OTT Class #4: Bike

I missed the Saturday morning class because I was coming down with a cold and I wanted the sleep to help me ward it off. It seems to have worked as I'm feeling fine now. I understand the workout involved a swim at Queens beach followed by a 45 minute run.

Ok, on to today's class. Since today is Memorial day, we moved the class to 7am this morning instead of the normal 5:30pm. We met at the Paki Ave. bathrooms to bike the Tinman course. I think we strayed in parts, but we did it with a few extras.

There was quite a headwind going out. We went over Diamond Head, took a brief foray into Portlock, eventually turning towards the mountains just before the hill up to Hanauma. We went up Heartbreak Hill, then turned around and came back down, then turned right and did the loop up into the valley.

On the way back, we regrouped near the highway, and we stagger-started to "race" back home. The fast people went first (to avoid demoralizing the slower people with the inevitable passing), and the rest of us followed. I caught up with the faster people at the light by the Arco station, otherwise, I never would have seen them. Two of them (the same one's as always) eventually pulled ahead, but I wasn't far behind. Much better than I expected.

Today was the first time I took my new bike up any sizable hill. The jury is still out. I actually powered up the hills better than I have in the past, but I did find myself wishing for another gear. I was still pedaling at a highish cadence, so that's just laziness speaking. The true test will be Tantalus.