O.K., twist my arm...here's pictures of the bike build ($750)...

Sorry, bad lighting (it's not pink...sorry Mila, and walls and carpet are supposed to be tan), camera phone in basement leaning over the Foosball table at 5:30am...:)

1. Frame 2. Side view - carbon steerer not cut yet, no bar tape yet, and didn't finish putting rear tire on :) 3. Front view 4. Pic of cutout, Ultegra Octalink crank & rear derailleur 5. Reynolds 40mm rake carbon fork...

Bike fit tonight...I bought parts to just about right...need about another cm drop on the aero bars...may need to go with a lower-angled stem...

Swim: Speed/Taper (why does that word seem so weird and foreign? :))...37 min, 1800 yds.
WU: 300 & 6 x 50 on 10 sec rest.
MS: 10 x 100 on 20 sec rest.
CD: 200

Picked up my tri bike from the shop last night...IT.IS.BEAUTIFUL.  I can't believe after 6 months of build (waiting for a deal on a Leader frame and Ultegra parts off eBay) that it's finally done!  Bike fit this weekend...

Bike TT, Assess Fitness, 51:46
WU: 20' (16.5 mph)
MS: Trainer - 5 mile flat course for time. Start out at a pace you can hold for the whole 5 miles (19.6 mph).
CD: 15' (15.4 mph)

Endurance - KEY WORKOUT, 58:02, 2400 yds 
WU: 400 (7:12) 
MS:
8 * 25 ez/hard (3:38) 
8 * 100 on 1:00 rest - go thru the following set twice:
1.) 75ez - 25 fast (1:44, 1:54) 
2.) 50ez - 50 fast (1:42, 1:41)
3.) 25ez - 75 fast (1:37, 1:32)
4.) 100 fast (1:30, 1:28 YES!  I did it...I did it...broke 1:30 on a 100 yd split!!! New PR!)
200 loosen (4:05)
6 * 100 pull on 1" rest (1:42, 1:43, 1:52, 1:42, 1:36, 1:37) 
CD: 200 (3:53)

Happy Memorial Day!  Once again, a big thank you to all the BT vets, BTers currently serving in the military and law enforcement, and the BT spouses and families who support and pray for them.

Our family can never begin to 'repay' those that have fought in defense of the freedoms we enjoy today...freedom to worship, freedom to pursue careers of our choosing, freedom to enjoy leisure (like triathlons :))...the list goes on...with freedom and rights, comes responsibility...may we never take these things for granted...

Today...3200 yd swim, 1 hour bike and 40 min run...we'll see how much I get in...

I pick up my tri bike today!  Last 3 installs...chain, cabling and cassette changeover...

Church Memorial Day picnic, then our family and a few other families going to watch 'Prince Caspian'...

Check in with you all tonight...