Well, I did my bike assessment today. It called for a specific warm-up and then 15 miles at “race pace”. Oh boy. It took me a little over 40 minutes to go 15 miles. For you non-bikers, that’s really slow. I have to give a big shout-out to my husband because much of the time that I was on the bike, he was helping to fix our Netflix connection so at least from now on I can binge watch something while I’m biking. (Suggestions, please?) He got it to work about 8 minutes before I was finished. So, this bike was pretty torturous for me. I can run for a couple of hours and not get too bored. I can swim for an hour and, although it’s tedious, I can get it done and focus on different aspects of my form that need work (and there are a lot of aspects that need work so boredom isn’t really an issue, LOL). Biking was another story. I am NOT a biker (yet!). I’m training for the 54 mile section of my triathlon this summer, so I’m working on it.

As I was sitting on the bike, I was thinking about how much it sucked, and asking myself why I was doing this. I kept looking at the watch and counting down the mileage until I could be finished. I knew I wouldn’t quit, but I sure wanted to.

The magic happens when we finish testing ourselves, doesn’t it? When I got off the bike, my “this sucks” attitude turned into “that wasn’t THAT bad”. I thought about it as I was walking around and stretching my uncomfortable legs, and got excited. Even though I was really slow here, think about how far I can go, and how much I can improve before my big race! I have a long way to go, and I’m up for the challenge!!