Happy Monday... Daily ride thread...

[Running Mommy]

Here we go, another week... I'm having trouble getting motivated! I need to run, and would like to get a ride in this morning since I'm home, but I just don't feel like it.. UGH! And I leave early tomorrow am for California- driving to nor cal! Double UGH! My friend is getting married Saturday so I'm playing the part of florist/wedding coordinator.. A girl of many hats I am!
But as a result I'm going to miss my rides this week, which STINKS!
Plus when I left Nor cal I didn't look back. Sorry to all you nor cal ladies, but I just can't stand that place anymore. IMO the only thing good about the bay area is sourdough bread. But thats another story...
Ok, must pull self out of this FUNK!!!
So when your feeling surly like I am today, what do you do to pull your head out of your butt? And what is your secret motivation tool for those days when ya just don't feel like it??
And oh, BTW- how was your ride today?? Hope all you New England girls have your wheels above water! Oh and Nanci- WATCH THEM GATORS!!!

[Brandi]

Food! And the fact that if I don't do it today I might not be able to do it tomorrow. You never know. Don't want to miss out. And I want to be able to have dessert without guilt you know! But I am so sore from back packing this weekend that I understand not being motivated.

[Brandi]

Oh and it is foggy and overcast here that doesn't help the mood either!

[Geonz]

49 and light rain - a little harder than the "pretend drizzle" but not enough to drench. I thought about driving and really almost did but ... I just called and said "I'll be a little late." (I did drive to church yesterday.)
When I don't feel like it (running or biking) I tell myself "okay, just go out for 5 minutes." Then if I'm validly puny I'll still feel puny in five minutes; 19 out of 20 times in five minutes I'm happy.
I am really, really, really ready for some SUN, though I have to be grateful we've not gotten heavy rain, and my plants seem to be happy.
Cars seemed to be closer but it was a differnet time (so different cars). I also overdressed so I couldn't go fast or I'd end up in a lather.
Read "Old Man and the Sea" last night ('homework' for the Velosophie part of the GITAP ride I'm doing in June). We're supposed to disscuss pleasure and pain :-) I felt like I might run into some fish in the puddles... but I almost always ride on a day when it just might be even worse tomorrow...

and Brandi did you know there's an "Edit" option (at least there is for me!) when you want to add something or delete it (or fix a stray apostrophe, my word!)

[Lifesgreat]

It is sunny and supposed to be in the low 80s here today. I just got back from a 27 mile ride up Provo Canyon and South Fork. The river is loud and running high with all the snowmelt. A deer ran across the road about 30 feet in front of me. The birds were chirping and the pavement was smooth. However, there was a whale of a headwind for 1/2 my ride, enough that the weather services noted it (20-30 mph). I am a big girl and there were gusts that shook me and Fatty Lumpkin.

Life is good.

[Running Mommy]

Yeah Lifes great, it's those darn CA storms that kick up our wind. I guess there is one in so cal at the moment. Tho I hear nor cal is warming up for me. THANK YOU!!
It's suppose to be windy here the next few days, so I guess it's not all bad that I'll be gone.
I just got done w/ a three mile run. Cut it a mile short, my legs are fried from the weekend. I guess I pushed it a wee bit lastnight w/ Tony. Oh well, it's good to get out of the 15 mph comfort zone.
I was pondering riding because the weather looks like this...

Wind from 257 degrees @ 4.0 MPH Gusts to 5.0 MPH Temp 88F Humidity 20% Dewpoint 41F Pressure 1013.6 mb

But I know my legs will revolt, so I'll save it for later I suppose...

[Barb]

I missed my mother's day ride yesterday becuase of rain. Today I ahve to get my dog to a vet, then i will ride when I get home. I am still sick. I haven't riden more than 5 miles in 2 weeks. I have a big ride next weekend. Scared? You bet! And the rain keeps coming.

[CorsairMac]

well let me think: on the days like yesterday when I wanted to just blow off running and doing my abs - I remembered I had a friend in AZ that did a Ironman and I think "she didn't do it by blowing off her workouts". So I went out and ran in 40+ mph winds (ROFL) and did my abs.

and I keep her DVD nearby Just in Case I should ever forget what it takes to do an Ironman!

[Running Mommy]

Hey C-mac... That put a HUGE grin on my face!!!
Thanks! I needed that kick in the can!

[yellow]

It is sunny and supposed to be in the low 80s here today. I just got back from a 27 mile ride up Provo Canyon and South Fork. The river is loud and running high with all the snowmelt. A deer ran across the road about 30 feet in front of me. The birds were chirping and the pavement was smooth. However, there was a whale of a headwind for 1/2 my ride, enough that the weather services noted it (20-30 mph). I am a big girl and there were gusts that shook me and Fatty Lumpkin.

Well, it's 88 right now in Salt Lake, and the winds have subsided quite a bit. They blew all night and were quite strong this morning and all I could think was how dry it was going to make everything and that somewhere, there was a nasty headwind. Guess that would be where you were! Ahhhhh...life in the desert.

I did a short ride that was supposed to be a longer ride but ended up being a tootle because I'm still not recovered from Saturday (and I just didn't have it in me). I rode up to the old Children's "Development Center" (a neat old but run down and fenced off building) as I'd never really been up there. It's more dilapidated than it looks from a distance. Great place for birds to nest. And I rode thru the cemetery and tried to find new ways to navigate the University (the U is the hardest part of town to ride a bike through...makes no sense to me).

[tprevost]

okay Denise

Where's my DVD??????

T~


... can't believe ya forgot about me.... boo hoooooo

[Nanci]

We watched the DVD. BF loves you. I told him- she isn't just faking it, pulling the IM out of her azz- she's out there doing freaking bricks all the time- like 100 mile rides and 15 mile runs! You're an animal!!

[Tater]

Went out for a bit under an hour. 89 degrees and 10% humidity. What happened to the nice 60 degree weather we had just last week??! Oh, well. I have a metric century this weekend I am looking forward to, so I'm not doing a lot of weekday miles.

[mtkitchn]

I woke up feeling pretty crummy, but went out and rode. Started pretty early and decided to try for my first solo metric century. The last 20 miles I thought my legs were going to fall off and I could barely turn the pedals, but I did it! It was the hardest ride I ever did (not the longest, not the most climbing, but the HARDEST, probably because I was totally alone with no real trip plan), and it was 94 degrees out when I finished at 11:40am.
DH and I found King and Dungeness crab on sale at the grocery, so we had a crab feast tonight with champagne! Life is good!

[salsabike]

Good on ya, mtkitchn. I could never manage the 94 degree part.

I rode 27 miles today on the Sammamish River Trail. Nice day, high 70s, bald eagles, pain in the butt headwind on the way home, great ride. But I inhaled a BIG bug. Ecchh! Stopped to wash it out of my throat with water, started riding again, and pondered how long he'd be squiggling in there...Between the big bug and the dandelion fluff, I ingested necessary protein AND roughage. Urg.