Biked farther than ever

[beatrix]

Saturday I participated in a bike ride as a part of the training series for the MS150 in April. I signed up for the 50-mile category. 

I went with my husband, and it was all lovely and inspiring until RestStop#4 (mile 38 - that was already farther than my last best of 36). After that, it became brutal. The strong headwind and uphill terrain - I was cursing, and it was extremely stressful. At the same time, very introspective. I kept thinking of short term distances to achieve - next goal: that postbox, or that pole, or that traffic signal. My husband was not doing great either - when we had five more miles to go, he said in his whiniest tone - "Why are you making me do this? I didn't even sign up for the 150." 

Neither of us suggested quitting, and neither of us wanted to stop - I've got some big ego issues when it comes to quitting. At some point,"Think of how awesome it'd be to post this in the Woot Room" crossed my mind. 

I believe we came in the last or maybe 2nd or 3rd from the last. Honestly, I do not care about that. Right now, I am not working on my time or my speed very much. However, worth mentioning is that my recovery was so much faster than before. I had a mild fever for a few hours but evening, I went for a dinner and next day went bowling. This is important because the 150-mile ride is divided into 2 75-mile rides over 2 days.

 

Anyhoo, here goes:

 

 

 

PS: I am updating my progress bar below     

[Three Two Seven]

Congrats!  I love the small goals you set for yourself towards the end.  Keep it up and keep us all posted.

[beatrix]

Thanks Revan!

[Nater]

Great job! I love seeing the cycling posts.

I am wanting to ride a 50-75 mile off-road course this fall be be able to ride a century on the road.

[beatrix]

Thanks, Nater. I'm loving posting my mini-successes here.

 

Off-road biking sounds pretty badass!! All the best.