Back to the bike commute and my stats are trending up 🤸
Took the road bike this morning and my average moving speed is over 20k/h with a zone 3 heart rate! I've been holding back on actually signing up for the fall triathlon because I know I'm not the fastest cyclist and I'm self-conscious about being able to complete a sprint tri in less than 2 hours. The one I have in mind I apparently read the schedule wrong because I thought the awards started 2.5 hours after the swim start (which is done in 4 minute waves) and the thought of still running to the finish after awards had started filled me the worst kind of dread. But I'm an idiot and they're actually 3.5 hours after swim start. That I think I can do haha
I ran cross country back in elementary school and my last race I vividly remember the girls starting first and then the boys like 10 minutes after and getting passed by the boys was the sharpest feeling of embarrassment that I was in tears by the time I finished and never did it again.
Anyway, on a positive note, I've been wearing my bike jerseys to commute since it's been 100% humidity and stupid hot this week and they're fitting really well if not a little loose, which is a cool feeling. Oh! And one of the people I ran next to for a while during Sunday's 5k followed me on Strava so now we're mutuals and she keeps giving me kudos for my commute rides which feels very funny since it's basically just been for my own training record up until now.
And I dropped my class this semester and the program admin never emailed me back about permission to switch courses so I'm out my tuition for the semester and I have to take another class in the fall to finally be done which sucks. But on the brightside I don't have to worry about school for the summer and can focus on training and getting my courses organized for teaching in the fall. Mixed emotions there but ah well.












