Newbie weekly achievement thread

[hebe]

I thought my chain might have come off today but it was fine. 10lbs in five weeks would be excellent, good luck with the next five weeks!

My ankle is swelling nicely now so I think I've done something to a muscle or two. I'll take things easy tomorrow and send dh out for some arnica tablets. It's a bit of a pain, but I wouldn't have been able to ride this week anyway, and on Friday dh goes back to the US for a week so dd and I will be spending a few days in Cornwall with my family and I doubt I will ride then either as none of my family ride. Thanks for your good wishes, luckily no-one saw it at all so I was alone in my humiliation and cussing. I was looking hard at the road when I cycled back and I think I might have braked over a drain cover, though I'm sure I would have realised dh has just gently reminded me that I am still a beginner, and that beginners fall off from time to time.

[Kerry1976]

Hi everyone!

I am a super new newbie! I got my Trek Pure Lowstep (7-spd) on Thursday night and did a little under 3 miles on it. I can't remember the last time I did 3 miles - maybe never?

Anyway, I got on my bike today and went on my first real ride - where I just wanted to go as long as I felt like, but not overdo it. I got over 10.5 miles going around 10.5 mph! Totally excited!

My backstory - I'm a 34yo runner (with a pudgier physique!) who has had 2 stress fractures this year - one in each ankle. I'm needing to cross train, but am bike stupid - and basically bike terrified. I needed a bike that I could ride and put my feet on the ground at stops, and something that wasn't crazy in shifting - need to simply learn to RIDE. I love my bike.

[hebe]

Welcome Kerry, and congratulations on your new bike and your rides so far! This is the place for the "bike terrified", you'll fit right in!

[Bike Writer]

Welcome and good job Kerry1976, I'm sure you'll find yourself in very good company here. There are some great gals with lots of knowledge and support to go around.

Hebe and Roadtrip - WOW, you guys have been cranking it out the last two weeks and making progress by leaps and bounds! Excellent!

I'm moving along in my biking as well, I look back to the end of July when I got my bike and how shaky and scared I was on the first couple weeks and say, hmmmm, you've come a long way gal. Knock on wood since I adjusted my saddle angle I've not fallen once. And the thirst for longer trips continues...

[Bike Writer]

My ankle is swelling nicely now .......I am still a beginner, and that beginners fall off from time to time.

Oh my Hebe, take care of that ankle, ice it down and try to stay off it as much as you can, however with a little one that is probably not easy.

Sadly, yes, falls are part of the initiation, or so it seems...

[Roadtrip]

Boooo.. the scale said I was down only a half pound. Booooo..

How in the world? I KNOW I rode only twice last week, but one was a VERY hilly 5 mile ride and the other was my twenty-six miler on Saturday. OK. I did have a hamburger for lunch that day and did also indulge in a single solitary cookie from the local bakery (it was GOOD btw) as a bit of a reward.

Just a bit depressed. I worked so hard last week.
Shannon

[hebe]

Boo too Hopefully they will carry over to next week.

[Bike Writer]

Boooo.. the scale said I was down only a half pound. Booooo..

How in the world? I KNOW I rode only twice last week, but one was a VERY hilly 5 mile ride and the other was my twenty-six miler on Saturday. OK. I did have a hamburger for lunch that day and did also indulge in a single solitary cookie from the local bakery (it was GOOD btw) as a bit of a reward.

Just a bit depressed. I worked so hard last week.
Shannon

Roadtrip, the scale can be a funny thing, how much you wanna bet you will suddenly see a 2 pound or more drop in a day or two?

[Bike Writer]

Bumping the thread to post weekly achievement;

Since I got my bike on a Friday I chart my weekly mileage from Friday's to Thursday's. I just closed my 13th week of riding with 59.9 miles for the week with no special events just after workday riding. This is not a lot of miles for many people here who do this kind of mileage in a day and then some and do it repeatedly for day after day but for rediscovering the joy of biking again in middle age I am quite proud.

The human body continues to amaze me.

Kicked off the new week yesterday with a 17+ mile ride.

http://www.mapmyfitness.com/route/un...28780232850139

[hebe]

That sounds pretty awesome to me - well done!

No miles at all here this week, I'm staying with my parents in Cornwall without a bike.

[Roadtrip]

Not much to report here this week either. I have been battling a hip injury this week. Even walking has been painful. I don't think it was biking related as it started really hurting Tuesday and has continued to bark at me off and on. It's finally calmed down and last night we got out for a short 6 mile ride to test how I felt and was pain free. Rain here by the end of the day, so I'll get my cycling shut down for several days at least, at least until rain turns to snow!!

Shannon