{"id":89,"date":"2008-10-29T19:35:46","date_gmt":"2008-10-29T19:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dshen.com\/blogs\/training\/2008\/10\/29\/im_fl_2008_got_my_bike_my_lance_armstrong_moment\/"},"modified":"2008-10-29T19:35:46","modified_gmt":"2008-10-29T19:35:46","slug":"im_fl_2008_got_my_bike_my_lance_armstrong_moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dshen.com\/blogs\/training\/archives\/im_fl_2008_got_my_bike_my_lance_armstrong_moment.html","title":{"rendered":"IM FL 2008: Got My Bike, My Lance Armstrong Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At 1pm I went over to get my bike from TriBike Transport.  It was a slow moving line:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/imfl3\/22.jpg\" height=158 width=210><br \/>\nTriBike Transort was very impressive.  It&#8217;s such a great operation to help with transporting bikes and your extra bags of stuff to races all around the US.  I picked up my bike and wheel bag and got a free cap to boot!<br \/>\nRushing back to my condo, I threw on my Ironman Florida kit and got ready to go ride the run course with Ken Glah and some others:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/imfl3\/23.jpg\" height=280 width=210><br \/>\nI put on my brand new spankin&#8217; ZIPP Disc with Powertap installed.  I was eager to try it out and also ride with my disc and make sure everything was working properly.<br \/>\nOnce I got out into the parking lot, I saw my watts readings jumping into the 200-300s at only 10 MPH.  I kind of felt fresh and thought maybe I was putting out more power due to the fact that I was tapering and conserving energy.  I rode with the group out on the run course and saw my watts jumping to 300-500 watts now!  Wow! I can&#8217;t believe I was putting out that much watts.  We rode around for a while and I sprinted a few times, putting out an amazing peak of 993 watts!  Wow!  I am doing some serious Lance Armstrong riding now.  In fact, I could be easily a CAT 1 racer or even make the Tour De France team!  Unbelievable that my training has gotten me this far and only in a year &#8211; amazing!  My wattage readings make me potentially even better than Lance!<br \/>\n&#8230;yeah right&#8230;<br \/>\nMy wattage readings are IMPOSSIBLE.  I was putting out 993 watts and only going about 12 MPH.  I should be doing 30+ MPH!  Dang.  Obviously something wrong with my Powertap ZIPP Disc!  Too bad I didn&#8217;t bring my Powertap download rig; I could have had a pretty funny power profile to download, showing my superman cycling power&#8230;!<br \/>\nI got back to my condo and called Cycleops.  We tried a few things, but couldn&#8217;t get it fixed!  Sucks.  I also tried to call RaceDayWheels.com who had a booth at the expo.  They have ZIPP Disc Powertaps for rent, but didn&#8217;t have any available for me.  Ugh.<br \/>\nTwo last things to try: replace the batteries and\/or tighten up the axle per my coach&#8217;s last suggestion. I hope we can fix it tomorrow.<br \/>\nI then took a shower and we went to eat at an awesome Brazilian barbecue:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"\/images\/imfl3\/24.jpg\" height=158 width=210><br \/>\nSuperbly cooked meats Brazilian style. Nice ending to a day where I almost became a Lance Armstrong clone&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 1pm I went over to get my bike from TriBike Transport. It was a slow moving line: TriBike Transort was very impressive. It&#8217;s such a great operation to help with transporting bikes and your extra bags of stuff to races all around the US. 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