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  1. #1
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    Mar 2006
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    Quote Originally Posted by mimitabby
    Sherry after three years, what is stopping you from doing that century? Just curious!
    Theoretically, I probably could do the full 100km right now, however:
    1) I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. On my good days, I can ride well (and hence probably could do the full 100km), but I suffer for it for many days afterward. I have to build my endurance in baby steps compared to you regular folks, so I won't spend the following week sick as a dog. (I almost never admit to having this problem; I used to think it was just some excuse lazy people used until I developed it too. That shut me up )
    2) Geography. Living on an island is great, but I just can't ride out 50km and return. I'm surrounded on three sides by ocean, and a mountain range on the fourth. I think I have just figured out a route that will bring me close to 100km without riding the same trails/paths/roads over and over again, or tooling up and down city streets putting on the distance that way. That would be b-o-r-i-n-g. If I wanted a metric century and boring at the same time, I could just go down to the local velodrome and ride in circles until it was done
    I'll get to my metric century in my own time, thanks. It's frustrating to not be able to do it as fast as others (I still think I'm just lazy), but that's how it is.
    Cheers,
    ~Sherry.

  2. #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by Popoki_Nui
    (I almost never admit to having this problem; I used to think it was just some excuse lazy people used until I developed it too. That shut me up )
    Sherry, isn't that they way? I don't want to admit how many times I thought I had tolerance/empathy/understanding for something, anything, until I went through it myself. Don't be too hard on yourself...I admire you for continuing in the face of this challenge.
    "The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew, and live through it." ~ Doug Bradbury

 

 

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