Today was a milestone for me!!!

[LoriO]

I DID IT!!!!!!!!!! I decided to make myself try and bike up one of the roads that I've been avoiding due to the fact it is almost all uphill (about 2.5 miles) and I did it!!! I had to stop a couple of times and was down to my last granny gear, but the feeling of accomlishment that I had when I made it to the top was incredible. A few months ago I would never have even made it up half way.

I am just so excited I had to share it with someone and I knew you all would understand how I feel. Now my new goal is make it up those darn hills without having to stop at all!

[redrhodie]

Congratulations!!!! Great job! It will get easier now that you know you can do it.

[Torrilin]

Yay!

It feels so good to get up a hill without stopping. This is probably why I keep throwing myself at my nemesis hill and going splat part way up. (I've gotten to within 50 feet of the second cross street tho... making progress)

[aly]

What a great way to start your weekend! Congrats!!

[Sheesh]

Congratulations!

[northstar]

Hey, way to go!

[Starfish]

Thanks for letting us know! Nothing like that feeling of accomplishment! You did it!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Wow, I know that feeling all too well! Congratulations on a job well done!!!

Hills are my friend.

(I keep telling myself that and one day I will hopefully really believe it)

[RoadRaven]

That's awesome Lori!
I have only been cycling for 3 years and well remember the first time I conquered a hill that had been troubling me.

I went from stoppping and walking, to stopping a couple of times but resting, not walking... and then the day that will be there for you probably sooner than you realise... getting up that thing without stops.

Congrats.
Even though you stopped, you rode every bit of it. And that, for me , was a huge psychological hurdle (not just physical).
I didn't walk it. I rode it.
And thats what you have done. Ridden every inch, every centimetre.
Well done you!

[LoriO]

Thanks everyone!!! I'm still on cloud 9 that I made it all the up that road. I do a lot of hills becuase nothing in my area is flat at all but this is the first time I have got up the nerve to tackle that much hill.

[twiggjlm]

That is amazing!! Congrats! I did that last summer on a hill by my parents house. It was one of those hills you drive down in your car really fast and your stomach does flips. Yeah, well after riding my bike up that darn hill without stopping, my stomach did something else!! Barf...everywhere....guess I over did it! Not to menetion I thought my legs would never me the same! Haven't had the you-know-whats to do it since! Thinking maybe I should try it again!!

yeah for you!!

[anaphase]

Congratulations! That is a big accomplishment, both physically and mentally.

[lph]

Heeey - cool