Shasta Report & Rec.

[Tuckervill]

It made me all teary-eyed, too. What a watershed moment for you, for persevering through all that personal turmoil. Now it's time to say "What's next?"

Good on ya!
Karen

[Starfish]

Now it's time to say "What's next?"

Haha...beat you to it! LOL

I'm pretty pleased that just a day or two after the ride, I feel great, not beat up. That tells me I can do more.

I know that with longer training, I could keep going longer & longer. Problem is, I will run out of time. As pleased as I am with the stats, and I REALLY am pleased (!), it is easy to see that the next goal is to get faster. This is the year to lose weight and add speed & power.

I am tentatively thinking about going back next year and attempting the Super Century! One-hundred-thirty-five miles and 16,000' climbing! And, two months before that, RATPOD in Montana...156 miles with 7500' climbing.

Those will both take a pretty good increase in speed & efficiency, and muscular endurance. I think they are possible, but not without a lot of weight loss discipline and a new kind of training program.

Also, I intend to start a cross training program this year including more weight training, swimming and walking, laying in that base, so that after getting faster on the bike for next summer, maybe then the next winter I could start an actual triathlon training program! A 2 year plan... (Edited to add...God willing!)

But, the immediate plan for the next 6 weeks is just to enjoy riding my bike for fun! Wheeeeee!

Thanks again for helping me celebrate!

[Deanna]

Here are my belated congratulations. What a great ride and write up. What an awesome job you did with your plans and goals for this!

[HappyAnika]

Congratulations! What an inspiring story. I remember being super impressed by some of your training rides. You have such a positive attitude to have gotten out there and started training for this monumental ride that you weren't sure you could complete. This is one of the things I love most about cycling, it shows us we are capable of so much more than we ever dreamed possible. Congrats again!