TXRED - way to go, gf! You are an inspiration! Keep fightin, girl!


I fought every urge to stay in bed this morning,but did manage to get up for part 2 of my two day training ride for Tulsa Tough next weekend.

We had the same route, but one of our riders (the one with long-distance issues) didn't make it out.. so it was basically me and 3 guys in our little group. Proud to say we did today's ride much faster than yesterday - a feat in itself.. Ended up with a little over 68 miles..about the same elevation , but at 16.5 avg mph.

I gotta say.. I'm truly amazed/thrilled to see my conditioning/performance finally getting up there. I can hang with people I wasn't sure the past couple/three yrs I'd ever be able to hang with. I've been getting compliments and kudos from these people in the past week or so after group rides... it feels fantastic! Besides time in the saddle, I can only think the difference this year is my new bike AND the Hammer products I've started using the past couple of mos. Awesome.. just awesome.

Rides like these are the ones where you look upward/around and thank Him...Life is good.