Sunny bike ride

Son #2 saw me installing the bike computer on my newly tuned up bike, so he suggested "let's go for a bike ride!".

Ok. Does that mean I'm pushing you on your little bike or I'm pulling you in the bike trailer? Bike trailer was the choice. After setting up the bike computer, finding helmets and finding all the bits for the bike trailer, we set off.

We went for a nice 5km-ish loop in my neighborhood. It's mostly flat with a few little grade changes here and there. I discovered as we turned back towards home that we'd had a tail wind, so the head wind was quite refreshing. Yes, it was more of a breeze.

So that's 23 minutes of cycling pulling a trailer (I give myself 1.5x for the extra 60 pounds).

And the first bike ride of the year is DONE!

Major pat on the back for me!

I went for another run this morning. As I was dressing for the run, I didn't wanna go. I was searching for reasons why not and for other things to do instead. But, I went anyway. Sone #2 and I walked to his preschool, and I started running from there.

One small stretch of road on my route faces the mountains. It wasn't until I saw them that I realized how cloudy it had been earlier. No wonder I didn't want to run.

The 12 inches of snow yesterday has been melted down to about 2 inches accumulation, but it's still not safe for an outdoor bike ride.

Tomorrow is supposed to have a high of 19C (66F). Now THAT's bike riding weather.

And it begins...

I've registered for the Strathmore Women's sprint triathlon on August 10th. Karen and Dawn are going to join me.

The race is 18 weeks away, so I'd better start training!

This week, I did 20 lengths of the pool with Karen on Saturday, and today I went for a run. 35 minutes total, with 5 minutes of running.

I've mapped out a 5km route from my house and most of the route is grass so hopefully my knees will object less.

So last week counts as 20, and so far this week counts as 40.

Tomorrow is a bike ride, and Karen is asking about a weekend bike ride too. I have another run on Friday morning.

Better find that foam roller! My IT band will be screaming soon.