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Sunday, March 14, 2010

My New Fear

I know my blogging has been sporadic at best. Between the kids, triathlon training and the time sucker of life aka The PTO Pasta Dinner, somehow blogging has just slipped. Fortunately, everything is good...even the fundraiser.

However, March is an important transitional month for me. It is the time of year when I shift from exercise to training, as I prepare for my third triathlon season. This year my training is mainly focused on the Nautica New York City triathlon. It's my first time doing an Olympic distance tri. My training buddy and the cyclist from my relay team are also doing it. Since I am a veteran, surely I should be done being neurotic about tris. Gone is my first year worry about what to wear. Gone (or perhaps dormant) is my second year fear of being eaten by a shark. Alas, however, there is still something to fear besides fear itself.

My new fear is the bike. Actually this is a fear from last season, but it is no longer overshadowed by the prospect of imminent death from a shark. Last season I started having problems with my bike chain falling off while I was riding. Normally that wouldn't be a big deal. However, I can't always get my feet out of the clipless pedals in time, particularly since it usually happens going up a hill, so the bike won't coast forward to give me time to unclip. I therefore suffer from a slow motion bike crash that does extreme injury to my pride. Hey, I would even laugh if I saw myself falling.

Believe it or not, some of my fellow athletes are convinced that this is because I am more confident I with my biking and therefore more willing to experiment with the different gears. I may be changing them too late. Fortunately one of my cyclist relaymate has offered to help me. His help has also helped me solve on of my previous exercise mysteries...why some people go to spinning class decked out in biking gear to ride a stationary bike.

Apparently many spinners have a computrainer. This is a computer bike that allows you to virtually ride different bike courses. Kind of like a Wii and bike in one. My teammate not only has a computrainer, but his wife got him the program for the Nautica NYC bike course. I'm helping him with improve his swimming, and he's helping me with the biking. I think I have the better deal here! I may continue to laugh at those wearing biking gear to spinning, but if it will improve my cycling skills, I will soon be laughing at myself when wearing my helmet and sunglasses in spinning class.

A. Elliot's Lesson Learned: Wearing biking gear to use a stationary bike is not necessarily a sign of insanity.

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posted by Alex Elliot @ 9:23 AM   3 comments
3 Comments:

  • At 3/15/2010 8:02 AM, Blogger Goofball said…

    glad you're not giving up on blogging yet as so many people seem to do over the last couple of months


    Glad also that the shark fear is gone. They are too great creatures to be feared that much.


    Good luck with the bike training!!!

     

  • At 3/16/2010 8:13 AM, Blogger Suzanne Reisman said…

    When is the race again?

     

  • At 3/17/2010 9:34 PM, Blogger Sally HP said…

    Do not bow to the pressure. Do not wear a helmet and sunglasses to class :) Would it help at all to have clip pedals instead? J-Lo used them for her triathlon :)

     
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