Bike, Butt and Chicken & Dumplings

Ahhhh....what a difference a good road bike and cushy butt shorts make! Today we did another brick- bike/run except this time, we did not get lost AND we went 15miles/bike and 2miles/running AND I made it! Seriously, anyone interested in biking in the least- invest in a good pair of cushy bike shorts. I got mine from HucknRoll for a pretty good deal ($32): http://www.hucknroll.com/sugoi-neo-pro-short-womens  My butt has never been so happy!

Enough about my butt or lack thereof...the bike. Whoa! Second piece of advice is to get a decent road bike. I bought a used one from a former TNT biker and survivor. Riding a yard sale mountain bike on the road was not one of my smarter moves but you do what you gotta do. Let's just say that last week felt like riding a bike with training wheels and this week I felt like a bird. I exaggerate a little but you get the idea.

Chicken & Dumplings anyone?

So as you can tell by now the bike ride went much better this week. I think I may even be starting to like this road bike thing. Now if we can just get the cars off the road, it would be great! The scenery was beautiful. And then there are always the unique signs (see above) At least I know where we're headed for dinner tonight! There were 2 other team members who joined the ride today. One took her mountain bike since her real road bike was in the shop- I felt for her big time. And the other woman had a little trouble with her asthma/cold. I felt bad for her, too. Coach Tom was great again with his pointers- "Spin to win, Caroline. Spin to win." I like Tom. I will also hopefully be featuring 2 other team members in an upcoming post. Apparently a local news team followed them several years ago as the husband is a lymphoma survivor and the wife is pretty darn cool herself. Go Ed and Libba!

Then came the 2 mile run and for some reason I must have been on fire because I have not run a sub-9 minute mile in I do not know how long (okay, the course was flat as a pancake but let me bask in the glory for a moment). Okay, done.

Next up- first swim practice on Tuesday. And many thanks to those of you who are encouraging my efforts and the cause. It keeps me going...I will post my LLS donation page very shortly i.e. as soon as I figure out how to set it up  ;-)