[thin4good]

Yesterday BF and I rode 41.7 miles, climbed 1385 feet in elevation, and were gone for a total of 4 hours 30 minutes with 3 hours and 32 minutes of actual riding time. (some time was rest breaks, adjustments to bikes, etc).

I did it!

I'm still alive!

I burned 3124 calories!

I'm surprisingly not in pain!

I found this neat site that allows you to map your ride. http://www.mapmyride.com/route/us/ca...e/757964984948 if you click on the show elevation bar on the right of the map or on the terrain view you'll get an idea of what I did!

I did not throw up! (which for those of you who have been following my bike riding adventures, you know this is an accomplishment!)

The goal was go to approx. 36 miles, but when we got to the point where we could turn towards home, I still had some energy left so we decided to lengthen the ride at 33 miles!

If someone would have told me 3 months ago when I couldn't ride 13 miles without throwing up that I could ride 40+ miles and do over 1000 feet of hill climbing I would have laughed at them!

I just had to share with you girls, because we CAN accomplish anything we set our minds on doing!

Hugs!

T4G!

[MrsB419]

YOU GO ON WITH YA BAD SELF!!!!
WOOOHOOO!!!!!
You're such an inspiration!!!!!

[SHess2004]

You should check into "fun rides". My dad and I did these a lot when I was younger. They are generally put on by your local city or bike riding organization. They generally have different lengths such as 25, 50, and 100 miles. It's a really great way to see your city (or the hosting city) from a different perspective. I always loved these rides. One that I always looked forward to was Tour De North County in San Diego. It is already beautiful down there and the weather is usually perfect as well. And if you ever want to get a little more crazy they have camp and ride tours. It's a great adventure!

Keep up the great work!

[cpizzle]

That is awesome!

I am working on riding longer than 15 minutes right now. I am riding about 2.5 miles in that time though.

Keep it up!

[thin4good]

Yes, my friends want me to do a metric century (62 miles) w/ them in October, I don't believe I'll be able to because of a prior commitment, but I'm still training for it. It's in Solvang and should be beautiful. MY goal would be to eventually do a century (which is a 100 miles) but I've got a ways to go before that happens!

I honestly think my favorite part of the day was getting looks from serious cyclists of "WTF?" and then nods of respect or waves or thumbs up when they realized I really was at 1400 feet in elevation and the only way I could be there was by pedaling my @$$ up there . There is a definite elitism among road cyclists and when they see me on the road closer to home, I get a lot more dirty...condescending? looks from the "roadies." I can't tell you how many times I've seen them wave at someone they perceive to be a "serious" cyclist in front of me, and then look at me with a look of disdain, as though I'm taking up space on their precious bikeways.

LOL, I even passed an older hiker who said to me," You go girl, do your thang!" that was funny. I was breathing pretty hard at the time as it was near the summit, but it was funny. MY BF reminds me all the time, that cyclists aren't used to seeing "teapots on bicycles." That I'm unusual sight to them, but still they don't know whether I'm only riding 2 miles or 20 miles when I'm out and their ability to pre-judge is amazing... I'd love to do a long bike ride just to show those guys you don't need to be a size 0 to be able to ride!

[sleventis]

OVER-ACHIEVER.....hahahahahahahaha.....I am just kidding...I think its great...and uh...WOW...good for you...what an accomplishment...I envy you...I cant ride a bike for more than oh...30 seconds without it killing my duppa (rear-end)...what a great workout....KEEP IT UP!!!!!!!!!