Monday, June 7, 2010

Little Red


Well, I did it. . . I rode my bike 100 miles!  It was so fun, a little scary, but so much fun.  I'm not gonna lie, there were times that I really questioned my mental health.  My longest training ride, before the actual 100 was 28 miles, I had only been on my bike three times since September, AND I'm really quite scared of going down hills (the big steep ones) on my bike.  I always have these thoughts of losing my breaks or just losing control of the bike.   I have high anxiety when it comes to trying new things which causes me to nervously eat, but that's a different subject for a different day.  I'm extremely excited that I did it, this is a very proud moment for me.  It was 100 miles and 6 hours of overcoming my bike fears.  I won that battle!

I'm heading down to Moab this weekend to do the Rockwell Relay with Jon.  I'm so excited, it will be our first event together.  Again, I'm a little nervous, but I sure am glad that I did Little Red, it really helped me to feel much more comfortable on my bike (Jon made some adjustments to my bike as well, that really helped me feel more stable, he's so good to me).  I guess we'll see how this one goes.  Oh, and Ragnar, that's the weekend after Rockwell.  Wow, again, I find myself questioning my sanity. . .

2 comments:

  1. Yay! Good job! And yes, I'm questioning your sanity too. And the welfare of your "bike seat area" if ya know what I'm sayin'.

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  2. I totally know what you're sayin'. You should have seen me tryin' to peel my "bike seat area" off of my bike seat after those 100 miles.

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