I'm thinking if you registered for and are training for that ride, you should seriously consider awarding yourself "real" status.
When is it?
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06-09-2007, 06:58 PM #1
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"My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved;I have been given much and I have given something in return...Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and an adventure." O. Sacks
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06-09-2007, 07:01 PM #2
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Mr. is wanting to do this ride!
Tell us more about you and your training!
If you get on a bike and wear a helmet, you are a REAL cyclist, so let's not hear you say you're not again.....OK?
"Being retired from Biking...isn't that kinda like being retired from recess?" Stephen Colbert asked of Lance Armstrong
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06-09-2007, 07:09 PM #3
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You're a real cyclist
I know what you mean though, I look at some of the people here and feel so...amateur.
I also want to hear about your riding and your bike.
And yes, it is so mental. You need to be able to be on your bike for that period of time, of course, but if you tell yourself you can do it, you can.
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06-09-2007, 07:47 PM #4
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I aspire to this ride...
Keep in mind that although it's long, Central Indiana is fairly flat.
I think that if you signed up, you are a sense that you can do it! I say go for it with vigor!If you don't grow where you're planted, you'll never BLOOM - Will Rogers
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06-09-2007, 09:57 PM #5
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Commitment is 90% of the trick. Make sure you've got shorts that will go the distance (I'd highly recommend a chamois cream, like Assos, or Butt Buttr (or whatever it is called) or something), but you ARE a real rider, just to even consider it. Stay hydrated, and stay cool (dump water on your head on a regular basis if you feel yourself getting hot), and keep fueled. You'll be fine. More than fine, in fact. You will be a Cycling Goddess!!!!
Melior victus per venenum
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06-09-2007, 10:55 PM #6
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OK... I don't and can't "do" RAIN... (location, location, location...)
but...
I need to say something...
I need to reiterate what some of the other women have said...
If you have a bike and want to ride it...
If you like to ride so much than soon after you finish a ride you start thinking about the next one...
If you like to talk about bikes... or about your cycling ventures...
If you commute, or race, or tootle, or cyclocross, or go off-road...
If you know that "drops" are a noun not an adjective
If you know that a "stem" holds your handlebars, not a flower
If you know that a post isn't part of a fence, it has a saddle on it - and that saddle does not fit on a horse...
If you have a bike and you ride it...
You ARE a real cyclist...
PERIOD
Enough self-deprecation ladies, we are cyclists, all with different interests, goals and intentions... but we are def cyclists... REAL cyclists...Last edited by RoadRaven; 06-09-2007 at 10:59 PM.
Courage does not always roar. Sometimes, it is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying,
"I will try again tomorrow".
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06-10-2007, 03:52 AM #7
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I second the mental comments. It helps to have someone to ride with ... you can keep each other sane ... if any of us are sane that ride these distances!
I have ridden this ride twice. It is an exercise in pacing and nutrition to go the distance. I've attached the stats from my Polar for my 2005 ride (I was out of the country in '06 and planned other events this year) as well as the Delorme profile. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions. Each ride is a learning experience no matter how many years I've been cycling!
Susan
Try not. Do or do not... there is no try.
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06-10-2007, 03:59 AM #8
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Absolutely
Originally Posted by RoadRaven
There are a lot of unwanted, unloved bikes out there - go on give a bike a good home
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06-10-2007, 09:05 PM #9
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Originally Posted by RoadRaven
I am woman, hear me ROAR!
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