Mea Culpa - a cautionary tale

[Espresso]

I will definitely be sure to do a lot of training on an actual bike before I do any events. I did bike a good bit a few years ago (before my bike got stolen), although I was doing much shorter distances, so I think a lot of the coordination-type stuff shouldn't take long to come back.

My body type is a little unusual (short with really short legs), so I haven't found anybody to borrow one from yet, and buying one used might be tricky as well, although I'm definitely keeping an eye out on craigslist, etc.

[Espresso]

Sorry I derailed your thread so much, Catrin! I'm glad your training is going better this year Thanks everybody for your advice

[Catrin]

Sorry I derailed your thread so much, Catrin! I'm glad your training is going better this year Thanks everybody for your advice

It is interesting just how hard it is to pull back and develop better habits with this - I go pretty much all out with everything I do. No reason to apologise, the entire purpose of the thread was to, hopefully, give other newbies who might also be prone to over-doing things, a little heads up.