Abort, Abort, Abort
or I have the best bad luck :)
It's been raining here for a couple of days and that pretty much puts bike riding out of the question for me. I don't like to ride in the rain. Anyway, although it rained most of the night here I woke to blue skies and sunshine. Out came the bike and off I went. I wanted to ride for an hour, I've been building up slowly, but I didn't want to head out on the main roads with the commuter traffic so I decided to do 2 loops of the back roads. I complete my first loop, after stopping to take pictures of the beautiful day, and I'm at the closest point to my house when all of a sudden I hear pssssssssst..... Huh?? I stop and get off the bike. Apparently I've run over something because there is a big hole in my tire and the tube is leaking. Bummer my ride was cut short, but great that I was only a block from my house. I tell you, I have the best bad luck :) I have some errands to run this morning and now that includes a stop at the bike shop for new tires. I think I'll get two since my tires are 2 years old. I should probably pick up some tubes too.
7 months, 5 marathons, 1 year to prepare. I think I'm going for it. Why not? It will push me like nothing has pushed me in a long, long time. It will give me something really big to work towards. I will do sprint and olympic triathlons over the summer just to vary the training and activities. I really think I'm going to do it.
It's been raining here for a couple of days and that pretty much puts bike riding out of the question for me. I don't like to ride in the rain. Anyway, although it rained most of the night here I woke to blue skies and sunshine. Out came the bike and off I went. I wanted to ride for an hour, I've been building up slowly, but I didn't want to head out on the main roads with the commuter traffic so I decided to do 2 loops of the back roads. I complete my first loop, after stopping to take pictures of the beautiful day, and I'm at the closest point to my house when all of a sudden I hear pssssssssst..... Huh?? I stop and get off the bike. Apparently I've run over something because there is a big hole in my tire and the tube is leaking. Bummer my ride was cut short, but great that I was only a block from my house. I tell you, I have the best bad luck :) I have some errands to run this morning and now that includes a stop at the bike shop for new tires. I think I'll get two since my tires are 2 years old. I should probably pick up some tubes too.
7 months, 5 marathons, 1 year to prepare. I think I'm going for it. Why not? It will push me like nothing has pushed me in a long, long time. It will give me something really big to work towards. I will do sprint and olympic triathlons over the summer just to vary the training and activities. I really think I'm going to do it.
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