CAR TROUBLES... they suck and they can come at the worst of times!
I had a great night last night, went to bed early, and slept great! Got up, went to class and came right back home, excited to go for a nice 1.5 hr ride outside in 65 degree weather! Until my car decides to die on me.
I needed my car because I was going to pick up my bike from the shop. I needed to get a repair done and it was ready to be picked up. I walked toward my car in the parking lot of my apartment, and the electronic unlock button wasn't working... hmm thats odd. I used the key to unlock the door, and tried to start the car, NOTHING. Well shit, my battery is dead, and I don't know why it would be because its a practically new car.
Called up AAA, they jumped me, I took the car to the dealership, waited for almost 2 HOURS. Thank god it was free under warranty! By this time it's 3:30 and i have only an hour left of daylight, and i still don't have my bike. I quickly drive over to the shop, pick up the bike, pay an obnoxiously large amount of money, and drive home. I had a 4:30 meeting at the campus library with some classmates to work on a project, so i still couldn't ride!
I decided to make an early 4pm dinner, go to work on the project, in which we got nothing done... like usual. THEN I came home, and rode indoors on my trainer for 1.5 hrs. Finished at 7:30 and now I'm relaxing. I still have some homework to finish up so ill be in bed a little later than usual, but I don't care.
These situations throw me off and stress me out easily. Im sure others can get stressed by this, but when I cant get my training done at the time I want to get it done, it really pisses me off because I had carefully planned out my whole schedule around getting my training done and expecting no problems. Unfortunately today there was a problem.
I have been trying to cope with issues like this, i know I couldn't ride at the time I wanted, but I'm not going to let that ruin my day. Its important to relax in these situations and cope with what happened and come up with solutions.
Being stressed out is normally a trigger for me to also not care about my diet, but I am very motivated to stick to my 30 day promise of strict paleo, and I was able to eat perfectly again today. Maybe not at the times I wanted, but i still got my calories and macronutrients down perfectly.
I'm thinking back on all that has happened today, Damn, i was busy. Things like this rarely happen and i mean, It could have been worse. Its important for me to stay positive and look ahead, not to stress about what happened. Doing this will help me both in my regular daily life and my bike racing life, as there are many stressful times for bike racers, such as crashing, I've handled the situations pretty poorly in the past. Ive quit races, and even cheated on my diet. So its important for me to stay as stress free as I can
Athlete Exercise/Food Log
Exercise: 1.5 hours of Indoor Trainer Riding (Burned 850 calories)
Food Log:
Breakfast: 3 egg omelette, with turkey bacon, spinach, and avocado
Lunch: turkey breast, a large spinach salad, and 3 bananas
Early Dinner: Top Sirloin Steak, Large spinach and kale salad with avocado, and cucumber.
Snacks/Post exercise: Apple raisins, canned salmon
Smoothie: orange juice, banana, glucose powder, egg white powder.
Total Calories Consumed: Around 2550 (out of 2850 total burned)
Hope everyone is doing well with their diets, KEEP UP THE MOTIVATION! Its motivating for me to write this and be subjected to viewing, it keeps me focussed. I enjoy being involved in this bet with all of you, lets stay focussed together!
till tomorrow
Brandon