Comments on: Getting A Bike & Killing Off Excuses

By: Joel Runyon

Joel Runyon — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 20:17:59 +0000

Thanks Melissa. The mountain bike was definitely an experience…sort of my triathlon initiation, if you will. Glad I did it, but probably never gonna do it again. Road bikes only from here on out =)

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 16:01:44 +0000

This sounds exactly like my first tri, I rode my (now) husband’s sister’s one-speed mountain bike, I could have borrowed my gramma’s mountain bike which at least would have been better because I could shift on it.

Glad to see you’ve gotten a better bike now and are out there kicking butt. Also, thanks for stopping by my page. Looks like a great blog you got going here.

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By: Joel Runyon

Joel Runyon — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:05:46 +0000

Thanks Sean!
When’s the Portland Marathon? I want to push myself and get one in this year, but I know I need to be careful and not push myself too hard & get injured .

Thanks for the support!

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 03:03:44 +0000

Congrats on getting ready for the race! Thats definitely something that I’d like to do sooner rather than later. I’m still debating about running (walking?) the Portland Marathon.

It doesn’t matter how you look, what matters is that you are doing it. And who knows, maybe this isnt your thing? It’d be a shame to spend 2 grand on a bike only to realize you never ride it.

Good luck and be sure to let us know how it goes!

Oh and thanks for the mention

By: Joel Runyon

Joel Runyon — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:52:16 +0000

Hey Matt. I know how you feel when you talk about photography. I feel liked I need to get a dslr sometimes to get great shots, but if I need to remind myself that if I can learn to take a good shot with my camera phone, then I can even be more ready for when I have the money to spend on a DSLR. Just because the tool isn’t ideal doesn’t mean you can’t start. A photographer takes photos, the camera is secondary.

By: Joel Runyon

Joel Runyon — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:47:37 +0000

Thanks Haidn. I’m not terribly worried about the bike portion honestly. It’s only 12 miles (famous last words, right?) =)

I’ll keep you posted.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:46:00 +0000

You really nailed it with this one Joel. So many times I’ve mistakenly told myself that “if I just had this particular lens I could make a great photo” or “I can’t shoot this scene without a particular camera body or lens combination”. Thoughts like that all boil down to nothing more than excuses. I love what you wrote here:

Stop wasting time engineering reasons why you “can’t” do things and just do them.

While a hammer might work best for hitting a nail I can still accomplish the same thing with a pipe wrench. There are always options and solutions for any problem if you look hard enough.

Good luck to you on your first real triathlon! Hopefully the bike portion will be on gravel.