. With the aerobars further forward, I didn’t initially realize the housing wouldn’t be long enough for the derailleurs. I tried turning the handle bars and the rear derailleur started shifting.

I went to the bike store to pick up some housing and last night, before my workout, I was able to get everything re-cabled and adjusted. Again I tried to go aero, but even though it was better, I had a lot of pressure coming from the saddle. I think tonight I’ll tweak my position a little bit more and see how Day 3 goes tomorrow.

So far I am pretty excited about doing the winter plan, hopefully I will be able to stick with it!