I was athletic as a kid. Started out playing soccer at a young age, then played volleyball in middle school. I played both sports in high school, then played volleyball in college.

The transition to biking was pretty easy, although a little damaging to my ego

I always excelled at sports, so my first time on a mountain bike (after taking a good 2 years off from sports in general) was a bit of an eye opener. I thought I would tear it up, in reality, I sucked, especially compared to my then bf now dh who had been riding for a good 10 years!