this thread needs to be resurrected...
c'mon, my newbie sisters... post!!!
i feel like i've been sharing my story with EVERYONE-- but just in case there are a couple people in nepal who don't know everything about me yet, here it is again...
i first considered taking up biking in june, when there was cycling promotion here in the big smoke for 'bike week'. i realized i was spending 3 hours or so a day in transit, which meant excercising cut into my free time. so a couple days later i went to skiis and biikes with the intention of just looking and left with a bike and a bunch of gear. yikes!! biking home on city streets kinda scared the bejesus out of me, but the next morning i steeled my courage and remembered my bike week info and biked into work the next morning. i almost died. various parts of me hurt throughout the day, first my legs, then my back, then my lungs... i waited until the next evening to go back home. since then it's been fabulous!!! i went away for a week in july and dreamed about biking...
my strength, endurance, cardiovascular etc has improved greatly since then, though a 'doorprize ' and a flip over the handlebars -- to avoid hitting a @#$% who turned right in front of me -- has impeded things a bit. but i'm slowly getting my confidence back... i hope to work up to centuries next year (metric to start ) and we'll see how it goes. see you on the road!!
I used to dream about ice cream, Antonio Banderas, and daquiris on the beach. Now, i dream about fresh pavement...