Hot Pants and Race Wheels

What do they have in common? They both require me to "act the part" when wearing/using them. As I sit here and hear the weather roaring outside, I'm laughing a bit because the storm I prayed would come at or before 6pm (track practice time) is just arriving now. However, I did get my track workout in and I'm very glad I did. I feel great now. We were to do 2-4 sets of 600-400-600 repeats and I was very content only doing 2. But, I wore the hot pants to the track, so that meant I couldn't wuss out and had to at least do two full sets...not just jog a few laps and talk more than I ran. Had I not worn the hot pants, I could have called it quits after just one set, and claimed that I was still recovering from whatever. But, when wearing hot pants, you must do at least the minimum prescribed workout. Even better news is that Shellie talked me into doing a 3rd set when I had no intention of doing it. I was able to make all the intervals and feel great now. So, the next time you aren't motivated to go do your run and are worried you might give it a half-ass effort, throw on a pair of hot pants and you'll be sure to kick butt.

Race wheels have the same stigma. I am now the proud new owner (well, not quite yet) of a pair of HED 3 race wheels. I have no business having race wheels. People could look at my little slow pace and say "why does she think she needs race wheels?" So, I have to act the part and look like I do need race wheels. So, in addition to being required to run fast while wearing hot pants, I am now required to bike fast when using race wheels. I'll post pictures of the wheels when I get them. As for the hot pants, they were what I had on when I graced the cover of Inside Texas Running. See, I was running fast that day in the hot pants and made it all the way to a magazine cover!