About Me

I started training for my last triathlon last year because my New Year's goal was to "step outside my comfort zone," and I figured, what's more outside my comfort zone than a triathlon? I was a compentent swimmer, in that, I wouldn't drown under normal circumstances, hadn't biked since I was ten, and while I had run cross country in high school, even then, I was one of the slowest runners on the team. Well, in finishing my first triathlon, I discovered not only a new hobby/addiction, but a lot about myself. What follows are my ramblings about what I've found.

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Hotlanta

Holy crap it's hot outside. I mean, I'm pretty sure I could bake a cake in our garage right now. At last check, the outside thermometer read 104 in the shade, and 108 in the sun. Despite all the predictions for record highs this weekend, I wasn't too worried about getting my workouts in. I knew today, Saturday was my biking day, and I could just do an indoor trainer ride. I know a lot of biking purists hate the trainer the way I hate treadmills. But in this area, biking can be tricky. I basically have to either stick to neighborhoods, or drive somewhere to ride. So I make good use of the trainer. And Spinervals DVDs. Those are lifesavers for trainer rides.

Of course, it turns out today was actually supposed to be a brick workout. And it might have been cool enough to run if I'd gotten up early enough. Which I was planning to do next weekend, which was when I thought the brick was. Oh well. Going to ride later this evening, and hope I can get a 15 min run in without melting. In the meantime, I'm going to bake cookies. Because that's what normal people do when it's 108 outside right? Turn on the oven.