• Conquering Fears

    Check That Off My List!

    Tweet Hell of the Marianas-Toughest Bike Race in Micronesia. Done and Done! Andrea and I finished the race in five hours and 20 minutes. 62 miles total, 31 miles each up and down almost every hill on my small island. We made our first cutoff time with 30 minutes to spare. Andrea finished the first leg in a little over an hour and I finished my second leg in under two hours. I was so excited! I had a very tough leg and rode it faster than I had at any point during training. At that point, it was all smooth sailing. Andrea finished the third leg in under two…

  • Life Inspiration

    26 Miles of Clarity

    Tweet One of my friend’s challenged me on Wednesday to start thinking bigger than I was. To not sell myself short on that dream job and to recognize that I do have a lot to offer without going back to school. I looked for some jobs, re-opened my Twitter account, and am updating my resume. It was sorta a lot to handle and I got very excited/overwhelmed at these new possibilities. So since we had Veteran’s Day off and I have officially given up sleeping in ever..I got up at 5:45am and set out on a bike ride. My goal was to bike to Banzai Cliff and back-a beautiful lookout…

  • Conquering Fears

    2nd Casualty Of The Year

    Tweet ..a bike crash. I promise I am not normally injury prone and two accidents in four months are not bad odds. I was riding my bike Saturday morning and the roads were slick from rain. I lost my focus for two seconds and my bike slipped off the side of the road and next thing I knew, I was on the ground and the bike was about a half a foot in front of me. I didn’t look..I just made sure I could stand up and got back on my bike. I was only about halfway through my ride so I needed to keep going. I felt ok so…

  • Life Adventures

    Transportation

    Tweet I now have transportation here in Saipan!! I got a new….bike!!!!:) I have never been more excited about a purchase. You see, up to this point, I have been able to catch rides with the other teachers, but the longer we are here the more people get into their routines and it gets harder and harder to find rides for little things-like getting my hair cut. So I finally found a bike. I have been looking for one for awhile and I heard that a local store had them. The guy gave me a $50 discount and it ended up being $150. I felt that was a pretty decent…