A Weekend of Milestones

[RolliePollie]

So I'm not sure when you graduate from being a newbie, but I still consider myself one. And this here newbie has had a weekend of milestones! I just have to share because I'm kind of proud of myself

Milestone #1: It's been almost exactly 18 months since I got my road bike and started riding. Prior to that, I hadn't been on a bike in probably 15 years.

Milestone #2: Yesterday I made it to 4,500 miles since I started riding.

Milestone #3: Today I made it to 1,800 miles for the season.

Milestone #4: I just got home from the most difficult ride I've ever attempted. 18 months ago, there is no way in *heck* I would have ever thought I could complete this ride. It's not the longest ride I've done, but the most climbing...48.6 miles and something like 5,400' feet of elevation gain...elevation profile below. This elevation profile starts a few miles up the road from where we started, so I actually rode a few more miles and got to do another big climb. The ride up the mountain took 3 hours at an average of 8.2 mph and the ride down took one hour. I felt incredibly good on the ride, my legs held up so well, and I'm so excited that I did it!

That's it...I'm done bragging now