Day 3: Pedal to the Pavement

"Few of us know what we are capable of doing… we have never pushed ourselves hard enough to find out." – Alfred A. Montapert

Yesterday was my cross training day. The afternoon started out kind of rocky though. I went to get the bike from Matt's house and he told me there was a pump at the house I could use to air the tires up. Well this pump was so old that when I went to air them up, the tube broke off because it was dry rotted. So then I resort to the good ole hand pump. That didn't work out very well at all. Finally I remembered I had a can of fix-a-flat in my trunk and this did the job! Wasn't really sure if you are suppose to put fix-a-flat in a bike tire, but hey it didn't explode and I'm alive so I guess it worked! After cleaning off the spider webs and airing up the tires I was ready to go. I set out with no intentions of where to ride, I was just going to pedal towards my house and hope that it didn't take me an hour. I don't want to be an over achiever and bike an hour when I only had to do 30 minutes right. HAHA.

Keep in mind this bike is a mountain bike...that requires shifting. Once I get about 100 yards I realize I have no earthly idea how to shift this thing correctly. I had a mountain bike growing up as a kid but I don't think I ever shifted that thing right. All I know is that I could not ever get the right dial to move no matter how hard I tried. I would just randomly shift...haha and the chain didn't fall off so I guess I did something right? Riding wasn't the easiest thing. I got fairly tired quick, and Bowling Green isn't exactly fully equipped with sidewalks. I tried to avoid the most congested areas. 34 minutes and 4 miles later I made it to my sister's apartment safely! Here is the route I rode:

I could tell last night before I went to bed that I was going to be sore. I woke up this morning and can barely walk! And most of all, my butt is KILLING ME. I'm sure that my seat wasn't adjusted right, and I totally didn't shift correctly, and I looked like a total weirdo riding through town, but oh well! I'm sore as crap this morning so I guess that means I got a pretty good workout in! Today is anther running day, with a 2 mile run and some strength training. The run today is shorter and I am going to try to run this one without any walking. I didn't have to walk last time until right at 2 miles so I think I can do it! After the run I will be riding my bike again with Camille who just got a bike as well! This should be fun! I'm not sure what I'll do for strength though....I'm just going to play it by ear! I hope everyone has a great day.

Until Tomorrow...Just Keep Running!