Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you live. -Mark Twain

Ah, that Mark Twain.  He was a clever one, wasn't he?

I have a dilemna and I don't know what to do, so pardon me for a little bit of blog to process my thoughts.

Here are the facts:

I joined a triathlon training group. 

I liked that they were swimming in my favorite pool.

I liked that I didn’t have to look up my own workouts.

I like that I have a coach to tell me what to do.

I do like being pushed out of my comfort zone.

I like exiting my comfort zone at my own speed.

If I were to exit my comfort zone at my own speed, I would probably have dropped out of college almost 10 years ago. 

I am usually pushed out of my comfort zone at a rapid pace, with little warning.

I can adapt to change relatively well.

Often times, the things I don’t necessarily want to do are things that I should do.

My coach wants me to do a triathlon that most of my teammates are doing.

That tri is in 5 weeks.

I am very, very new to biking.

The tri has a bike course that is 2 loops.

The only thing worse than walking my bike up a hill in a triathlon would be walking it up the same hill, twice.

If I am going to do this triathlon, I have to get a bike ASAP.

Shopping for bikes is like shopping for cars. 

That means I don’t know what the heck I am doing.

I did visit 5 places looking for bikes on Saturday.

I rode bikes at 3 places.

I am considering buying from 2 of those 3 options.

I am probably going to spend about half of what I got my car for.

(I bought my car for cheap on Craigslist!)

Still, that is a heck of a lot of money to spend on a bike. 

Am I going to ride enough to warrant the cost of the bike?

I guess that is the real question. 

That and (please forgive me, I rarely use this self-depricating language!!!) "Can I get my fat ass up this hill while on the bike?"

In other news:  Candy crept back in my life this week.  I lost a pound too, but only because I had 433 mins of exercise.  I need to kick candy back to the curb!  Apparently I had bought candy for Easter for my family and I thought I had given it to SwimSis to put in Easter baskets, but I found it in the back of my closet.  Oy. 



Some soul candy.  Love this sweet girl!  She jumped off her bed and onto my back like this :)