Out on the Road

Well, it sure feels good to hit the pavement on my bike again! I’ve been out on the open road only a couple times since September, the rest of the time has been indoor on the rollers and learning some mountain and cross bike skills. While the rollers have made me even stronger than last spring and hitting the trails is scary, fun and exhilarating, there is nothing quite like flying down the open road at high speeds on a really smooth fast bike! I’m really happy with my results over the winter and now it is time to build up strength climbing the hills. In Solvang, California in a couple weeks I’ll get to put my legs to the test with a 10mile climb with an average 9% grade and I can’t wait!

Today’s ride was sopping wet, it felt like my gloves weighed 5lbs a piece at the end of the ride along with my booties and shoes, yet a wet day on the road is better than not being on the road at all! Cycling never really gets easier, you just get faster and I often wonder why I find putting myself through so much physical pain to be so much fun. Maybe it’s the reward of pushing my body further than I thought possible or climbing multiple hills only to find I still have the legs to climb more. Maybe it’s the comradery or just the pure pleasure of being out in nature. Whatever it is, I sure do love cycling. I am honestly too tired from this weeks rides to think anymore or type anymore right now, all am I thinking about is what I can eat for dinner.

I thought maybe that I would come up with some interesting blog today, but I guess I just needed to process my ride a bit and try to feel more connected to the world. Am I sacrificing too much time to ride? I think it’s okay to work towards my dream, I mean I don’t have a family to take care of and maybe soon enough I’ll be able to find some fast girls to ride with as well. Maybe one day I’ll be fast enough to join a team of fast girls, only God knows, but in this lonely, exhilarating, daring, fun adventure I am pursing I know God has a plan in all of it.

Time for more food…