Is this how it begins?

[MaineMaid]

I stand in front of all of you as a novice, I can see that . I'm definitely in the right church....grin.
I'm a big gal,(but this cycling thing is slimming me down pretty fast), and I'm still trying to find clothes that fit me. But I can see that soon I'm going to be doing what all of you have done; movin' the real world clothes to the "dead zone" closet.
And I too LUST AFTER THE "Hill Slug" jersey. Does anyone else find themselves humming the Monty Python "I'm a Lumberjack" song while the crawl up the hill? I'm trying to make the "I'm a Hill Slug" lyrics work .
I'm riding in the Trek Across Maine in 3 weeks; and I plan to be singing that song alot. Three days-- 60 miles a day- from the mountains to the sea. Oh yeah...my first event EVER...I'll have that song hammered out by then.

Jan

[cyclokitty]

I stand in front of all of you as a novice, I can see that . I'm definitely in the right church....grin.
I'm a big gal,(but this cycling thing is slimming me down pretty fast), and I'm still trying to find clothes that fit me. But I can see that soon I'm going to be doing what all of you have done; movin' the real world clothes to the "dead zone" closet.
And I too LUST AFTER THE "Hill Slug" jersey. Does anyone else find themselves humming the Monty Python "I'm a Lumberjack" song while the crawl up the hill? I'm trying to make the "I'm a Hill Slug" lyrics work .
I'm riding in the Trek Across Maine in 3 weeks; and I plan to be singing that song alot. Three days-- 60 miles a day- from the mountains to the sea. Oh yeah...my first event EVER...I'll have that song hammered out by then.

Jan

Funny you should mention singing while cycling! I always start humming songs on a ride -- and yes, "I'm a Lumberjack" has its turn! Hilarious! It's really strange what songs will crop up - 80s songs, Motown, camp songs, and even stranger, I found myself singing "Jesus loves the little children' and I was expelled from Sunday School over 25 years ago! My former sunday school teacher would be impressed, I think.

As far as clothes go, for the first year I wore cotton because that's all I could afford. Now I have some great skorts and shorts I love wearing and great jerseys. The material is alot fresher than cotton, and comes in lots of great designs. And I have an almost obscene number of cycling socks because they come in every colour and pattern possible.

I should seek help, but I'm enjoying myself too much.