Well I had good intentions of starting my virtual triathlon from Virginia to Florida on Jan 14th. Well as they say:
Sh*&t Stuff happens, like life.
Also had good intentions of posting my progress on a weekly basis. (see above)
Wish I could get a do over but lately I have been like a dog in a room full of squirrel, totally distracted and unproductive and frustrated.
So I never made it into the water, or on the road or on my bike the week of Jan 14th.
The good news is I am now on a roll and I am a movin and a groovin. So without telling anyone I humbly asked for a restart.
The new official start date was January 21st! And as you can tell from today’s date ( Feb 11th) I am running behind in the updates.
My biggest hang-ups getting started ( aside from my chronic procrastination) were:
- Getting the bike set up.
- Getting over my love of being outdoors ( I really do grieve that)
- My hatred of treadmills.
- Getting my butt to the pool.
Out of all of those the biggest frustration was the bike. So it went something like this.
1. Clear a spot in our disaster of a basement for my bike.
2. Get bike trainer set up. Watch video of how to do it ( I’ve done it once before but “poof” I forgot how)
3. Get ready to call Kinetic to tell them their video sucks because the set-up instructions are buried in one of the segments.
Phew!! Ended up being easier than I thought.
4. Realize this part of the basement is extremely warm. The rest of my house is chilly..what gives?
5. Get on my bike and uh oh no way to track mileage.
6. Get on google, get on Amazon..get what I need ordered, pay for 1 day shipping.
7. Clean up basement =move all of the stuff from one room to another, move couches and desks by myself. Call it a day.
8. Watch it rain for the 6th day straight and wonder if I should be boating down to Florida.
9. Get cadence /mileage sensor. Instructions suck. Google comes in to rescue me. Still can’t figure it out.
10. Clean more of basement and decide SOMEONE in this family is a hoarder.
11. Throw in the towel on the start of my virtual tri..
I FINALLY got the sensor installed on my bike. The reviewers on Amazon were wrong or we have different ideas of what an easy set up means. I did learn what a crank shaft is and and a chain stay (not as exciting as it sounds!)
Here’s a photo of a bike on a trainer ( and yes I wear my clip in shoes)..tried one of me but the lighting in the old basement pretty much stinks!
So the good news is I DID get started. The even better news is I LOVE being on my bike inside ! Who knew? I have made it out to run but have yet to get to the pool although that is coming.
Ugh..the thought of putting on a swimsuit in February and not being in the tropics is not that appealing but it must be done.
So here is my total mileage as of Feb 11th. I have traveled about 41 miles. Which puts me somewhere on Ruffin Rd and of course still in Virginia.
I have about 50 more miles before I cross into North Carolina. mmmm guess I had better get busy biking, running and swimming!
Keep Triing!
