A Good Day

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06-26-2011, 09:11 AM
goldfinch

A Good Day

I have been riding only about two and half months. It took me several weeks to break the five mile barrier. :( I started as an overweight 56 year old woman who was very out of shape. I have lived an almost completely sedentary life until this year. Today I had the longest ride of my adult life: 20.08 miles. I rock! I also passed someone on my ride. I rule! I also tried biking standing up to get up a hill. I am a road warrier! (Though I only lasted about 20 feet :))

Happy day today. As you can see, I like congratulating myself. :)

Tell me how fabulous you are!
06-26-2011, 09:59 AM
owlice

You rock, rule, and roll, you road warrior, you!! Congrats!!!
06-26-2011, 10:35 AM
Grits

Yay you!! :D Over 20 miles from being sedentary just a couple of months ago is no small accomplishment!
06-26-2011, 11:45 AM
Orange utopia

You do rock! What a great accomplishment.
06-26-2011, 12:12 PM
wackyjacky1

Quote:

Originally Posted by owlice

You rock, rule, and roll, you road warrior, you!! Congrats!!!

Ditto!
06-26-2011, 12:31 PM
goldfinch

Thanks for the encouragement!

Now I need to get back to reality and do the dishes. :)
06-26-2011, 12:32 PM
surgtech1956

congratulations......
06-26-2011, 12:55 PM
azfiddle

Every milestone is a good one and deserves a moment of celebration.

Way to go.
06-26-2011, 01:23 PM
hebe

You do indeed rock!

I am fabulous because I rode (carefully) down a wet switch-backy board-walk on holiday that my far more cycling-experienced sister dismounted for. This was possibly cancelled out however by my riding into a bollard when watching the Mister instead of the track :o
06-26-2011, 01:48 PM
Tri Girl

You DO rule!!! Congrats on your BIG accomplishment!! Keep it up, and next we'll be hearing you talk about that century you did. :cool:
06-27-2011, 02:27 AM
Catrin

Great news Goldfinch! You do indeed rock, you have made fantastic progress!

Hebe, those are two very different things, so running into the bollard doesn't cancel out your riding down the boardwalk - that was awesome! I would have walked it as well, especially since it was wet!
06-27-2011, 06:32 AM
Velocivixen

That's really an accomplishment. Did you ever imagine, in the beginning, that you would ride 20 miles? It's surprising what we can do, so meep up the good work.

My accomplishment was riding my first ever group ride/event on the 18th in the pouring rain for my longest distance ever of 30 miles with hills.
06-27-2011, 12:45 PM
Bike Writer

Go Goldfinch!

You rock, you roll and you are now an athlete and no longer a sedenrary person! You are proud of your accomplishments and rightfully so! Well deserved.
06-28-2011, 04:26 AM
blue_angel

Awesome!
06-28-2011, 08:19 AM
chosen1

Way to geaux!!! You indeed rock! I did my longest ride over the weekends well, 48miles!! I had no clue that I could do that and my body not feel like it has just pedaled 48miles!! :D the ride was supposed to be between 30-35miles but we had rain all week and the folks I was with obviously missed riding during the week. I kept hearing, how about 10more miles haha

We rock!!'
06-28-2011, 09:09 AM
goldfinch

Quote:

Originally Posted by chosen1

We rock!!'

Absolutely!
06-28-2011, 09:12 AM
jordanjustgo

Congratulations! I'm brand new to riding and the TE forums, and I just finished my first 20mile the other week! It's a great feeling and I'm so excited for you! :)