I went on another bike ride today. I went early in the morning.....8am in hopes to beat the heat. What I didn't beat was the wind!!! We had about 20 MPH sustained winds today. Not too bad unless you are riding into the wind. But I digress. I am all gung ho this morning and ask dad to drop me off and I would ride back. So he took me out to my start point and drives off. I hop on my bike with a smile on my face and the second my butt touches the seat, I feel pain in my posterior that should never exist! I am saddle sore beyond belief. There is a tear rolling down my cheek as I see dad driving away. I am stuck. Oh I have my phone, but I am very stubborn. So on I go.

This part of my ride is 2 miles up hill. It is a gradual hill, but a hill non the less. I would say about 2-3 % grade. Tough for a novice biker, but add wind trying to knock you off the bike coming at your side and it is an E-ride at Disney. So I turn the corner and think I am in the home stretch. About 7 more miles on bunny hop roads in the country. Very doable.

What I forgot was the damned wind. When I turned right, I turned directly into the wind! This was torture! UGH@@!! 10 more miles biking into the wind. Yeah right. I had it in first gear and I could have walked just as faster. I had sweat dripping down my face. Well not really down, more like into my ears.......wind again! So I threw in the towel and called dad to come and get me. I ended up going 4.6 miles up hill and into the wind. My back side is still screaming and my legs are wobbly. I am totally feeling my last 3 days of bike riding. I believe I will take tomorrow off and maybe hit the gym instead. Give my tush a break :-)

Today I rode my bike into to town to Alex's baseball game. Roughly 7.5 miles. We will check that later today. It was a great ride! Today I am going to try to double that distance. The distance for the sprint triathlon is 14+ miles. I wnat to start riding the 14 miles and then slowly chip time off of my original time. I am really enjoying my riding. It is fun and challenging and exciting! I will let you know how my ride today goes after I ride!

The serious biking has started!

So, the last few weeks I HAVE been working out sporadically....going to the gym a few times. Just enough to keep the guilt away. Hey, I am being honest. Anyway, I got a message from a good friend yesterday...Ian, telling me to basically get off my ass and get on track again! Thank you Ian!!! Today, I took the suggestion and hit the road. I went on a 1.5 mile walk and then I went on a 4.75 mile bike ride. This is my first serious bike ride. It was AWESOME!!!! I had my dad drop me off and then pick me up. I had so much fun. I loved the sound of the birds and the stream. Just me and the bike. I would have gone farther, but I forgot I had to go pick up the girls from school. OOPS!!!

My big fear with this sprint triathlon was the bike ride. I now know I can do it. I am going to start biking the 14+ mile triathlon route.....in small steps of course. I am going to work on getting my time down. How fast is a "normal" speed for an average bike ride? Not a race, but not a walk in the park. My left arm held up well on the ride and my rt shoulder did too. I am thrilled and exhilarated!!! The next step is to get into the freezing Yakima River run off pond where the 1/4 mile swim takes place. Oh well, baby steps.

Thanks again to Ian for gently slapping my face and getting me on the road again. It seems that my theory of sharing with everyone about the Sprint Triathlon was correct. Those who care and want me to succeed will help me on my journey.

On the road again!

Ok, so Mike gave me a Mike type kick in the butt about working out agian. That was the purpose for this blog. I can so put my stuff on the back burner and take care of everyone else. Thanks again for directing me to the Right path. Today I went on a 1.5 mile walk. Not a big deal, but I went. I was up at 5:15 this morning. It was frickin sunny and the light came through my window. When the sun hits my eyes, I am awake and nothing can change it. So, I am thinking that instead of being pissed at being up so early, if the sun is up so should I be and off to the gym I go. Now let's see how often I dag my ass outta bed at 5am.......I have done it before, I can do it again!

I have not been "working" for 3 days now and I am flyin' high! I am enjoying myself so much. I took the kiddos to Kittitas High School this morning to buy flowers from their Horticulture club. We are going to plant them in the front. I am also going to plant veggies. I hope they do better this year than last year. I tend to ignore things that don't constantly yell "Hey Mom!!" I am truly happy cleaning the kitchen and doing laundry and pulling weeds. I am thinking I was a bit depressed working so much. I already have a few sub jobs lined up and life is AWESOME!!!

I'm Baaaack

Well, first let me start by saying, I have a dozen excuses for not blogging in a few weeks. Some of then quite valid. And some not so much. I will let you decide which is which....

Meghan had walking pneumonia again a few months ago.
We had to share 2 weeks off taking care of sick kiddos....all were sick.
I got a BAD case of tennis elbow and can't swim or ride the bike.
No time.
Forgot.
Didn't wanna.

There I am all out in the open again.

A good friend of mine sent me a message asking if I was slacking and gave me a swift kick in the butt! I am now not working 8-5, M-F. I have tons of time in between sub jobs. I have only the tennis elbow excuse, but there are sooooo many more things I can do at the gym other than biking and swimming. Right? So I will get off my ass and go to the gym this weekend! I promise. Thanks Mike!