Long Overdue Update…

… I’m back to training for the TWO RIVERS CENTURY bike race in Kankakee, Illinois. 

I ended up with a hamstring injury [bowling] and unable to complete my goal of doing the 2013 Pittsburgh Marathon Relay with my team.

Two injuries in less than 8 months that have sidelined me from running, I thought perhaps it was time for me to seriously consider ‘retiring’ from road racing.

No. That doesn’t mean that I’ll give up running. It simply means that when I feel like running, I will go do a mile or two. Or even three. But I won’t train on a regular basis to compete.

I don’t know how I feel about it – other than to say: I feel better saying I’m ‘retired’ from racing than having to sell my racing bib to someone else and watch THEM complete MY race.

So – I’m doing something  a little less stressful on my body. Biking.

I rode a 30 MILE BIKE RACE last June with little or NO training. I’m thinking of working on a TEN WEEK TRAINING PROGRAM to work up to a Half Century [50 miles].

This is Week Two of Training for me and so far, I have completed it:

8.5 MILES [DAY ONE]

9.01 MILES [DAY TWO]

And my long ride for the week. 15.01 MILES [DAY THREE]

I’m happy to say, that all of these rides were completed on the stationary bike at the gym while I was busy learning lines for NUNSENSE.

May as well put that multi-tasking ability to good use!