182.5 this morning, for a 1.5 lb loss (or if you're counting from last week's unoffiicial, horror-inducing weigh-in, 4 lbs. Yikes). It's like my body's just been waiting to see how this 4-days-a-week, high-intensity riding was going to hold up, and after a few months it just said, "eh. I can handle this. Let's drop some fat!" I've averaged a pound a week for a month and a half, dude. That rules!
In bike news...I still haven't decided what to do with the Orca. However, I will be taking it apart this weekend and building the Casseroll with its parts (well, a friend will be. I have no skills for that sort of thing, but I am more than willing to buy beer for those that do). While this won't make the salsa what I ultimately want it to be (the brakes from the Orca won't clear fenders or fatter tires, so those will have to wait until I buy long-reach cantilever whatevers), it can work as my interim club bike until the SystemSix is paid off. It's not a racer so I'll get dropped even earlier on the speedy-boy rides, but if I can bring in a few hundred for the Orca frame, I can get the Six out of purgatory all that much faster. :)
Oh, P.S.--I averaged 20.6 mph on the ride last night. 20.6! This was my first time on that particular course and with that group, and those things make a difference so I can't exactly declare it my best ride ever. However, it is my first known 20+ average on a club ride, so I was pretty stoked. :)
Posted by Joy at July 11, 2008 07:17 AM