Training is On!!!

So, I did my first outdoor bike a few weeks ago it was 70 Miles the longest I've ever done. It was ok but, the wind really hampered me and I was having difficulty with shifting. So, Vicki our kick ass trainer had us meet with her and we rode a hillier course out in the valley and I have to say I learned so much, about shifting, climbing and how to conserve your energy. It really brought my confidence level back up as. It was pretty shaken after riding the IM CDA loop for the first time last weekend by the time we were coming back into town I was wiped out! My legs just burned I kept thinking about what Roger says about keep turning your legs over pull through the lactic acid during those BAT's in the Thompson sweat lodge this winter. It kept me going but, I tell you we were coming into Hayden and you know that little incline before coming down in to the city. Well my mind was screaming at me If you climb another insert superlative here **@?! hill I'm shutting down these damn legs and you are going to burst into tears and I won't let you move.
I finally had hit the wall my legs were dead and I was mentally tired as well as physically. I had not taken all of the perpetum that we hadmade up I was sipping a little too conservativley I might add as I had just under a half a bootle of a 3 hour bottle drunk. At this point and my body was dead. So, I grabbed the last of the perpetum I had and finished it as well as a gel and water and about 5 minutes latter as I was still peddling we made it to the car in 3:15 min. BTW I I have a new hate relationship with long traffic lights.
I have found some bike confidence. Now it's pulling it together. The time crunch issues with work ad training and wow I never knew your nether regions could get so bruised or numb... from a bike seat.
Things are going ok. I have a lot of out of town stuff coming up for work and Training is picking up so I will focus on the bike. My swim has improved considerably and the run well it's the run and I find there are good and bad days. It's all mental now.
Of course acupuncture has been my little treat for myself; keeping headaches to a near zero or such a dull roar I don't notice them anymore and the pain from my IT Band Syndrome is being kept at bay with it as well.
Hope you all are doing well. the countdown is starting to get quicker and shorter the Lilac Century Bike ride is coming up so. It will be my first 100 miler with a brick to follow... I'm looking forward to it. Crazy but, true..
TTFN I am leaving with a quote from John Collins the Founder of Ironman and a new inspiration to me.

"Ironman has always been about finishing what you started, about being able to do what you set out to do. Maybe not as fast as the person in front of you, but, certainly faster than the person who never started" John Collins

May my friends and family find inspiration in these words and set out on their own adventure. You never know where it will take you.