Sigh... cyclists like me need "real" heros, like you...

Not glamour-pusses who do the international circuitts and win big money and international glory... they're nice to have... but so unachievable for some people... like me...

And then here on TE we have "real" people, living "real" lives and doing significant things on their bike. Things that one day I might get near doing...

I felt tired and envious and proud just reading your post Eden. Glad you achieved your goal - you certainly deserved it.

Your Stage 4 account made me think of that discussion about "is it fun?" and I figured it was thinking about being fun as soon as you passed that 3km sign and was absolutely fun after you finished and ate.

And it is so good this other woman was willing to be your guardian angel from Stage 1, like her, I don't mind towing smaller and lighter riders in a head wind (I'm 5'10 and 99kg)... I always get favours returned by others... and sometimes its not just finishing, its how you finish...


And the last comment... the one with your second pic... that made me laugh out loud! Too funny...