Well, no one had started a thread yet, so I thought I would.

I am very proud of myself this morning. First, I went out riding by myself, something I've had a hard time doing (as some of you might already know I'm a fairly new rider, so I have all sorts of confidence issues.) Second, I rode on the roads around here with the intent of working on hill climbing.

Where I live we have over 40 miles of paved bike trails, which are great, but if you want to do long group rides you have to get out on roads because they are just harder. So, I headed off on the road I live on, which is really quite hilly. My goal was to try to keep the cadence up, not worry about speed or distance. I still struggled up some hills, doing 4mph and a cadence of 48, but as I paid more attention to the cadence counter it seemed to smooth out some.

Anyway, a beautiful morning, 75 degrees, 9.5 miles under my belt and now it is on to cleaning the apartment!

Barbara