Quote Originally Posted by teawoman View Post
I am so excited to be doing stuff like this!
Just wait, you will be amazed at what you will end up doing. One of the things that keeps me hooked on riding is that it has exploded the limitations I used to believe about what I can do. I am doing a ride this weekend that I am not at all sure I can actually do. But, I will attempt it, because every year for the past few since I started riding (on a 40 pound bike on flat paved paths), I keep pushing through to doing things that I couldn't have believed just the previous year.

Although I am a little scared of my ride this weekend, I will give it everything I have, and I know that in another year, I will look back and see it as another moment for breaking through my own ceiling. It has brought real fun, joy and positive expectation for the future to me. Now, I daydream about what I might possibly accomplish next year (at 42 years old), and five years from now, and ten years from now! I believe I'll be stronger and doing more in ten years than I am now. I bet you will be, too. You are embarking on an amazing adventure, one step at a time, and we're right there with you!