Quote Originally Posted by Bike Goddess
Mary- I was going to go over to the Bike Journal and give you a bad time for not posting over here. I'm so glad to see you here too. You have been missed!

Yay, yippee do- you got that 3rd century in, finally!!!!!

LIKE MARY SAYS- IF SHE CAN DO IT SO CAN YOU!
Thanks Nancy I missed you all too. I really am trying to make time to get here more often, some days are easier with the boys than others..
I'm hoping to go for #4 at the BikeJournal.com ReUnion this weekend! I'm a little nervous about the route though as I'm not familiar with it AND there will be considerably MORE climbing than I'm used to. ReUnion06 Full Century profile The profile says that there is 3000 ft of climbing and even the century I've been doing here in Indy is only between 1800-2000 if routeslip.com is correct on the elevation readings. I've been having trouble getting my entire route entered and saved so I'm not POSITIVE on the climbing.
One of these days I hope to be on a road bike so HOPEFULLY I'll be able to get up those hills quicker and keep up with some of the roadies around here, but at least I've got my granny gears for now. I have a feeling the 8%+ grades may end up being walked depending on how my legs are by that point. I've committed to ride the century with a couple of other ladies who will be doing their FIRST centuries so I hope I don't slow them down too much on the heavier bike. Most of all I just hope we all make it safely through and back!
Thanks for your encouragement when I first started, I'd never have dreamed I would have accomplished what I have this past year. I'm getting ready to write up a retrospective of my last (first) year of riding soon. I will have gotten back on the road to better health on a bike in one week today 17 July, 06. The Little Navigator That Could will be ONE YEAR OLD on 27 July!
Mary