Did my longest ride to date ~ 28 miles yesterday!! I'm totally confident now I will be able to finish my first organized ride which is only going to be 35 miles. In fact, I'm actually thinking about doing the 65 mile option.
@TCtrek AWESOME!! congrats, that's a lot of riding. way to go!
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09-07-2009, 05:08 PM #1
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One out of shape mom getting ready to bike across Kansas
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09-08-2009, 10:15 AM #2
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I'm congratulating myself after this weekend too!
I rode almost 75 miles altogether- all with with the new clipless pedals. Sat and Sunday I rode with my husband for my longest ride yet- 39 miles - on Saturday, a shorter ride on the hilly "loop" drive at Saguaro National Park, and 20 miles by myself on Monday. I averaged almost 14 mph on Saturday on the long ride and 14.9 on Monday, so I'm seeing a lot personal progress since I started riding this summer.
Nice to have this forum to share- and fun to see what everyone is accomplishing.
Sharon
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09-08-2009, 10:34 AM #3
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I'll chime in by noting that I completed a metric century on Sunday--actually 63.8 miles--the second longest ride of my life. (The first being 77 miles back in June for the local MS150.) I managed to come in with a 13mph average, which is pert darned good for me!
Much of the route was somewhat flat or small rollers, but there were also a bunch of hills that really challenged me. Best part (besides finishing) was that I wasn't as wiped out as I thought I might be. Various parts of my anatomy were aching, but overall I felt pretty fine once I tucked the bike back into my truck and headed home!
Two years ago you would never have convinced me that I'd ever do a ride over about 25 miles. And now I'm getting ready for my first century in three weeks!
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09-08-2009, 06:07 PM #4
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Proudest moment...doing a metric century ride! New to biking this year and I made it a personal goal to do 60 miles because I'll be 60 in a few weeks! I love this forum, I've learned so much from all of you. Thanks for the wisdom...
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09-09-2009, 04:13 PM #5
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I put new bar tape on my Dahon the other day -- it needed to be done, and I had been putting it off forEVER . . . and this was the first time I had done this for any of my bikes!
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