In less than a week, I'll be doing my second 30 mile ride. I'm so excited!
Not only am I excited for the ride, but it's going to be on my NEW BIKE! Granted, I've had the bike since Mother's Day and I've ridden it a lot, but it'll be my first ride ride on it! And my longest on it!
It's a road bike that the hubby bought me Mother's Day weekend. I am soooo in love with it. It rides like a dream.
Monday, May 25, 2015
Monday, May 4, 2015
Have I Found My New Exercise??
The CASA ride was over the weekend and my friend, Amy, and I did it together. As a last minute thing, I decided to buy a new bike seat without testing it out first. Seriously... I bought it about 30 minutes before the store closed! But that was some of the best $50 I've ever spent!! ($50 for a bike seat?!)
Here we are before the ride started... Take note of how I look and how she looks so you can compare to later.
I had 2 goals for the ride. 1) Complete the 30+ miles and 2) Not be the last ones. Almost as soon as we got to the starting line up, I realized that #2 was NOT happening!! We were, by FAR, the most casual riders there. We didn't have all of the fancy gear or snazzy road bikes. But we had determination!
I'd driven the ride a couple of months ago, but I guess I blocked out just how hilly it was once reaching a certain point. Holy hell. Those hills came one right after the other and just didn't stop!! Didn't help that we had a headwind either.
We reached the halfway point and took a break, both of us agreeing that despite the suck factor of the hills, we'd totally do the ride again next year.
On the way back, it was more enjoyable, I think. I guess it was because we got the sucky hills out of the way first, then we could enjoy the tailwind, downhill slope, and beautiful scenery!
When we got back to the park where we started, we both agreed that it was an awesome ride! (And a person best for length and miles per hour total for us both!) We will both look into rides again for the future!
Here we are after. Explain to me why I am a sweaty mess and Amy is not!!! Totally unfair.
To backtrack a little bit... My daughter taught herself to ride her bike the day before the race. When I got home, I was unable to resist the plea, "Mommy, will you come ride with me, please?" So back on my bike I got.... And while the padded shorts and new comfy seat were GREAT, getting back on the bike after 3+ hours HURT. But not as bad as the following day when she asked me again. OUCH.
It's now three days since the CASA ride and I went for a hilly 11 mile ride with another friend. I was surprised at how winded I was by the hills, though when I finished, I realized that my gears were a lot higher (?) and I was a lot faster. I was exerting more effort than I had on previous trips to the same place. I'm totally not making sense.
ANYWAY! The long and the short of it is that it was AWESOME and I totally cannot wait until the next ride! There's one on May 31st and I'm hoping to be able to do it!
(On the weight front... I got my 5lbs off and got my pedicure. Since the ride, I'm up 5lbs. I've been told that it's normal and in a few days the scale will be friendly to me again. I sure hope so b/c I'm super bummed about it.)
Here we are before the ride started... Take note of how I look and how she looks so you can compare to later.
I had 2 goals for the ride. 1) Complete the 30+ miles and 2) Not be the last ones. Almost as soon as we got to the starting line up, I realized that #2 was NOT happening!! We were, by FAR, the most casual riders there. We didn't have all of the fancy gear or snazzy road bikes. But we had determination!
I'd driven the ride a couple of months ago, but I guess I blocked out just how hilly it was once reaching a certain point. Holy hell. Those hills came one right after the other and just didn't stop!! Didn't help that we had a headwind either.
We reached the halfway point and took a break, both of us agreeing that despite the suck factor of the hills, we'd totally do the ride again next year.
On the way back, it was more enjoyable, I think. I guess it was because we got the sucky hills out of the way first, then we could enjoy the tailwind, downhill slope, and beautiful scenery!
When we got back to the park where we started, we both agreed that it was an awesome ride! (And a person best for length and miles per hour total for us both!) We will both look into rides again for the future!
Here we are after. Explain to me why I am a sweaty mess and Amy is not!!! Totally unfair.
To backtrack a little bit... My daughter taught herself to ride her bike the day before the race. When I got home, I was unable to resist the plea, "Mommy, will you come ride with me, please?" So back on my bike I got.... And while the padded shorts and new comfy seat were GREAT, getting back on the bike after 3+ hours HURT. But not as bad as the following day when she asked me again. OUCH.
It's now three days since the CASA ride and I went for a hilly 11 mile ride with another friend. I was surprised at how winded I was by the hills, though when I finished, I realized that my gears were a lot higher (?) and I was a lot faster. I was exerting more effort than I had on previous trips to the same place. I'm totally not making sense.
ANYWAY! The long and the short of it is that it was AWESOME and I totally cannot wait until the next ride! There's one on May 31st and I'm hoping to be able to do it!
(On the weight front... I got my 5lbs off and got my pedicure. Since the ride, I'm up 5lbs. I've been told that it's normal and in a few days the scale will be friendly to me again. I sure hope so b/c I'm super bummed about it.)
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