It’s a Work…

…in progress.

I’m a little behind on Week Three Training because of the repair that needs to happen on my bike.

Last week, I decided to help ease the back strain of my mountain bike handlebars and modify them to cruisers. This will help me sit in a more upright position when riding.

It was really an easy process and took minutes.

Even with the fact that I’d put the hand brakes on backwards and needed to reverse them, it was an easy process.

Replacing the torn strap of my bike rack – also simple.

These were all things I could do with my limited ‘repair’ skills. I just needed to find the ‘minutes’ to do them.

Until I went to lift my bike to the bike rack on my car, turned the handle bars with too much torque on the gear cable and busted it. [It’s the one on the left that is busted.]

I’m smart – but I also know my frustration levels can be off the charts. I’m taking the bike to a repair shop to fix the gear cable.  Otherwise, I’m READY to ride!!

Which finds me back at the gym on the stationary bike until I can get to the bike repair. [It’s ride-able, I just have long mileage to put up and there’s a HUGE difference between riding over 10 miles and having to WALK over TEN MILES pushing your broken BIKE.]

I finished up WEEK THREE - DAY THREE: 17.53 MILES.

Bring on Week Four!!