Newbie weekly achievement thread

[rubysoho]

hansbrea - forgot to ask - how did your race go?

Yes! I want to know too. Hope it went well!

[hansbrea]

Umm, it went, how's that for an answer? Haha. I was the fattest lady there and the majority of others were on rode bikes, had snazzy riding gear and obviously rode more. I placed somewhere in the 20's, not exactly sure where as the guy wouldn't give me an exact number. I also don't know for sure how many riders there were but do know there weren't much more than that. Three riders came in behind me but I know one of them should have been in front of me (he looked about 12) as he passed me and then turned around to ride with his family.

I did manage to finish the ride without stopping once and averaged 12.6 mph. I was hoping to do a little better than that but oh well. My time was 1:16 for 16 miles. You should have seen everyone peel off and pass me at the beginning. It was REALLY embarrassing. I'm not at all happy.

My only consolation is that this year there was only once bike race instead of a 10 and 24 mile. If I'd raced against other newbies and done the 10 mile I know I would have placed a lot better. Sigh, maybe I'll do better next time.

[rubysoho]

I think it is great that you are out there doing it! I haven't had the confidence to enter anything yet.

[itsalldownhill]

hansbrea, you DID it...that's what matters! 12.6 mph over 16 miles isn't embarrassing - it's a good newbie pace. Now you have a benchmark for your next races I haven't raced yet because we're concentrating on distance first...but next year I probably will!

You did a great job! Go you!!!

[hebe]

well done for entering the race and congratulations on finishing it, hansbrea! I don't think you have anything to be embarassed about.

[jelee1311]

Hansbrea kudos to you for doing a race!I hope you had some fun.

[PrncssButtercup]

So my accomplishment this week is a 7-mile ride. I finally found a properly fitting saddle (that only took 3 months and 4 saddles). I fell off the kitchen counter onto my tailbone about 2 weeks after starting to bike again, just bruised, so I knew it would take a little while. I didn't walk at all, even on the dumb hill right after a stop sign. I know it's not much, but yay anyway!