First Day of Training (98 Days Left)
Yesterday marked my first day of what I’m calling ‘training’ for the MS Ride 08. It was a brief, eye-opening ride. I rode to Mary Ellen’s house and was pretty tired by the time I got there. The problem is that Mary Ellen’s house is only about 4 blocks away. To be fair, some of it was uphill…
In any case, my gear wasn’t ideal (jeans, sweatshirt, knobby tires, slip on shoes) but I figure any time on the bike is going to help. I’m going to try to ‘train’ as much as possible with Madelyn in tow. I figure that will help me ride easier when I’m not pulling her. I don’t have any mileage or speed information, but we rode around for a while and tried to keep moving. I’ve dug up an old Garmin Foretrex wrist watch-style GPS that I’ll try to take with me on future rides so I can start tracking how far I’ve gone.
I’ll be riding more as the weather improves (it will improve!) and hopefully I’ll be getting some updated gear to make the riding more efficient. I also joined the park district fitness center (which I generally don’t like at all) with the intention of trying to get into some spin classes, so watch for news of that pain. As of today, there are 98 days left to train!