Post by vita77 on Sept 12, 2005 7:58:27 GMT -5
I just gotta share, because I achieved something amazing this weekend. I rode in the MS150 cycling event in New Bern, NC. We pledged to raise $1 million to benefit multiple sclerosis. I trained for months, and raised $1500.
Well, I DID IT!! In 35 mile-an-hour wind gusts from Hurricane Ophelia, I rode 75 miles on Saturday, and 75 on Sunday. (I actually felt like I was going to be blown off the road a number of times. Talk about feeling like a featherweight, instead of a 192 pounder!!)
Today I'm one tired girl, but I'm happy. I was totally sedentary for the first 43 years of my life, and a year ago was tooling around on my hybrid, earning 2 APs at a time for a 1/2 hour ride.
Now I understand what it feels like to band together with other people on an athletic team, especially for a great cause. There were 1000 riders - some with MS, some in their 70s or in their teens, some overweight, and some on specially adapted bikes or ancient mountain bikes. We all pulled one another to the finish line.
This has been an incredible personal journey for me. For the rest of my life, so long as I can ride, I'll be out there with these folks. And of course I could not have done it without WW, and without the support of tons of people. Whew!!!!
Now all I have to do is calculate the APs for 10 1/2 hours of cycling at 14.5 miles an hour....
Well, I DID IT!! In 35 mile-an-hour wind gusts from Hurricane Ophelia, I rode 75 miles on Saturday, and 75 on Sunday. (I actually felt like I was going to be blown off the road a number of times. Talk about feeling like a featherweight, instead of a 192 pounder!!)
Today I'm one tired girl, but I'm happy. I was totally sedentary for the first 43 years of my life, and a year ago was tooling around on my hybrid, earning 2 APs at a time for a 1/2 hour ride.
Now I understand what it feels like to band together with other people on an athletic team, especially for a great cause. There were 1000 riders - some with MS, some in their 70s or in their teens, some overweight, and some on specially adapted bikes or ancient mountain bikes. We all pulled one another to the finish line.
This has been an incredible personal journey for me. For the rest of my life, so long as I can ride, I'll be out there with these folks. And of course I could not have done it without WW, and without the support of tons of people. Whew!!!!
Now all I have to do is calculate the APs for 10 1/2 hours of cycling at 14.5 miles an hour....
