Away we go
We went to a baseball game Tuesday. I'm way too ADD to have any idea WTF is going on, but I do know I had cotton candy, a pretzel with cheese and dippin dots. Nom.
We've also spent a few days this week hanging with Karen and Justin. Thank god. I missed them.
I got my new pedals on my road bike and tried out my new road shoes. HORRIFIC.
(sorry my friends and I are obsessed with instagram)
But yeah- horrific. It's so scary. If you don't know what these are it's called riding clipless, which makes no sense to me, because there are clips involved, but whatever.
Basically, there's a plate on the bottom of the shoe that clicks into a plate on the pedal. The shoe soles are super stiff and don't bend. When you pedal, you're getting power from the down stroke AND the upstroke because your foot is clicked in and pulls the pedal up.
Correct me if I'm wrong on anything. I'm a complete n00b to this.
Any how, the horrific part is that when you need to stop, you have to unclip by twisting your foot to release the plate. Well, when you're new to this and you're in panic mode, you forget what to do and most people just fall over sideways trying to yank their foot out within the first week.
Last night Brian stopped in front of me and I got my right foot out but couldn't get the left! My bike just fell over sideways and I somehow contorted my leg and unclipped right as I was about to go down in a blaze of... Well not really glory.
The point is, I saved it!
Then I unclipped at a light and then tried to clip back in but we were going over the cobbles on 5th street. You're trying to click something the size of not even a quarter together on the bottom of your foot. The hard soles of the shoes were just clacking all over my pedals. I was freaking out lol.
Ugh I need to get used to it. I'm told a week from now I'll never want to go back lol we'll see.
It's so funny though... I'm not a sporty person. I never have been. I've never been athletic. I was the kid who sat on the bleachers in high school. I thought sports stores were stupid. Look at me now!
I have special shoes, special shorts, gloves, freaking special socks LOL. I've got special jackets, bras, shirts... Armbands and headbands and bags and just... WTF hahaha. I'm like... Athletic.
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? Lol
Ah man.
At least I'm getting my body back. Slimming down.
Getting rid of this pudge.
Well that's about it for now I suppose. Hoping for weekend adventures.
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