Committment and Follow-through

[Crankin]

My students are used to my bike being by my desk. I have a few who ask a lot of questions. One of the kid's brother came in to look at my bike and asked me if he could pick it up to see how light it was! Then he told his brother that I was crazy when he found out where I live (it's 14 miles)!
Actually, the boys are more interested. The girls ask how I get my clothes to school and do my make up...

[Tri Girl]

That's funny, Robyn (the girls asking about your clothes, makeup and the boys wanting to pick up the bike ). Most of them were really curious at first, now they know it's just ol' crazy Brown at it again.

[BabyBlueNTulsa]

Its all good, TriGirl!
14 mile commutes, huh? I bow before you!! hee hee "I'm not worthy!!"

If I lived more than 10 miles away, I'm not so sure I'd be as quick to commute, but.... Oh, by the way... not 4.5 miles.. LOL... 5.5! Big difference you know? ha ha I took the road bike today and got a more accurate reading on mileage.

I got permission to bring ol' blue up to my office. That was an experience. A tri-guy on my floor stopped to drool over my powertap.. ha We had a cool conversation about his son (now a Cat3 racer). His son's only 15 or 16. Amazing. Those kids sure have a lot of strength and guts though! I'm such a wuss. I'd be more afraid of crashing than not winning. Had a few people stop by b/c they'd never seen a bike "parked" in anyone's office before. ha. It was a good segway into Tulsa's Bike-to-Work day today...and how the company was encouraging folks to ride in more. Tulsa is in danger (again) of being put on the EPA Dirty Air list... apparently a lot of fines and will make gas even more expensive. People either just don't care, or are ignorant to the facts about what will happen if we don't make changes.. (ps - side note... would ya believe i'm a "conservative"??? hee)

Anyway --after work on Wednesdays, I do this group ride with the Tulsa Bicycle Club... 35 miles of hills, a nice ride really... but I sure wasn't looking forward to that uphill trek home after the ride. LOL In all, 46 miles ridden today. I'm bushed.

Twin - Its cool that you had the same recollection about that Bike Route from Central back east to Memorial.. I just knew I wasn't having a nightmare. LOL

Hugs ladies...

p.s. TriGirl - would love to do the Arbuckles some time.. I keep hearing about them... where exactly are they?

[Tri Girl]

Sounds like you had a great ride today!! And I'd be drooling over your powertap also...

The Arbuckles are south of Norman- just off I-35. Turner Falls area. Don't know mileage south of OKC- although I've only passed them a million times heading down to TX.

We should all get together to ride them sometime this summer! Like an OK TE festivus.

[twin]

Yes I teach 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade art. The kids sometimes think I am crazy and do not understand why someone would ride in bad weather. Some of the students assume I do not have a car. The great part about riding this year was when our school had SPUD week to raise money for a student that has brain cancer and my one member of my bicycle club and I rode 100 miles and collected 2,000 dollars for the student. I am a somewhat slower rider so it sounds like you are on the fast track? LOL