Trying to get moving

So I made an appointment with a trainer at the gym for yesterday at noon. Showed up and it turned out he'd forgotten to write it down and wasn't available. Rescheduled for today at 9am and went home as I didn't have headphones and it was a beautiful day. Got on the bicycle and did a ~12.5 mile loop in 70 minutes. E. Cotati > Snyder > Petaluma Hill > Railroad > Redwood Highway > Myrtle > Park > Benson. It was a much nicer loop than the one I first did last month - less ruts and more hills. I'd like to shave at least 15 minutes off that time in the next several weeks. I seriously need a new seat and perhaps different shorts. About 45 minutes into the ride my crotch was numb. Getting off the bicycle was incredibly painful. I'll be heading to the Trek store soon!

I've been major bummed that I don't have any one to train with and haven't been consistent at all since I signed up for the tri. I finally started talking about it and go figure, I met someone yesterday that is training for a tri in August. She lives in Sacramento but the comfort I received in knowing the universe was listening really helped.

The training session this morning was a total disappointment because it was really only an "orientation" and he couldn't give me a plan. Of course, if I paid him then yes then I could have one. Sigh. I didn't really like him anyway so at least I've seen where the machines are and can do some reading/remembering past routines and come up with my own. Followed that up with a 15 minute mile on the Precor and a 10 minute 1/2 mile that I actually jogged .15, walked .15, jogged .1, walked .1; it was nice to at least get in a little bit without dying.

A quick jaunt - 4/12/2009

After a successful ride yesterday, I wanted to put on a few more miles to see how the rib did with consecutive days of riding. I had no idea where I was going - the roads called individually... 121 to 116 to Adobe Road (waved to the Chippie hiding in the shade of the trees 1/2 way between 116 and Frates Road) and heard the call of D Street. There was a fair amount of traffic so I headed onto Hicks Valley Road thinking I'd take Chileno Valley Road but ended up making the left onto Marshall-Petaluma Road. Oh joy - for the second day in a row there's a fricking TURKEY in the middle of the road! Luckily I missed this one too... I was treated to yellows, oranges, and bluish purples along the way. The ocean was calling so I headed north on the 1, no one at the bakery, and into Bodega Bay for a top-off and potty break. It was a little windy but absolutely gorgeous on the coast. I kept hearing the call of Kings Ridge but it was getting late so I headed in on the 116. At Duncans Mills I headed south through a little slice of redwood heaven as it meandered along one of the feeders into the Russian River. At Monte Rio I turned onto the Bohemian Highway for some more alone time with the redwoods. I had forgotten how much fun that leg to Occidental is!!! I had a rabbit in a Volvo to follow so I was able to spend a little time enjoying the trees and the creek at a nice pace. Some fun on Graton Road to Green Hill to Occidental and back on to the 116. After a quick stop at Jim's I continued on Adobe and back onto the 116 for the umpteenth time today. The mustard is still beautiful!More pix at: http://kittygirl.smugmug.com/gallery/7891795_BntEJ#511738028_6GsVC

Phew, the weather cleared

Ah, it was still wet and conditions were not optimal but I certainly had a great time! Thanks Jim for the picture... (Turn 7, Sears Point Raceway, Wednesday 2/18/2009)

It was *dumping* rain!

Many of us were anxiously hoping that the weather would clear for Wednesday's track day at Sears Point - with less than 12 hours to go, it isn't looking good!