Tire Issues

Well, I've had some tire issues recently. I don't know what the hell is up with my bike but I keep flatting. I flatted about once every other ride and decided that it was time to replace my tires. They were shot and in some parts, the rubber was completely worn throw so that the fabric underneath was showing. Not good at all. I replaced the rear tire and went for a ride 2 weeks ago. I flatted on my first ride on that tire. I checked it out and I had a pretty big slice in the tire and also a piece of wire piercing through it. The front tire had developed a leak in it or something because it would hold air for about 12 hours even if I replaced the tube in it. It wasn't as bad as the back tire but it was still bad. And while I was replacing a tube on the rear tire, I pinched a brand new tube so it had to come back off. Then, when I was riding today, I flatted about a mile and a quarter from my house on the rear tire. I seriously have no clue what the hell is going on. I'm going to try to go for a ride tomorrow for maybe an hour and I'm going to take 2 spare tubes and 2 CO2 cartridges as well.

Other than that, I was sick earlier in the week and didn't work out much. I ran yesterday morning and swam 20x33yds in Big Stacey. My PT wanted me to get into the pool. My shoulder felt OK. I strained my biceps tendon a few times but it wasn't that bad. My shoulder is getting better though. I can't wait to be back in a regular workout schedule. I can live without swimming, but I really want to get back to running. I'll get there.

NB 1062 mileage: 33 miles

Resigned

I've resigned to post only 1-2 times per week at this point. Not much is going on so not much to post. I got in a decent ride on Saturday and then a short ride on Sunday. The ride on Sunday was short because I got a flat tire. I'm sick of changing flats, damnit! This was a brand new tire, too. I think it is the area that I'm riding in (Circle C) and the residential streets have a lot of crap on the side of the road. I found a piece of glass and a small wire in my tire. I didn't have any CO2 so I had to call my roommate for SAG support. It wasn't bad because it was a gorgeous day outside that day and I just sat on the curb enjoying the breeze. Oh, I did go for a run that morning. And I did another last Wednesday which was incredible because it was about 58 degrees outside for the run. Those were my 2 runs last week. I did one on Monday as well as weights. My weigh in was 190.5 as well.

Eh, not much else is going on. Oh, I am done with my iontophoresis for my shoulder so that cuts down the number of times I have to see my PT. I don't mind seeing my PT, but when it takes 30 minutes there, an hour there, and then 30 minutes back, it takes up a lot of time every week.

NB 1062 mileage: 28.5 miles

Busy and stressed

I've been stressed lately because I've had so much to do. I don't have much time so it is tough to get my workouts in. When I don't get my workouts in, I get stressed. More stress causes me to sleep less. Lately, I've been waking up 1-3 hours before my alarm and unable to get back to sleep. To sleep, I need to workout more. See the problem?

Last week, I only ran twice and did my shoulder exercises twice. I really need to be doing these 3x per week at least. I think I did get 3 rides in though. I volunteered at the Longhorn 70.3 on Sunday. It was fun and it was nice to kind of help out but be a bit lazy as well. I drank beer and cheered people on.

My Monday weigh in was 193 which is crap, but I weighed in at 190.5 this morning. It was excess weight from drinking on Sunday.

NB 1062 mileage: 25.5 miles