I know it was a long time ago already but I had a really good ride on Sunday and wanted to post a little something about it 
I just had too many post-worthy items all happen last weekend.
After a Saturday filled with running and watching runners, it was time for me to hit the trails and go for a ride again! It had been way too many days since I was on my bike and I was happy to get out and enjoy the beautiful weather we have been having.
I was pleasantly surprised that it didn’t feel as scary or challenging to bike for once! I could tell I just felt a lot more confident on the ride and I think that made the whole trip a much better one.
By biking 22 miles, I ended up making it into some new bike trail territory but was kind of not as nice as the part I am used to riding and running on 
I had great hopes of someday making a really long ride on this trail but now I am not so sure. Maybe I just hit a rough patch and it would get nicer again! I did kind of miss a turn at one point and was close to half way so I just decided to circle around town and then head back.
On the way back I pulled into this little bike rest stop to eat a Clif shot and drink some water. I am not very good at drinking + biking yet! I also got to overhear the bike conversations going by me for a few minutes which was kind of funny…
Convo #1 (paraphrases, not actual quotations):
Dude #1: Oh, geez, my heart rate’s only like 108, isn’t that cool, I’m hardly working to keep this pace, what’s yours?
Dude #2: I don’t know, I didn’t wear my heart rate monitor but probably like 130…
Dude #1: Oh yeah, that sucks.
Is that the new thing? How hard can you workout while still having a really low heart rate? Nice. Such an accomplishment.
After like a 5 minute break, I headed back home. The way back always goes so much quicker! I circled around my neighborhood a little to practice my drinking and biking and then called it a day. After running Saturday and biking Sunday, my legs were TIRED!
I’m really liking biking more and more! Now the only thing I need is to find someone to bike with so I am not as scared of being 20+ miles away from home! Sister really needs to get on that 
Or I need to find a biking group to join! I also need to be less annoyed with the dumb shit people pull on the bike trail. Exhibit A being the guy and his wife pulled over side-by-side hogging the whole bike trail to look behind them in their bike trailer to check on their childdog. Seriously folks, I should not have to ask you to MOVE OVER! And Exhibit B being the idiot on the bike swerving back and forth on the trail and speeding past me when I was stopped at a crossing to re-clip. Let’s just say I quickly showed him what it’s like to be flown past on a bike. Nice try, though!
I also may have located a certain swimsuit, swim cap and goggles that I’d purchased many years back… now I officially have no excuse to not train for a triathlon. Oops!
The suit fits but it sure ain’t pretty
You can buy me a bike if you’d like
I wish I could! If the stupid house stopped breaking… or you were on your BEST behavior until Christmas then… maybe
We can wear matching outfits then so that alone might make it worth it to me – 
22 miles makes my quads scream just thinking about it! Glad you’re enjoying your bike. I’m getting closer and closer to getting one with every post you write!
And good luck with triathlon training! Now that it’s out there in the blogisphere, it’s going to happen!
Ha-ha! It really is not bad on your quads with a road bike and the clip shoes – that is one thing that really surprised me?! They do get tired but it’s not the same level of fatigue with the mountain bike I used to have!
And I know… we shall see but I am pretty close to joining the Y/gym near my house so I can swim and practice… erg. Me and my “goals”
So darn relentless!