I Go It Alone

Hey All.

Well Saturday saw me all alone on my bike at the Whitby Rec Centre.  As my distances are increasing, I can no longer do Coach Paul's Monster Endurance Ride at Legends Centre on Saturday mornings.  Paul has made arrangements for me to ride on the lower level at the Whitby Rec Centre.

I always spin on my Cannondale because, let's face it, I sweat buckets.  My Cannondale has been with me for 7 years - I love it and it got me thru Ironman Lake Placid - but two seasons ago I invested in a new bike - Specialized Transition Expert 2010.  My relationship with my new bike has been a love/hate relationship.  It was not love at first sight like my Cannondale.  My first race with my Specialized, it bucked me off onto my face on the pavement (See previous blog about Musselman).  My Specialized is very small and light and I have not felt the same sense of security as on my Cannondale.  In any event, my Specialized will be doing Texas with me so Paul suggested for my long indoor rides on Saturdays that I ride my Specialized.  On Friday night, I dusted off my Specialized (it lives in my living room) and noticed my soft tires.  To make a long story short - pump, pump, pump, boom.  It was 10:00 at night and I was not in the mood to change the tire so my old faithful Cannondale made the trip with me to the gym Saturday morning.

The staff at the Whitby Rec were great and set up a table for me to put my portable DVD player on and at 7:15 a.m. I was off for my 3:15 hour ride.    The first movie I watched was "Eastern Promises".  Nothing like a little blood, guts and gore to get you motivated first thing in the morning.  When I do my long trainer rides, my rides are based on time and heartrate.  Watching Viggo Mortenson in the naked knife fight in the sauna kept my heart rate right up there. 

I then moved to "Run Fat Boy Run" which is a hilarious movie about a guy that trains for three weeks for a marathon in England.  The only person I know who could actually pull this out of their butt is my friend Sue Typert.

About the 2:30 mark, Paul and Christine stopped in for a visit and to see how I was doing.  They told me about the "oatmeal" ride at Monster Endurance Class and then I did not feel so bad about not being there. :)  I miss seeing everyone but I will still be at Wednesday's class.

Lisa