I DID IT

Well yesterday I did something that actually had me guessing whether or not I could and that was ride my route twice. Sure I had make some modifications to it because the bridge I normally cross at was closed so I had to double back to get to my route. I also extended my route by approximately 12 km in the middle. I was exhausted when I was finished and did my butt ever hurt. There was some great gratification when I was finished even if my butt hurt.

test for my legs today

Today I am testing out my leg endurance by riding my route twice in a row. Failure is not an option with this one today I may have to really push myself to finish it...ok, ok I will have to push myself to finish that much I already know but failure is still not an option. Today I have something to prove to myself that yes I can do it despite what others are telling me. Those people will remain nameless in as I would like to keep their identities private. Some people are even actually questioning my drive whether or I have enough drive to actually complete this trek which is making me actually question myself too. In my heart I know I can do it, that is not what is in question they are actually questioning my competitive drive. Anyone who knows me at all knows how much I hate to fail and well with this because it does hit as close to home as it does I refuse to fail.

Day off

Well today was a planned day off. I have managed to stay off of my bike but I have only just now stopped doing stuff to keep my mind off of not riding. Not being allowed to ride my bike today has really been driving me nuts because I am the type of person that has to be doing something all the time unless I am sleeping. Speaking of sleeping a nap sounds real good right about now been raining all day.

EXCITED

Well I got home from my training run. I was surprised when I got home and there was a message on the phone, so like any curious person would do I checked to see who it was and it was a reporter from CHCH who had read the story on me in The St. Catharines Standard. I am not quite sure how to take this publicity because I was brought to have a strong attitude and also modesty, so right now I am feeling a bit overwhelmed with emotions that I have never felt before.

It's MondayI

Well today is Monday and that means we do weights today at the gym. We will be doing a half an hour on the stationary bike and then moving onto the weight room if you can't tell I am excited about this because I enjoy working with the weight machines. Well it's 1pm and I am back from the gym and I am feeling great physically I seem rejuvenated after a good workout it seems to get the blood flowing and the stamina up to do daily activities. There are daily activities outdoors that should get done but I also don't want to fry the lawn so cutting the grass this afternoon is out of the question till at least this evening.

Well I have gone and done it again

By done it again I mean made the newspaper, this one is probably the biggest paper I have made to date okay it is the biggest paper I have made to date. I always find it humbling when I make the papers for just being who I am. Everyone says I am an inspiration but to I am just being the person I was raised to be. Sure I have a bit of an attitude at times but hey it's that attitude that has gotten me where I am today. Sure that attitude remains hidden most of the time but when it is needed it does come out usually when someone wants me to slow down and I know full well that I can do it. This is a link to the article that I am attaching to this. http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2610292

rested finally

Well this morning I am feeling rested enough to go and do my Niagara-on-the-Lake run on my bike it looks surprising like an awesome biking day. Although I haven't been outside yet or even looked at the thermostat outside the window to see what the temperature is like. Got to go and eat our last banana and maybe pick up some during my travels. Now the next question is do I take my backpack or not if I take my backpack then I can buy me some more bananas when I ride by the harvest barn. Think I will take it. Well I am back from my ride never got the bananas because well I took a wrong turn and it ended up cutting off 4km from my ride. My ride today was 28.6km completed in 1:40:22hrs if I can keep up this pace then by the end of next week I will be doing this route twice one right after another.

Day off

Well today I am taking a day off. Once again common sense is prevailing got some bad news about one of our nieces and well I didn't sleep all that well after hearing it and right now it's only 9:20am and the bed is calling my name very loudly. I don't like to take unscheduled days but with as tired as I am I don't want to hurt myself either.

Day off

Today I am taking a well deserved day off of training. It's not really going to be a day but I will not be putting on the mileage that I normal do because I have to take my bike in and have it looked at and well I have a prescription filled for Trevor. I am just hoping that it doesn't cost too much to get the gears fixed on my bike. I haven't even started my ride across Canada and already it's been expensive.

Always Trying Something New

Well today I am trying something new, I am going to attempt to ride out to Niagara-on-the-Lake and back. It about 50km there and back, I know I can do it just a matter of whether or not my legs will let me do it. Will update upon my return. Well I went 38.6km today the last 8.6km were well my cool down, the cool down was so long because well someone locked the door knob lock on me. I usually just take the garage door opener with me and come in through the door in the garage but well someone last night locked that door on me. That is the one lock I never ever lock because there is not a key that actually open that particular lock. This is the route that I took today I map every route I use on this site: http://beta.mapmyride.com/route/detail/17822392/