Perspective

To put things in perspective (and I just scared myself a little figuring this out), so far in a month of training, I've biked over 400 miles... but I looked at a one week stretch on the tour and we will ride over 500 in that Mon-Sat span alone! I've taken quite a few stretches of days off, but in the next month and a bit before my trip, I'll have to step it up a bit...

Pray for my strength and courage this summer as I do something so seemingly monumental!

1st 50 Mile Ride

At around 4:40pm yesterday I decided to head out for a nice bike ride... I figured I'd decide how far to bike based on how I was feeling. I ended up biking about 25 miles out (a few miles past Coleman) and turned around for the ride back (by this time it was about 6:10 and I knew I could be back by the time the sun was down).

What I did not count on was how cold it gets when that sun gets below the tree line! Yikes! Note to self: don't wear shorts when it's in the 40's. Needless to say, I did make it back, chilled to the bone, but in one piece and happy to have just ridden 50miles!

Now, if only I can double that distance...

New Bike

I've been training on my brother Dave's Fuji for the past few weeks (thank you Dave!) and today... I am proud to introduce my new Specialized Secteur Sport... ain't she a beauty?