No I have no training to report today. Brad did, but this isn't the Brad the Reluctant Triathlete, it's Dee the well you get the gist of it. When I looked out my back door when I let my dog Beau out and I could only see the top of his head, I knew it was time to get around to mowing the lawn. I had to put a bright orange safety vest on our 5 year old when I let her out in order to find her. So my bike ride was sidetracked by yard work.
You know how I write that Brad always asks me if I want to do a particular workout with him, like I'd have a choice, well he did ask me to ride with him today. And I finally did it, I finally said no. Strangely, I didn't feel triumphant by saying no, I kept wishing I was riding instead of pushing the mower. Shhhhh, don't tell him I said that. I think he sort of likes to hear my unethusiatic, apathetic response whenever he excitedly asks me something silly like, Hey Dee, let's ride for 50 miles, then run for 13.1 miles and start with a 1.25 mile swim. Isn't that a great idea??? And then you get me going in response, "uhm, okay" or "I guess so".
I do power mowing. I like to get the yard done as quickly as possible. I totally busted my butt racing around the yard with the mower, scooping the yard and whacking the yard. I got the whole kit and kaboodle done in under two hours. Not too shabby. It definitely wasn't a 28 mile bike ride, but I was not sitting on my rear end either. Plus I got the girls to weed the front flower bed for me. That yard looks infinitely better.
I think we need to finally get that dump of mulch I have been threatening to get now since March. Maybe I will hook a wagon up behind my bike and tow it back and forth between here and the mulch place.
I am getting really nervous for the NYC tri. I can't stop thinking about it. I need to figure out a way to get over the nerves I get before I compete. Maybe running through Central Park dressed like Wonder Woman will do it. Maybe I will wear my Wonder Woman suit under my wetsuit and play Wonder Woman that day too....
2 comments:
Thanks for mowing the lawn. It would have been even better had you been wearing your Wonder Woman undies! That would have really given the neighbors something to talk about!
Hahaha! Next time maybe I will!
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