I Will Click Publish, I Will Click Publish…
After a handful of botched attempts and posting these past couple of weeks, I’ll see what I can to do make sure that this post doesn’t end up in the “Drafts” folder graveyard with other posts that will likely never see the front page. I have posts labelled “Thoughts From The Future” and “No Power” and I have no idea what they’re about or why I labelled them as such. Bleh.
Well, we’ve moved into “Spring” here in the land just south of Antarctica which means that either it’s sunny and windy (at the moment of posting, 22 MPH winds gusting to 26 MPH to be exact), which sort of ruins the sunny aspect of things. Looking out your window give you that “Yay! It’s gorgeous outside!” but stepping outside, you soon realize that what looks like a pleasant summer day still feels quite nippy. And for the days here where it isn’t windy, it’s most surely cloudy and raining. I’m still waiting for those 2-3 weeks of constant rain that we seem to get here every Spring. :(
As such, my bike has yet to see any real pavement yet this year. I’ve been debating giving my bike and body the “shock and awe” treatment of taking it outside for the first time either for the 100 mile bike ride (my longest ride this year has been about 20 miles on the trainer :P) with the tri-club later this month, or at my first race at the end of next month. I really don’t know if I can mentally take the trainer any more though, so the bike will likely seem pavement before either of those dates, though.
But I did manage a “long” (well, 6.5 miles is long when you’re used to running 3-4) run last Saturday, and it was nice enough to do it in shorts! And thankfully, my time off doing any longer running hasn’t affected my pace in a negative way. On the contrary, Saturday’s run was done at sub-8 pace?! I don’t know if it was the excitement of running long without Achilles pain or being able to run ouside in shorts. Perhaps a little of both? But ohhhh the joy of not having to put on tights/pants to go outside for a run. I suppose Spring isn’t all bad here in the Twin Cities. :)