Took The Bike For a Walk

It's a great day for a bike ride. My bike didn't haven't any air in the tires so I walked it to the corner to the gas station. Unfortunately, about 2 mins after blowing up the front tire, it was flat again. No big deal. I was looking forward to biking, but it turned out to be a nice 2 mile walk with the bike.

It shows how important it is to know what can go wrong during a race. I've read 100 different places that you need to know how to handle your everyday bike related malfunctions. I don't even know how to replace a bike tire on the fly. I'm going to look it up on youtube. If this happened during the race, I would be screwed.

Over all, it was a very nice morning.

Being Prepared

Being prepared is the biggest piece to the puzzle. I'm very excited about this new Tupperware set I got from Wegman's. They are the perfect size. They fit great the cooler I bought. I can even fit my protein shake and my water bottle. I have the day off tomorrow, but I know I'll be running around all day, and I want to get some good food in.



I packed a nice sandwich on wheat bread with turkey, sprouts, lettuce, Swiss cheese, and mustard. I packed pretzels, grapes, an orange, and a few pickles. For a 10 am snack, I brought a yogurt.

My goal is to drink one 32 oz Nalgene before noon, a second 32 oz Nalgene before 6pm, and a third Nalgene before 10 pm.

For the breakfast, I'll have 2 eggs, oatmeal, and some apples sauce.

4 Miles Here I Come

Heading out the Door for 4 miles. Walking the first one and running the last 3.

Maybe it will do me some good and get some of this fluid moving and out of my lungs.

Check back in afterwards.

Past Burdends Lead to Future Stumbles

"It's hard to achieve your own greatness when you're burdened by your failings. It's hard to fulfill your dreams when you carry your mistakes around in your pockets like old lint- in your wallet, in your mind... Many of you are still carrying around your shortcomings from last week, last month. From decades ago. You can't look forward if you're still looking back, especially if you're staring back at what went wrong, how you stumbled. Nothing good comes of that.....There's too much good for you left to conquer, too much greatness yet to achieve. Don't walk right by it because you're looking back"

~ Roy S. Johnson
Men's Fitness May 2010

"Recovery is a process, like learning to ride a bike, ice skate, or ski. You may have to try several times to break an addiction before you finally succeed. Even then, you may have a slip, especially in the beginning. But if you don't give up, you'll eventually see progress and even start to enjoy the recovery process. So practice just a letting yourself "be". If you fall down in the first stage of abstinence, simply get back up, brush yourself off, and try again- but this time make sure you get more help and support"

~ Arnold Washton Ph.D.
Willpower's Not Enough.

I have 2 min to put my thoughts down on this posting because I've got be disciplined and stick to my schedule.

I have a vision of who I am. I am constantly looking back at my past failings or feeble attempts of accomplishing my goals. In the back of my mind, I see myself as the guy that trys hard for a little while and ends of giving up. Well, the more I think about it, it's the "back of my mind" and I can see anything I want to see. I see myself as the type of person that I know I am. Strong willed, determined and in control of my life.