This blog post comes with a qualifier. Up until about 6 weeks ago, I had not ridden a bike in almost ten years.
Therefore, my friend Andrea and I decided it was only normal that we decide to participate in a 100k bike race. I am so thankful to find someone equally as crazy as I am. We talked about it one night and it was like, “You want to do it? Yeah sure. Ok!”
We are entering as a team so we both only have to bike 50k. For those of you in the US, that is 31 miles each roughly. 31 miles is not that long of a distance on a bike. I rode 26 the other day. I have been running enough that my legs are in decent shape. Only thing we did not account for was that this distance would be entirely up and down hills. I suppose we should have taken a little more thought into entering a race called “Hell of the Marianas”-the toughest race in Micronesia. I rode the last two miles of my second leg last night. About half way through, I really thought my legs were just going to quit. In the race, by that point, I will already have ridden 13 miles. My legs and I have a lot of work to do. Regardless, we are committed to the goal of finishing the race. Period. We just want to cross the finish line. So with 11 days till the race, I am going to see just how quickly the human body can get into shape!
Here is to lots and lots of bike riding in the next week and a half and to the goal of finishing the race!
