Yah sorry about that...no I haven't been on any epic adventures. Sometimes life gets in the way! I've been extra dilligent about riding to work lately, which was totally ruined this week because I've had a stomach ache all week! Chris and I watched a couple documentaries last night Forks Over Knives (2011) and Killer at Large (2008).
Riding my bike more has been great. I needed to do some maintenance the other day because it started making a funny noise...this turned into a massive If You Give a Mouse a Cookie situation (one of my favorite books from childhood because it is a cute example of a real life problem of getting distracted while trying to complete a task that I am constantly falling prey to). I ended up re-truing the wheel because it was wobbly. Then it was still making the noise so Chris replaced the axel, cones and bearings. Yet the noise persisted. Turned out one of the spokes (this one has gone loose before) had gotten loose...even though I just tightened them up.
Meanwhile I was riding Chris's bike to work, which is slightly too big for me. Boy did that little bit of size make the world of difference, that was a tough ride! Well after I fixed the noise the wheel got out of true again...so I get to go back to that (plus it's not round anymore either) so I'll make it work! It's like a giant tangle of yarn, and I can sit for hours and untangle that mess. Tonight will be a good night, maybe Chris will BBQ for us.
Unfortunately, even though the weather has been absolutely ideal for a good ride, I have been having a tummy ache for the last few days. I feel a lot better today, must have gotten whatever was bothering me out of my system...so to speak ha ha ha! Originally I was hoping that Chad would be able to join us for a ride with a bike club in his area (I think he'd enjoy having fellow cyclists to enthuse with and learn from), but I think he's going to be studying this weekend (per his FB post). We'll ask anyway...it's just the morning right (and Scouting is just one night a week....right?)?
Ultimately I'm hoping to meet up with a cycling group in my area that I can ride with regularly on something a little more trying than my 10 mile round trip commute. I need a challenge. I love doing triathlons, I really do, but I think my tendonitis is really going to hold me back from progressing at any reasonable pace towards doing anything other than sprint triathlons with a 5k run portion. After 5k it starts to act up big time, and that's with Vibrams as my shoes. If I try regular running shoes I give it a quarter of a mile before I'm in tears with pain.
I'm looking forward to a post from my favorite Yogi in training, Wednesday, and I've also passed out an invite to my former program leader (she's just graduated from work!) who is a Marathoness (Marathoner seems too masculine!) with a passion for getting her feet on the pavement. Hopefully she'll accept the invite. She gave me my copy of Born to Run, which I absolutely loved reading, it was completely inspiring, and the reason I'm still running!
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