Way to go, DDH! A hair's breadth short of 12 miles is a GREAT way to start your day! MY bike computer doesn't do hundredths, so on my computer, you would have seen it say 12 -- no shoulda's about it! On the other hand, I admit, if I pull in the driveway and look at that trip odometer and see that I'm close to something I'll go 'round the block once just to make a number that makes me smile!

Sometimes it's hard, I know, DDH, to see people write here that they feel like they're slogging along at a "mere" 13 mph or that their rides were a short one when they're 15 miles or so, but remember, we're beginners, and we're going to have a HUGE celebration when we have a ride that averages 13mph -- for now, we deserve to celebrate any ride we do that is fast enough that we don't tip over and long enough that we broke a sweat! Progress IS happening every time we push ourselves out the door and up into the saddle!

Yup, nothing quite so nice as a quiet hour on the bike for us SAHMs!

(oh, wait, my kids are grown, and I don't stay home as much anymore!)

Karen in Boise