No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
Heb 12:11
Screwshoes
Poor man's cleats. this works a LOT better than you would think! Very quick and easy.
LittleHotties
Are you cheap like me? Put those little hotties in a ziplock bag and use them again tomorrow!
Kickstart your dead Garmin
Hold down the reset/lap button and the mode button together to get your 205/305/310xt to restart if it won't turn on or if it freezes up.
I watched the races this morning and then went for a bike ride.10 miles in 35:09. I had to stop after 10 because I was too embarrassed by all the funny noises my bike was making. Lots of loose/squeeky parts. Time for some maintenance...
Here's something to entertain you while I go wrench on my bike:
17 miles in 58:00 on the bike. That may not sound like much, but on a 49lb bike with 26 x 2.1" knobbies it was a pretty good workout. The bike sounds much better now after getting some new brakes and a few other adjustments. I used to keep it in top shape when my commute was 16 miles each way to work. Since I moved closer to work about 5 years ago, I may have lubed the chain once or twice and that's it. Shame on me. Pedaling hasn't bothered my foot at all so I may venture out a little farther next time. So far I've just been riding the 5 mile loop around the neighborhood. I'd like to do some riding with Preston since he recently got the triathlon bug. I'm still wearing the boot when I 'm not on the bike, but I'm thinking about ditching it and just wearing my bike shoes instead after another week or so. I have some Keen commuter sandals with recessed cleats that are pretty comfortable even though the sole is stiff as a board. That would keep my foot stable and I wouldn't have to drag that boot around like a zombie with a dead leg.
Kym took her first ride with clipless pedals on "White Lightning" today. 7 miles of stop and go riding with no crash landings. Then we celebrated National Fried Chicken Day at Ezell's and went shopping for some new pedals since she got the ones from my bike. I also ordered some fast new tires for my bike. I got a set of these Conti Travel Contacts to replace the giant knobbies that came stock on my commuter bike over 7 years ago and rode about 7000 miles on them. They probably would have lasted even longer, but I was worried about the sidewalls when I removed them last winter to put the knobbies back on for the week of snow we had. They looked pretty shabby so I tossed them and have been riding on the knobbies since then. The "snow" tires are already showing wear after only a couple hundred miles on pavement so I bit the bullet and dropped $90 on a new set of CTC's with reflective sidewalls. Yeah, I know this has nothing to do with running, but I'm riding so I can run faster later.
Kym's bike "White Lightning" Check out that ginormous Walmart seat. It weighs almost as much as the rest of the bike with 2" of gel, and springs :)
I rode out to Dupont and back today. There were lots of bikes on the road including one idiot riding on the left side. Be safe out there and don't be monkeyin' around. Nobody wants to be a floog.
My bike rides a lot smoother with the new tires. I didn't get the extra speed I was hoping for though. I think it's a little faster on the flats with the same effort and definitely faster downhill, but uphill it still weighs almost 50lbs and is a workout no matter how you slice it.
This is the strangest bike video I could find today.
PM: 5 easy miles. My big toe was very stiff and achy and the pain worked it's way up to the same spot on the top of my foot by the end of the run. More time off... :(
I did a 42 mile bike ride today to save some babies. That's the farthest I've ridden a bike in over 6 years. My quads are burnin'.
My family and about a 150 other volunteers spent all day and night Friday and most of today setting up and tearing down for a concert in the park and a family fun festival including a 5k, 10k run and 21, 42, and 70 mile bike rides.
