Dogma to help the two hours pass

No not religious Dogma, but Dogma definitely helped me through my first two hour plus ride. I don't know if you are a fan of Kevin Smith the director, but he is definitely one of my favorites and his movies, though rough around the edges language wise, are some of my all time favorites as well. Where Mel Brooks (another of my favorite directors)subtly insinuates in his movies, Kevin Smith, and his characters state, particularly when it comes to sex. Anyway, Dogma is my absolute favorite Kevin Smith film because of how cleverly he weaves the bible and commonly held dogma into a contemporary story. So I grabbed my husband's Christmas gift from me, his I-touch, that has Dogma downloaded on it, a water bottle and me and headed out to the trainer in the garage. I would like to train on the road for two hours, but right now I need to get my confidence on the bike, plus I have one hellaciously sick child in my house presently too, so to the trainer it was. My husband swears plenty of people use their trainers successfully to train for the bike portion of their triathlons, but I think he is just trying to make me feel better.

I started in an easy gear, and every fifteen or so minutes increased the gears to make it harder and harder while trying to keep the same cadence. By the time the movie was over, I was a sweaty, rubbery legged mess. But somehow it made the time pass faster, or so it seemed.

The other reason I am training on my bike so hard is because my husband got me involved in another one of his hair brained schemes. I swear he is the Lucy Ricardo of racing in my life. I must be his Ethel. But his new Vitameatavegimin moment is we need to do the MS 150 bike ride. Of all the crazy, what the heck are you thinking things to do....He formed a team even, Team Domestique, and now I have to do it. Two absolutely amazing friends I have made through racing have actually signed on to ride. Signed on to ride for two days, 75 miles each day. What the hell are we thinking here? There will be a really great group of people involved, some nice lodging, supposedly fabulous food, and a neat end destination in beautiful, colonial Williamsburg which I love to visit, but 150 miles???

Brad swears it will be fun, but like I said to him, he has a pretty unusual concept of what might be fun. Riding a bike for 150 miles is not fun! Fun is hanging out with people you like, fun is going on vacation, fun is staying in a nice hotel, fun is eating great food celebrating life with good friends surrounding you and being thankful for the health you have. Maybe like an MS 150 Bike ride with Team Domestique....