This past weekend I went on a ride by myself, I don't normally ride by myself unless it's in a race so this was something new for me. All was fine till I realized I had a flat - a tack had punctured my tube - so in the middle of nowhere (I was on Range Road 262 going to Cochrane) I calmly got off my bike and proceeded to change my first tire. Another biker passed me and offered to help (whoever you were THANKS) but I said "no thanks I need the practice".
I am happy to report that all went well, tire was changed and I continued on my way. However, I will carry two tubes now with on all bike rides.
This weekend I will be racing my 3rd 1/2 Iron in Sylvan Lake. You will recall I did this race last year, it was my first 1/2 Iron and I had a great time. But...this year I am hoping to really take some time off my overall finish time. In fact, my Dad's birthday is Sunday (day of race) and I told him for his birthday I would run the 1/2 marathon portion of the race in 2:30 - this would be a PB for me in a 1/2 Iron. Wish me luck.
For those of you who are interested here are my training totals to-date:
Training Totals (Monday, July 8th to-date)
Total Running Distance: 19.65K
Total Swimming Distance: 1.5K
Total Biking Distance: 115.48
Total Hours: 8:46
Total Distance: 136.63K
2 comments:
Uninteresting, you make me laugh! So sorry to hear about your flat but I'm happy to hear you calmly changed it all by yourself. Have a great race this weekend!!! It will be easier now that you have done it before and are an future ironman in the making!
All the best on your run this weekend Maria! We rootin' for u!
F&W
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