New, Out of Shape, Happy & Tired

[tulip]

If you cannot get a road bike well before your century (to get comfy and all), then get slicks for your mountain bike and have a blast!

Don't borrow a road bike for the century. Ride the bike you are comfortable on and that is set up for you. If you have the time and money to get a road bike and get to know it well before your century, than do that. Otherwise, reward yourself after the century with A NEW BIKE!

Congratulations!

[JoyfulGirl]

to make a long story short. it seems i have the flu. harf harf harf. i am a moron and went for a bike ride sunday morning anyway. 15 miles. felt great to get outside, the sun was shining. not the wisest decision however. i've already been scolded by friends and family. not feeling so great today. I'll be back on my bike later this week. It's no fun to have someone handing you gingerale and saying I TOLD YOU SO. i will now go write on the blackboard "I will listen to other peoples concerns about my well being" 100 times.

I gotta say though.. the bike ride was great!

[Brandy]

Being sick is no fun. I understand the eagerness to get out there despite what your body is screaming at you, but you need to take care and get better. Hang in there.

[jeannierides]

Oh, so sorry you're sick! Good on you for at least giving it a try, though. Give yourself time to rest and get better...

[Geonz]

Ah, you'd probably be even sicker if you hadn't gone out and gotten some sun.

100 miles on a mountainbike is somewhat ambitious (even 62 if you're thinking metric century) - but on the other hand, when I was unemployed, I made TONS of progress in riding 'cause I could go out for half an hour in the morning and then go out in the evening for an hour or so. I did my first century that October... more than ten weeks and I had already had 2 years of casual riding under my belt... so go for the goal, but even if you don't get there, you're way ahead of what last year's slothful body could handle! I know that at some point, at dawn, it wasn't my *bike* saying "please, a ride?" it was that strange new body saying "yea! it's dawn! let's ride!" and though I have always had a lot of energy, gettin gout of bed before noon went AGAINST my very nature... my poor brain didn't know what to do except go along with it!

[mimitabby]

to make a long story short. it seems i have the flu. harf harf harf. i am a moron and went for a bike ride sunday morning anyway. 15 miles. felt great to get outside, the sun was shining. not the wisest decision however. i've already been scolded by friends and family. not feeling so great today. I'll be back on my bike later this week. It's no fun to have someone handing you gingerale and saying I TOLD YOU SO. i will now go write on the blackboard "I will listen to other peoples concerns about my well being" 100 times.

I gotta say though.. the bike ride was great!

hey Joyful girl,
good for you for going riding anyway!! it didn't kill you and i'll bet it didn't make you sicker.
So next week add 5 more miles and see how much better it is when you feel better!