Decisions...

So I made a decision today. I've been really worried about how I'm going to be able to get in shape for my ride. 45 miles is quite a distance, and since I dealt with my kidney stones and two surgeries most of the spring/early summer, I've had basically no training all year. I know I can do the 10 mile course easily with just a little training, so I decided I'm going to switch and do that instead of the 45 miles. When I originally started thinking about this, I didn't want to do it because I felt it was a cop out, but I figured out a solution to that dilemma within myself. The event is a bike ride and 5K run. In the other event cities, they're at the same time, but in Austin the run is saturday and the ride is Sunday. So to make myself feel like I actually accomplished something even though I'm doing the shorter distance on my bike, I'm going to run the 5K also. That's going to take some training for sure since I just started running recently. I figure if I can do the 5K run and then the 10 mile ride, I'll really be proud of myself, even if I don't do the 45 mile ride.