Comments before seeing the results:

I got first place in my age group but only 19th overall.  A few guys were there that have 85-95 USAT rankings points.  Today was the first day I have ridden (other than the trainer) since the Oct 2007 Duathlon.  I know I smoked the bike.  There were a three 180 degree turn arounds that slowed everyone down, but I am sure I did 22+mph (and sucky runs again).

Tomorrow is my race.  I'll ride my road bike because my new triathlon bike is not tuned up yet nor am I fit to it.

I have not even ridden outside since my October 2007 race.  I doubt anybody else will race tomorrow with only trainer time logged.

My soreness is gone today and I took another easy day.  I shoudn't feel tired tomorrow at least.

I took a day off from work and worked at the house and in the yard all day.  I really really wore me out.  I was tired and sore by 5PM and had a horrible head ache from dehydration and the intense sun light.  I skipped a work-out again and instead went to my son's baseball practice.

I also worked on the used tri-bike I bought in Feb.  I tried to set it up for my race this weekend but really don't know what I am doing the Campy Record components are new to me and the bike needs a tune-up.  The rear breaks are loose too.  I can't get the wheel centered between the breaks because of it.  It also took me 15 minutes to figure out who to get air in the Zipp 404's and still when I did so the pump leaked ant the conection to the nozzle.  I think I got about 90lbs of pressure in them, but I was looking for the max of 116.  I also had to go the autoparts store to get a 10mm alan wrench to put on the left crank.  Also unlike my Shimano 600 components, I can't find any way to turn off the index shifting.  On my SH 600, if it is out of tune I can turn off the indexing and still shift OK.

I also did not like the tension of the shifters, I thought it would shift with less pressure.  And I don't like the noise made by the little carbon fiber inserts on the Zipp 404 hubs.

I road the bike for the first time today (10 minutes around my block in sandles) and each time I wanted to shift my hand instinctively went to the down tube.

I plan to race my old road bike at my first event on 4/27.  At least it is tuned up, and is something I am used to.  I should only change my mind if I can the the Canondale in order and train on it.