Thanks everyone!!! I'm still on cloud 9 that I made it all the up that road. I do a lot of hills becuase nothing in my area is flat at all but this is the first time I have got up the nerve to tackle that much hill.
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08-04-2007, 12:49 PM #1
And your point??
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08-04-2007, 07:12 PM #2
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That is amazing!! Congrats! I did that last summer on a hill by my parents house. It was one of those hills you drive down in your car really fast and your stomach does flips. Yeah, well after riding my bike up that darn hill without stopping, my stomach did something else!! Barf...everywhere....guess I over did it!
Not to menetion I thought my legs would never me the same! Haven't had the you-know-whats to do it since! Thinking maybe I should try it again!! 
yeah for you!!
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08-05-2007, 05:05 AM #3
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Congratulations! That is a big accomplishment, both physically and mentally.
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08-05-2007, 06:46 AM #4
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Heeey - cool
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08-05-2007, 02:10 PM #5
Mmmmm... Broccoli?
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Good job! I have major hill paranoia, so I can imagine how you feel!
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08-05-2007, 05:57 PM #6
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Good on ya!
Well done!
I'm allergic to hills myself....
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08-05-2007, 08:39 PM #7
And your point??
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LOL, don't ever move to Connecticut then!!!! One thing I never noticed until I bought my bike was that I love on top of a fairly large hill. No matter which way I ride I have a hill to climb up to get home! The worst one is the mile long grade up one road to my house. It isn't steep but just enough of a climb for a full mile that it kicks your a$$. After the hills I did the other day, it looks like an anthill now. WHOO HOOO!!
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Well done! I'm allergic to hills myself....
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08-06-2007, 10:09 AM #8
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Woot woot!! Yippeeeeee!!!! I'm very proud of you for doing a really steep hill.
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08-06-2007, 12:46 PM #9
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Yay Berlin Girl!
Hills. The common enemy of the cyclist.
You will get there.It's a little secret you didn't know about us women. We're all closet Visigoths.
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08-07-2007, 03:32 PM #10
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I totally know the feeling! CONGRATS! I always think it is funny when some hill I have been dreading turns out...not so bad. Or that hill I expected to be cake...kicked my butt. But mostly, they look big and are big! Yay for you!
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08-07-2007, 05:26 PM #11
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Yipee
Wow Lori thats fantastic!
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08-07-2007, 07:40 PM #12
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Eek...2.5 miles is quite a hill! Way to go, LoriO!
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