This ride has been planned for a couple months. The most I'd ridden before in one day was 42 miles and I started out genuinely not sure that I'd be able to finish - the 42 miles was in pretty flat terrority and the 100k is in Western PA - you CAN'T avoid all hills.
Anyway, there were 6 of us, I was the only woman. I was unfamiliar with the route - when we came out to a road I recognized as being only 5 or so miles from our finish point, I got teary eyed because I knew I could make it! And I did, although some of those last 5 miles were sheer hell, some steep hills to get up on my tired, dead legs.
I still can't believe it. The feeling of accomplishment is hard to describe.
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07-08-2006, 11:43 AM #1
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I rode 100km!
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07-08-2006, 11:49 AM #2
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Woo-hoo!!! High-five yourself! What a milestone.
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07-08-2006, 11:55 AM #3
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Day of milestones!
Wow, WTG, This must be the day for milestones! I was going to post about the milestones I hit today and then I saw your post. I did my first 50 miler today, also hit 2000 miles on my bike since I purchased it last year. But to top it all off, today is me and my husband's 23rd year anniversary.
Lol, about you mentioning you got all teary eyed, I had a hard time containing myself today too.
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07-08-2006, 12:16 PM #4
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A toast, a toast :-) AWESOME. Keep reaching!
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07-08-2006, 12:29 PM #5
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Way to go. I had my longest ride last week. It's such a great feeling, isn't it?! Keep it up.
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07-08-2006, 01:14 PM #6
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Ah- you reach my heart! My most favorite ride distance is the "metric" century. It's a distance I can do and still have time during the day for other things.
Congrats! Now you know what's next, right?!!!!! (a century of course!!!!!) Nancy
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07-08-2006, 01:59 PM #7
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Yay! Hooray! Wooo-hoooo!
(I wanna do it, too!)"If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson
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07-08-2006, 07:40 PM #8
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Kudos girl!!!!
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