Thursday, August 5, 2010

A Thousand Miles Somewhere

A couple of weeks ago before my vacation post vacation sleep in fest I was getting up early a few times a week to ride my bike before my husband went to work. This particular morning I wanted to get up real early because I was driven to get a long ride in but more demanding was the thought that I was finally going to put 1000 miles on my bike. I only had 18 miles to hit that mark....
I actually stopped to take this picture with my phone. When I finished it said 1008. Cool Beans!

I know this will sound funny to most of you but there actually is a bonding relationship between a rider and the bike. I've done a couple of races on this bike and even put crazy amounts of time while I trained and completed a 100 mile ride on this bike. I've had silly crashes on this bike. I've had rides with friends where we talk the whole time. I've even been on a couple of rides with my really fast husband. We have a friendship, an understanding.

Sometimes you can do all this exercise and wonder what's the point. I personally like to sign up for races so I have a goal and purpose to why I'm exercising all the time. It helps give me that exercise "high" and drive to keep doing more.

Seeing 1000 miles on my bike gave me a great sense of accomplishment. It took me two years since I don't ride in the winter and summer can be hit or miss.

I'm hoping to put another 1000 on in 18months instead of 2 years this time.

9 comments:

  1. Awesome goal! I'm with you - entering races and competitions really helps to keep the motivation going. I like challenging myself. The "high" you get from meeting a challenge is a huge ego/self-esteem boost. I'm really excited about the 5K Walk/10K Run in October. Minimum, I'll run the 5K, and I'm considering running the 10K. It's daunting to think of, but if I can just complete it, I anticipate that the feeling will be like no other - like I could conquer the world.

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  2. That's great Audrey. I think in the next year you'll get another 1000!

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  3. I think that's great! Good job! I love riding bikes, even if mine is just a beach cruiser.

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  4. Nice work! I totally get the bonding with your bike thing. And I love my little bike computer. Lily has been using my bike a lot this summer because we haven't been able to get her a bigger one. The seat post is lower and I've been a lame-o and too lazy to change it, so I've just been running instead. But I miss my bike. I think I'll get off my butt and go find the allen key and raise that seat up!

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  5. Great post Audrey, and I totally get the bike relationship. What a great accomplishment.

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  6. No way around it - 1000 miles is a lot of miles! You rock.

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  7. You amaze me! You're inspiring a lot of people!! Keep it up!!

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