The Vomitron

Last year, Darron and Lisa, two of my cycling buddies shared their pet name for the indoor trainer, the "Vomitron". I, too, have adopted it as the descriptor for my nights spent spinning. I spent 90-minutes on the Vomitron tonight doing hill climb simulations. Doesn't that sound like fun? Riding solely in the big chain ring except for short periods of recovery. In all honesty, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I was, however, surprised when I hit what I thought was close to a halfway point, did some quick calculations and realized that I had 40 minutes left. SURPRISE! Thank goodness for America's Next Top Model followed by some MTV. Nothing like mindless TV to pass the time.

Anyway, lots of little things starting to take place that are a prelude to the real deal. We received our tentative dates for bike shipment. "Buzz" and one equipment bag will be taken to Charlotte sometime between November 12-14 by Inside-Out Sports and then driven cross-country to its final destination in Tempe, Arizona. They have to have our bikes set up by November 19th. For $250, I should have a sense of peace knowing that Buzz will be cared for. Instead, I feel like I am putting my child solo on a bus and saying, "Find your way back to me, please!" Eek! Nevertheless, this is good news in the sense that we will actually be separated for less time than I thought. I'll be getting another bike to use in the meantime because training for this thing never seems to end. :)

We've also made plans to have dinner with our training buddy, Missy, who is going to go through a crash course on everything we need to know about special needs bags. She apparently co-lead this in this last year for some newbies and offered to do it for us so we couldn't say "NO" to that kind of offer. Any last minute tips will greatly be appreciated, no doubt.

My remaining training schedule for the upcoming weekend looks somewhat busy. Friday is a 5-mile intensity run; Saturday will likely include the Habitat for Humanity 5K Run followed by an relatively easy 1-mile swim; and we'll wrap the weekend up on Sunday with a 1.2 mile swim followed by a 30-mile bike loop x3 and an 8-mile run. Sort of our own mini-mock-tri.

Nervous excitement continues to build. Until next time...Happy Training!