Quote Originally Posted by spokewench View Post
I don't usually find a song that I sing when I climb; but quite a few years ago, I was doing a very long, epic, very technical mountain bike ride in the mountains near Show Low Arizona. We had gone about 15-20 miles - just the beginning and I crashed and took off half of one of my elbows in the crash on a rock. I did not want to stop and go back or get sagged back in so I kept riding.

At one point towards this last 1/4 of the ride, we were riding through this beautiful meadow with long grass, flowers and a small pretty stream. I was starting to lag a bit and feeling kinda low and my girlfriend behind me started singing that song that gos I'll be going round the mountain when she comes, etc. Yikes, she knew all the choruses.

I'm not sure if it was her singing or what, but I got going faster after that!
love that story! nothing like a friend to motivate you (: