My Saturday session

I am thrilled about the brick I did yesterday morning. "Armed" with my new bike saddle, I set out to ride. I decided to follow the loop that I'll be doing on the day of the triathlon. I feel like I managed the 12-mile ride just fine. There were a couple issues...my pants got caught in the chain, so I had to stop and get them out (I rode the rest of the way with my right pant leg pulled up over my knee), and I dropped my chain twice (I think it was due to drastic gear changing...I'll be more careful next time). All in all it was a good ride. At one point I laughed to myself because I was steadily climbing a big hill and across the street to my left there was a runner (we were pretty neck-in-neck). Mind you, he was a FAST runner, but really, how fast can someone run? That was a bit of a confidence buster, but that's okay! I'll get there! :) I still feel good about it!

Also, one section of the loop was on a pretty busy road. I kept envisioning myself crashing & getting run over (thankfully, that didn't happen!). There were a few times when cars whizzed past me in the same lane I was in...that scared me! But, I survived and didn't get honked at, so I consider it a success.

As soon as I rode into my driveway, I took my bike inside, switched out my helmet for a bandanna, grabbed my iPod and went right back out for my run. I ran a familiar route around my neighborhood and I was proud that I ran the whole time! I wasn't sure how far I went, but I came home and mapped it on a very cool website (http://www.mapmyrun.com/) and found out I ran just barely over two and a half miles. I'm feeling better and better everyday of my training. Thanks for bearing with me as this seems to be taking over a lot of my posts. :) I'm thankful for the support of friends and family. Y'all are awesome!

Nate snapped a picture for me on my way out...lookin' all "professional" and stuff. Okay, maybe not, but that's okay.

Check out my sweet saddle. It felt a whole lot better!