I appreciate all of your well wishes from yesterday's post. Jenny and Mike, you guys crack me up -- "a triathlete in the making" and "I smell a bike addiction coming on" -- what about letting me wallow in my ankle pain -- at least for another day! Then there's Neil, aka Jo Brotha. First thing he says to me is "sorry about the ankle, now you can go get a real bike and we can ride together!" I'm suddenly feeling ganged up on!
With all this pressure, I need to share my top 10 reasons why I CAN'T take up biking:
10. No room in my garage for another two wheeled vehicle.
9. I'm a cheap bastard and I've seen how much bikes can cost.
8. I'd be banished from the Runner's World bulletin board.
7. Formerly Fat Biking Guy just doesn't have the same ring as Formerly Fat Running Guy.
6. So much for Neil and I doing a duathlon relay.
5. My doctor absolutely refuses to prescribe EPO.
4. Imagine what it would do to my dad's (aka Jaybird) ego when I whoop him for the first time.
3. What about the big investment (12.5 cents) Deb made in the Hal Higdon Marathon training book?
2. If I bought a bike, I'd have to buy Deb something much smaller, but much shinier. (See number 9.)
1. Even down 150+ pounds, the world isn't ready to see me in bike shorts.
But seriously, I know that the point is to move on and get active in some other way. And that I will! Promise!
Stay tuned.
L'Chaim!
6 comments:
10. No room in my garage for another two wheeled vehicle.
Start hanging stuff up
9. I'm a cheap bastard and I've seen how much bikes can cost.
Get over it, that's why they make credit cards
8. I'd be banished from the Runner's World bulletin board.
They do have biking bulletin boards
7. Formerly Fat Biking Guy just doesn't have the same ring as Formerly Fat Running Guy.
"Formerly Fat Formerly Running Guy" has a nice ring to it
6. So much for Neil and I doing a duathlon relay.
We'll just do a bike race
5. My doctor absolutely refuses to prescribe EPO.
You only need that if you plan to race in the Tour. You're too cheap to buy a carbon fiber bike anyway
4. Imagine what it would do to my dad's (aka Jaybird) ego when I whoop him for the first time.
C'mon... he'll be proud
3. What about the big investment (12.5 cents) Deb made in the Hal Higdon Marathon training book?
tell her to look for Greg LeMond's book on half.com. I believe you can easily pick it up for under a buck
2. If I bought a bike, I'd have to buy Deb something much smaller, but much shinier. (See number 9.)
Be more sneaky... she's been lying to you for years about how much stuff costs anyway. Time for a little payback :-) (uh... kidding of course)
1. Even down 150+ pounds, the world isn't ready to see me in bike shorts.
Ok... so there is one valid reason
4. Imagine what it would do to my dad's (aka Jaybird) ego when I whoop him for the first time.
Hey... it'll make ME proud!!!!!
LOL. Jo brotha nailed it. Can't wait for the comeback.
yep - hang stuff up and get over it - lol
I'm sorry to hear that you're having problems but I know that you will find some creative way to stay active. Keep up the good work!
I had to laugh at your #2 reason. Please look at my blog today (last paragraph).
10. Bikes hang easily from the ceiling - the new frontier!
9. You can't put a price on fitness (or at leat thats what bigmike says when he's trying to get permission to go carbon fiber road bike...)
8. You would just need to shift to the RWOL triathlon forum or Cross training
7. Formerly Fat Biking Guy just sounds dead sexy
6. You'll have to make it a tri - it's easier to psych out someone when they are wearing a swim cap and nuthuggers anyway
5. If EPOs out, you'll just have to go with HGH
4. Dads like a challenge
3. Sell Higdon on ebay.
2. Deb sounds nice, she might like something shiny and new. Plus, it's money in the bank for trinaing time.
1. THe world isn't ready to see anyone in bike shorts. It just motivates you to ride faster so no one can see your butt in spandex.
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