Run Harder You Lazy Bitch

No! Damn, I thought I had that straight. The other kind of trainer. Check it out: I did get the trainer, and so far I am loving it. Maybe it will turn out like the helicopter (day 1 love it, day 2 love it, day 3 want to barf), but I doubt it. Riding doesn't hurt my hamstring and/or IT band anywhere near as much as running outside does. I wonder if this is because it's 40 degrees warmer, or so.

Yesterday, I road through Batman. I thought this was a great idea, until I remembered that Batman (Begins, but I just rented the the Dark Knight!) is the longest movie on the planet. Of course I was too stubborn to stop. Well, that's not entirely true, I had to take breaks. I even took a sandwich break at one point. My legs were pretty good, but my ass was dying. None the less, riding in the dead of winter on an indoor trainer is SWEET.

The company that makes the trainer I bought (Minoura), made me laugh a couple of times. The first one was on the outside of the box that it came in. Check out the size of it compared to my bike. Plus it folds, so the box isn't much more than a foot high. Still, the outside of the box warns "Bike is not supplied". Not to be outdone, the instruction manual says "Tandem bike is not recommended due to worse balance". Another favorite is set-up, step 1. "At this moment, make sure all 4 foot are contacting the floor stably." And, unrelated (off by itself) - NOTE: Do not miss the direction of the shim for safety use. Pardon? I think it's possible that I may have missed the direction. I don't know what a shim is. I'm sure it's not important....right?

Don't get me wrong - all I know how to say in Japanese is Ohio (good morning) and hammosandwichy (ham sandwich). Both are spelled phonetically, and likely wrong. Sills?