Happy buns, lonely bike

Remember when I told you all that I was going to do the Lake Country Duathlon on October 16th? For those of you who do, I'm sure you have been waiting with bated  breath to hear my recap with all of the glorious details of my first bicycle race.

Well, I didn't do it. This weekend I made some chili, watched the Brewers lose, went for a leisurely run, and did some Jillian yoga.

I also went to see 50/50, which made me cry a lot and also wonder how actors can be so successful playing the same character hundreds of times (Seth Rogen, Keanu Reeves, Scarlett Johansson, Owen Wilson...)

You see, when I decided that I wanted to do the race (and told you all about it), I didn't realize that there wasn't very much concrete information about the race.  There wasn't any information about packet pick-up, which hotels were close to the start line, where the start line was, how to get your bike to the transition station...the list goes on and on. I was starting to feel like it was all a little bit too unorganized for me.

I mean, I'm a planner. I like to have a plan.

So just to make sure I covered all of my bases before bailing, about a week and a half before the race date I started sending out e-mails to everyone whose e-mail  I could find on the race website. They all sounded something like, "Hi! I'd really really really like to do your race, but  before I shell out $70 plus hotel reservations to do so, I'd like to know a little bit more about it. Namely where exactly it will take place, or when more information will be available. A timely response would be much appreciated!!"

There wasn't a timely response. I didn't get a response at all.

So I held on to my $70 (and whatever else I would have payed for a hotel), I stayed in my apartment, slept til 11am, and then went to get a bagel at noon on Sunday October16.

And my buns were happy that I didn't make them ride 33 miles on a tiny hard seat with no special shorts, since I didn't buy any fancy schmancy triathlon pants for a sketchy race.

Unfortunately, I think that my bike is feeling a little lonely since I promised it a scenic ride somewhere in southern Wisconsin, and it spent the day locked up in a parking garage. But hopefully it will forgive me once I do like, a million duathlons come spring. And hopefully those races will have some information about them posted prior to three days before the race.



Yeah, I own this shirt. I'm a dweeb.



The question now is: what race to do next? I'm still on track with half marathon training for the Tyranena Beer Run, but  I'm also really intrigued by the Mountain King Trail Run that Kenzie is registered to do on that same day. My bike will just have to be patient though, since Midwest winters and road bikes aren't really the best of friends. Good thing there are spin classes to keep me in shape indoors!