Training for ACL5

[liksani]

Haha. Just started training, I was one of the newbies on the ALC ride that was with the people who took a wrong turn. Was lots of fun tho.

[Trek420]

OMG this is too funny. OK, so you weren't either one of the gals I talked to about TE or you probably would have said "I'm already there"....and you weren't Red or was it Orange mtb and Sidi's gal, the one who made the "T'Cells on the move" stickers because she was on the ride last year (notice how on this board we can't remember names but we remember what bike shoes you are wearing...oh that's just me?)

ok, I'm the short, chubby gal, dark hair, glasses, silver/plum Mondonico road bike, dressed like it's the arctic, grey tights, Lifecycle vest, pink arm warmers, pink helmet, Impeach Bush bike socks.

I'm really really bad with names were you the gal who stopped in Coyote Hills park, you were having some trouble with your shifting? Silver Specialized (?) with rack on the back?

You done real good!! I hear your variation of the route included a hill?

[liksani]

Yeah I was the girl who stopped in Coyote Hills Park cuz I was having trouble with shifting. Black Specialized w/rack. So you probably already have an idea of who I am vaguely. I'm short and asian and female, I think that should narrow it all totally down.

And yeah we went up a hill with a headwind.

[Trek420]

liksani "we went up a hill with a headwind. "

on your first organised ride? that was billed as "flat and easy"? with no toe-clips or clipless that I could see?

After Helga gets done with it...the Princess She-Ra tiara goes to....liksani

ya' done good.

where'd I see that, ah, click here for info on chain, shifting problems http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...operator+error

when's your next planned training ride? Maybe have you TE gals get together?

[liksani]

haha.. yeah it was probably the first time i biked any sort of distance. i don't really bike. was gonna possibly go snowboarding again this weekend, but i think that's a no go. so sort of debating between the alc ride in palo alto on sat, a south bay velo girls ride, or the alc ride in sunnyvale on sun. :O

just trying to figure out if i'll be able to go to practice sat night if i bike on sat morning. tho i do think i should probably get bike shorts at least.

[Trek420]

liksani wrote "yeah it was probably the first time i biked any sort of distance. i don't really bike. "

but ya do now ;-) welcome to the tribe, resistance is futile bwah hah hah

how do you feel today?

"just trying to figure out if i'll be able to go to practice sat night ..."

Practice? From the stretches you were doing after the ride I'm guessing some kind of martial art?

"....debating between the alc ride in palo alto on sat, a south bay velo girls ride, or the alc ride in sunnyvale on sun. :O"

let us know, maybe some of the gals here will join you.

"...i do think i should probably get bike shorts at least. "

oh yeah, get the best bike shorts you can afford. are you going to get bike shoes? even if you don't go clipless, they really help.

[liksani]

oh i feel fine today. just a little sore more from sitting on saddle but not actual muscle soreness. and my right wrist hurts a little when i rotate it, but that's sort of my gimp wrist that i've injured before and acts up from time to time when i use a mouse.

yeah, i do wushu. hmm dunno if i'm gonna get bike shoes or not. i actually have toe clips for my bike, but i wasn't that comfortable on a bike to begin with so the LBS just took them off for me and said i could put them back on whenever i got more comfortable.