Up N' Attem

This morning I did my first indoor bike ride. I have to say I was a little hesitant to pull my trainer out and set it up in my apartment. Not because I didn't want to do the workout but because my bike and fluid trainer take up a lot of space in my apartment and I don't want to impose any more than I already have on my roommate. I'm sure it's bad enough when I wake up at the crack of dawn to workout much less getting up early to do a workout in our not so spacious NYC apartment.

Last night I mentioned that I'd need to get up to ride and to my surprise she indicated that she was used to this sort of thing with me. We have lived together for 6+ years. I managed to drag my butt out of bed this morning and head for my trainer at 5:45. Today's indoor ride wasn't a long one, 30-45 minutes as we have a run workout tonight and our legs need to be as fresh as possible. Seeing that my coaches pretty much spell everything out for me the workout didn't require much thought which left me with at least a 1/2 hour to daydream and listen to my iPod.

As I road I started to think about my sleeping roommate and wonder what goes through her mind when I get up to do this crap, what she thought when I came home and told her that I signed up to do an ironman and was the sound of the trainer ungodly awful! Its not as if I'm the only person training right now for this type of event. There are plenty others that do this stuff too. But I guess for all that complete this type of event, there are far more people who don't and those people are the ones we rely on for support, motivation and encouragement when we're tired or question our aspirations.

So, here's to all that tolerate being related to, living, dating and/or knowing an endurance athlete.