Neo 3: Die Neo Die

 

What I see on the Zwift App, well that isn't me but what one sees

Do I hate my Neo?  No, I don't hate it at all.  Why then such a dramatic title to the blog entry?  Sticking with sequel names like I did on the last entry, I decided to go with my favorite threequel or 3 movie title of all time, which is honestly a movie I have never seen and will probably never see, I just loved hearing how terrible the title was and that of course is Darkman: Die Darkman Die.  I mean it is simple but amazing at the same time.  It is the moment you see the series going from theater releases to straight to VHS.  Who knows I might actually like Darkman: Die Darkman Die if I every stopped to watch it, but ya, I have waited this long and probably will keep on the list of things I never want to watch list.  Afterall, the original Darkman did nothing for me.  It was a let down of epic proportions.  

So, I did my training this a.m. on Zwift + Neo combo.  While, I won't sit here and say it was all sunshine and glory, I will say it was pretty great at least looking back on it at the time of writing that is how I feel about it.  It was hard.  So far all both workouts I have done have been really hard and challenging, which is good.  That is what I want is to be challenged.  However, there were times I felt like I was riding in cement this a.m. and I am not sure if it was because of the workout or b/c of the settings I was using, or if it was the course on the zwift I picked. I did this nice lava ride, that I though it would be cool to ride by some lava. I think I climbed up some hill.  There were times I had to push really hard and I was like man, I think I am getting off.

It didn't help that Kona had a meltdown while I was in the saddle.  I don't think she understood that I was not getting off the bike to play with her or deal with her cryinging.  She never cries, but this a.m. she was.  I think it was that hey dad, pay attention to me whining, either that or my body was giving off some serious I hate this workout scents.  Or maybe it was b/c she had never seen me sweat like I was sweating because again the floods came.  I think I was wetter than when I was walking her in the down poor.  

However, no matter how hard it got, and how much it took me to push my rpms to the right amount I never quit.  I won't like I might have thought about it, but I never did quit.  I just kept going, even the couple of time I took my hands off the handle bars and used them to help push my legs.  I really felt like I was outside climbing some hills.  It was super cool.

I won't lie I might have lost my cool a few times and I found myself yelling at my NEO and I found my dog looking at me like I was a psycho.  I mean I get it. I think I was a little angry with my neo and took it out on it when I was ok, we are to ride at a lower RPM, but why the hell did you just get harder to pedal through you no good son of a bitch.  There might have been some bargaining too and maybe some pleading with it to ease up on my just a little bit.  The Neo and the training program would not be bargained with and I just kept going.  And I never quit.  

I keep something on my desk and I lived it today:

Crawling is Acceptable

Falling Is Acceptable

Puking is Acceptable

Blood is Acceptable

Seat is Acceptable (Thank god b/c that was a huge 10/4)

Pain is Acceptable

QUITTING IS NOT

And I didn't quite and it was a great workout, a great way to start my day !!!