Thanks ya'll I knew ya'll would be supportive, everyone else looks at me funny and says "WHY", because I can is my usual answer, or because I am going to ride 100 miles in Sept. they usually just shake their heads then

We rode about 21 miles and stopped for a few minutes and drank then rode another 15 miles, that was way too far to wait, we stopped for about 15 min and ate and drank then finished the ride. We didn't want to stop again b/c after the second stop it was hard to get going again, until the hammer gel kicked in

Our next long ride will be 55-60 miles, probably next weekend, we are in the 5th week and counting down!

This is really my first year riding, I rode the spin cycles last year and over the winter. I got this new bike in March this year and I have quickly become hooked on riding! I could never run 52 miles. There is lots of pretty country in this area so that helps. Altho my horse is probably wondering if I will ever ride him again (right).