No late night banging...

Alyssa's friend Stephanie flew back to Winnipeg yesterday and for the first time in a week the house was quiet at night. The two of them would sleep all morning, go out all evening and stay up all night. We'd go to bed and Alice would have the kitchen sparkling clean, then we'd wake up and it looked like a cyclone hit and furniture would be all over the place.

Alyssa and Stephanie would be making food, Reid would be building stuff, and they all would be making lots of noise, not to mention the television volume was through the roof. It was tough to fall asleep. A couple of times, Alice and I even had to get out of bed to tell them to be quiet, although it didn't help much. It wasn't uncommon for me to hear them banging around at 4 am and we'd wake up about an hour after they went to bed.

My new cycling shoes arrived today, that half size larger made a big difference. They were more comfortable. I put the speedplay pedals on them and was out the door after work for a tempo ride. All around, the bike still just feels great. I can actually now feel myself putting more pressure and power onto the pedals. Before all the adjustments I was spinning more.

I'm also amazed at how much more control I have on the bike. Riding in the areo position feels much more stable, especially on the downhills. I'm not even close to speed wobble territory anymore. Making sharp turns is easier and it feels like I'm climbing hills better . The shoes feel great and I think an adjustment or two on the cleat position should make them even better.

I had a tough time gauging my effort tonight because the Garmin is still not working properly. I'm going to exchange the battery for a second time and if that doesn't work I'm going to take it back and exchange it for a new one. It's frustrating when it doesn't work, especially when my training is based solely on heart rate zones. I don't think I put in the effort I should of because I didn't want to risk going anaerobic.

I ended up doing the eBay thing tonight. I put my cycling shoes, clipless pedals and Zoot runners on eBay. The Zoots were a big decision, but I figured if I can't go sock less without them rubbing on my ankle, they are no good to me. So I'm going to sell them and use the money to buy Newtons.

Tempo Bike - 1:08:04 / 36.87 km / 32.5 kph / 133 avg hr