New Years Weekend

My husband and I were able to escape this weekend to St. George.  We took our bikes and decided to have fun without spending so much money considering Christmas was last week.  Saturday morning we went for a 3.8 mile run and boy was it difficult for me.  Since the last several weeks that I have been trying to run twice a week, this was definitely different.  I am so used to running on a treadmill or outside with a flat surface and no incline at all.  Our run started out down hill and then went to a flat area and then ended uphill.  I really haven't had that hard of a challenge with running ever! Since this Ogden 1/2 is a lot downhill, I think I will have to go where I can train doing more downhill runs to better prepare.

We also went for a 18.8 mile bike ride.  I am a huge fan of the Biggest Loser so we decided to ride up to the Biggest Loser resort in Ivins.  We started on St. George Blvd. and headed up.  So many things I learned while doing this...


One, I need a better bike. My rode bike is a vintage bike with a lot of miles on it. I bought it off of ksl.com right before I did my tri in July.  My gears broke at the beginning of our ride and if you have never ridden without gears, let me just say it SUCKS! It was so difficult!  On our way there, we got to a hill that was very steep and riding with my bike on the hardest and smallest gear was no easy task.  We got to a point where we stopped and my husband manually took my chain to the largest gear and luckily after a little time, he was able to fix my gear.  Yay! The rest of the ride went a lot more smooth.  I learned that working and switching gears is vital to a good ride.

Two,  riding a bike uses a lot of different muscles than running or other exercises I had been doing.  No wonder extreme bikers have huge thighs!

Three, Riding on a busy street is dangerous when you don't know bikers etiquette. I have never ridden on busy streets, and my husband had to teach me bikers rules so I didn't die (which I almost did twice!).

Four, plan out your ride before starting! I think this would have avoided all my dangerous situations if I have better planned.

We ended up having a great time and a memorable experience!