Road to Wildflower Pt. 2
Well so much for Part 1. Maybe this is why people don’t post what they do to train for a triathlon, because what they intend to do an what they actually don’t don’t match up so well. I didn’t go to lake San Antonio and I didn’t go swimming the next day. Why?
I went running the next day. I had a really good run but the next day my shins started hurting. I know better than to run on shins that hurt. I’ve been there, it never does anything but get worse. Worse to the point where it takes weeks not day to recover. So I didn’t go, because running 6 miles on aching shins would likely mean not running at all for the next two to three weeks. Sadly however I got to feeling under the weather this weekend as well. So there has been no training at all for a few days.
On the upside I bought new wheels for my bike. They aren’t uber nice but they are better than what was stock. I ride an old Giant OCR3 Compact and shortly after I bought the bike ( for riding to and from work ) I hit a sewer drain with it. This of course put a flat spot in the back rim. The local bike shop fixed it up pretty well but ever since then I’ve always gotten wobbly when I break 25 miles an hour. Anyway I replaced them this weekend with a set of Shimano R560’s and got a phenomenal deal on them at Sports Basement ( almost $100 off the lowest price I found advertised anywhere ) . Also bought a stationary trainer for the bike. I’m hoping that my motivation to just get on the bike and ride will be greater if I don’t have to go out in traffic and hit stop lights, and freeze to death for 5 miles before I finally hit a decent road. I put 35 minutes in on it tonight. I feel great.
Now I’m afraid of the swim. Guess I’d best get my feet wet very soon.