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That is great, 15.54 average is wonderful! It took me almost a year to get that average...keep riding
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08-06-2006, 03:58 PM #1
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You all helped me ride 45 miles yesterday!
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Thank you so much to all of you in this forum - and to the women who started this forum. I could never know as much as I do now, without everyone's kind words and advice - about everything from queefing
to LBS store frustrations 
to breathing problems 
(that's supposed to be me gasping for air after climbing a little hill).
I have received such awesome responses from everyone, and it's wonderful to actually have people respond with such compassion and understanding.
I have finally gotten a comfortable saddle, and have started meds for the asthma I didn't know I had.
AND - I made myself (and my bf) proud yesterday when I rode 45 miles (my longest ride) in my first organized biking event. YIPPEE! Boy was I tired
It has been exactly 38 days since I took my first real ride on a road bike. Here are my stats according to my journal on bikejournal.com :
Total Miles: 228
Total Time: 15 hours 32 minutes
Avg Speed: 15.54 (damn hills)
Total Calories Burned: 6898
WOO HOO!!!! I feel like a million bucks!!
Sincere thanks to EACH and EVERY ONE of you beautiful ladies!
cheriLife is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
John Lennon, "Beautiful Boy"
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08-06-2006, 04:03 PM #2
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08-06-2006, 04:06 PM #3
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Congratulations on your big ride!
and, Never you mind those hills, Cheri!
15mph is a lovely average! I wish _I_ had an average speed like that!
Since I crawl up hills at about 4mph, and celebrate the heck out of simply getting to the top, however it happens, I struggle with keeping my average above 10mph yet!
Still -- awesome start to your biking "career"!!!!!
Karen in Boise
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08-06-2006, 04:08 PM #4
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Wow!! That is awesome!
Congrats!
Great average speed!! I WISH mine was that good!!
Karen
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08-06-2006, 04:30 PM #5
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Hey, all of that looks great!
And, uummm... I average 15-16 mph, and I have been riding for almost 2 years. So, yea, you must be a natural!
You should be really fast in about a year!"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather, to skid in broadside thoroughly used-up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: WOW WHAT A RIDE!!!!"
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08-06-2006, 04:33 PM #6
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You go girl! Congratulations on the ride and your average ROCKS!
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08-06-2006, 05:29 PM #7
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Congrats on the very long ride!! Just think of how big those numbers are going to be a year from now. You're doing fanstastic! Keep it up!
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08-06-2006, 05:38 PM #8
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Awsome results! Your average is very good, first hills kill you then you get addicted to them. There's no better feeling than after a good hilly ride finished with cold chocolate silk soy milk yam
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08-06-2006, 07:04 PM #9
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great job!
just think it just keeps getting better."Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it." – William C. Durant
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08-06-2006, 07:12 PM #10
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That's great! It's a good thing that I'm not coming to Princeton in August afterall, because you'd likely leave me in the dust!
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08-07-2006, 03:24 PM #11
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Really? 15.5 mph seems pretty slow. The local bike club does group rides, and they list the minimum avg mphs to go on certain rides. A, B, B+, C, etc. I barely even make a letter.
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
John Lennon, "Beautiful Boy"
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08-07-2006, 03:30 PM #12
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FANTASTIC Cheri! I can only hope to do half as well as you are doing. I love this group, everyone inspires me.
You are doing AWESOME! Keep riding.
Jennifer
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08-07-2006, 04:12 PM #13
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Hey Cheri,
that IS a good average. We averaged 13mph the first day and 14 for our 107 and then 87 miles this weekend..
Don't kid yourself; you are hanging with a fast crowd.
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08-07-2006, 05:02 PM #14
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Hi Cheri!
You are doing EXCELLENT !!
Most of all, STAY SAFE & HAVE FUN
Peace & Love,
Denise
"He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals".
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08-08-2006, 07:44 AM #15
I love headwinds! Really?
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good on ya cheri! congrats on your ride!!
so.............when is your first metric century (62 miles)?
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, champagne in one hand, strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming: "Yeah Baby! What a Ride!"
