Little update of my own

[ladyicon]

Silver, your post brought tears to my eyes. You have been through soooo much that you more than deserve that new Madone. You have given me so much inspiration with that one post. Thanks.

[Lifesgreat]

That person is a total idiot, as you would never, ever be allowed to even start biking. Unless you were given your first bike? Does it count if you are a kid and your parents buy it?

Ridiculous.

The guy who said you can't buy a bike that costs more than your total mileage should be riding a Felt F5. The ONLY reason being the number would reflect is IQ

BTW, Silver, Y O U R O C K !!!!

[Bikingmomof3]

Silver you have come so far since your horrible accident and done so much good. Keep riding and never tell someone tell you what you can an canot do or should or should not ride. You Rock!

[pll]

Thank you Silver,

Through your posts, I feel we have shared in a little bit of the wisdom that comes from those experiences. I hesitated to read your page about Sam because I remember vividly when you posted it on this forum. I shed tears then and now; I have thought about that posting on more than one ride.

As a result of your accident we got to (virtually) meet Mr. Silver... wish that had been possible without the bike crash.

And, wow, what a mileage. Congratulations!

[Mr. Bloom]

This group is so encouraging to the Silvers and I think it's been a source of inspiration to Silver.


Silver's journey started five years ago when she felt inspired to run. She couldn't make it to the corner, two houses down. But, she set a goal of going one mail box farther each day.

• Within six months, she ran her first Race for The Cure - beating her 30 minutes goal by 1 minute and 30 seconds.
• Then, six months later, she ran her first marathon - The Flying Pig in Cincinnati!!! (I've lose track of how many marathons she's completed now)
• During this time, she lost about 40 pounds, now weighs within five pounds of when I met her 24 years ago!
• She has a "six pack" and while she is small boned, she's now getting rippling muscles in her back, and is developing rounded biceps. Now, I'm finally eating well too!
• Her resting heart rate is nothing.

But, running led to stress fractures, surgery, recognition that we're not kids anymore...but this led her to cycling and I've never seen her have a passion like she does for cycling!

So, now she's done two sprint Triathlons and won her age group in both!!!!!

I think that TE is a great place for Silver as evidenced by your response to her post. I may be a man, but I'm proud to say I hang on teamestrogen plus I encourage other women to join as well! Besides, I think a little estrogen makes me stronger! But there are still some posts that I will neither read nor respond to

Come join the Silver's at the Hilly Hundred in the fall!

[Batbike]

Wow! I had no idea of what happen to you -- both the death of your cycling friend and your wreck. Your story and what you did with the events is inspiring ... thank you for sharing your story!!!

I too have lost a fellow cyclist and had a wreck in the past month. The cyclist was not a close friend, and the only thing badly injured in my wreck was some bike parts and my mental state. Personally, I have started talking to advocacy groups/people about Share the Road campaign and have just started riding my bike again after a short hiatus (total fear) of not riding.

This brings me back to your story -- you suffered a very great loss and have shown remarkable character and integrity to turn something terrible into something special. My heart has been lifted by your approach to life and the sharing of your story. Many thanks!!!

[Veronica]

One of the bad things about going on vacation is you end up missing posts. I'm glad I came upon this one.

Pedal on Silver!

V.

[silver]

Thanks Veronica! Did you see Mr.'s post? I made my 3000 today! Thanks for reading