A Bike named FREAK

Perhaps the picture says it all, but the news is that I now have a bike (named Freak)! Two colleagues at Massey, Peter and Carrol, were kind enough to loan me this superb Norco… along with a helmet, lock, pump, etc. It looks like I’m able to participate in the women’s duathlon tomorrow after all. However, I must remember 3 critical things for the event :

1. Take it slowly, keeping in mind the 3 awful months when I could not run or bike because of plantar fasciitis.
2. Always keep LEFT, except to pass (which I’m not planning to do).
3. The LEFT hand brake is for the rear wheel and the right hand brake is for flipping over the handle bars.

I’m thrilled to have my bipedal abilities (Art’s word) back, and I even tried out FREAK today with a ride along the river and then back into the city centre… for a flat white and scone at a café in The Square.

So far, I’m sticking to the left-turn-only loops, and that’s going quite well.

If I were you, I’d tune into this blog again tomorrow for any noteworthy news items from the race.