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In December 2014 I received a BMX bike as a gift from my boyfriend, just a few months after we started dating. I would ride it to the skate park & pedal around but mostly, I was just intimidated & scared. In May 2015 I rode the warm up line at the legendary Posh Woods. My first attempt, I crashed. There's been plenty of crashes since then but my riding & my confidence have improved (which you can read all about over on my guest blog post on Fit & Feminist). That same month I bought my first road bike & began riding bikes for fun/fitness.
Three months after getting my road bike & starting this cycling journal, my boyfriend crashed his motorcycle, putting our bike rides together on hold. Our most important goals became healing his busted leg. After a few weeks of being bed ridden he was able to get down to Posh with his walker or crutches & coach me from the side lines. For that, I am forever grateful. But then, it was winter & as a beginner cyclist I was not ready for winter riding so I rode very little. Then in March I decided to ride 50 miles each week as a questionable goal - but I did it! It meant some late night rides & some cold night rides to meet my goal but I did it. It felt awesome & got me even more psyched on bikes. Then that September, I attempted my first century ride & successfully did 82 miles in the BikeMS City to Shore ride! The following year I tried again, and rode 77 miles. But this past September I successfully rode 100 miles on my bike! We started 2018 in Arizona riding mountain bikes in Sedona and BMX anywhere we could. It was wonderful. However, I did not use Strava for all my sessions at Posh this year so my numbers are low. But I started to feel like I was riding just to achieve a number, not just because I liked riding bikes. But, I tend to do that sort of thing. This year, as I was preparing my third attempt at a century I decided to ride my road bike every day until the ride. That meant, saddle time for 42 days straight. I didn't always do long rides, but I rode every day. It did not prepare me for a 100 mile ride, but that's another story. 2018 Ride log: (total miles 694.4)09.29.18 - 8 hours / 100.7mi @ 12.5mph (City to Shore)
09.28.18 - 6 minutes / 1.5mi @ 16mph 09.27.18 - 10 minutes / 2.1mi @ 12.4mph 09.26.18 - 9 minutes / 1.9mi @ 13.6mph 09.25.18 - 11 minutes / 2.5mi @ 14.4mph 09.24.18 - 5 minutes / 1.3mi @ 14.9mph 09.23.18 - 6 minutes / 1.5mi @ 14.6mph 09.23.18 - 50 minutes / 2mi @ 2.5mph 09.22.18 - 17 minutes / 3.6mi @ 13mph 09.22.18 - 1.45 hours / 6.4mi @ 3.7mph (Catty Woods) 09.21.18 - 34 minutes / 5.6mi @ 10.1mph 09.20.18 - 12 minutes / 1.5mi @ 7.7mpph 09.19.18 - 6 minutes / 1.5mi @ 15.6mph 09.18.18 - 23 minutes / 5.5mi @ 14.3mph 09.17.18 - 8 minutes / 2.1mi @ 15.8mph 09.16.18 - 2.44 hours / 26.6mi @ 9.8mph 09.16.18 - 1.04 hours / 2.3mi @ 2.2mph (Posh Woods) 09.15.18 - 15 minutes / 3mi @ 11.9mph 09.15.18 - 47 minutes / 1.9mi @ 2.4mph (Posh Woods) 09.14.18 - 1.02 hours / 11.4mi @ 10.9mph 09.13.18 - 1 hour / 13.7mi @ 13.6mph 09.12.18 - 2.04 hours / 20mi @ 9.6mph 09.11.18 - 20 minutes / 5.1mi @15.4mph 09.10.18 - 8 minutes / 2.2mi @ 16.9mph 09.09.18 - 14 minutes / 4mi @ 16.9mph 09.08.18 - 15 minutes / 3.8mi @ 14.9mph 09.08.18 - 23 minutes / .8mi @ 2.1mph (Posh Woods) 09.07.18 - 27 minutes / 6mi @ 13.5mph 09.06.18 - 10 minutes / 2.2mi @ 13.2mph 09.05.18 - 13 minutes / 3mi @ 14.7mph 09.04.18 - 24 minutes / 6.1mi @ 15.1mph 09.03.18 - 27 minutes / 6.5mi @ 14.2mph 09.02.18 - 15 minutes / 3.6 mi @ 14.3mph 09.02.18 - 8 minutes / .8mi @ 6.1mph (Pedal from Posh Woods) 09.02.18 - 44 minutes / 1.8mi @ 2.5mph (Posh Woods) 09.02.18 - 4 minutes / .9mi @ 11.6mph (Pedal to Posh Woods) 09.01.18 - 4 minutes / 1mi @ 0.0mph 09.01.18 - 7 minutes / .8mi @ 7mph (Pedal from Posh Woods) 09.01.18 - 1.02 hours / 2.8mi @ 2.7mph (Posh Woods) 09.01.18 - 8 minutes / .9mi @ 6.7mph (Pedal to Posh Woods) 08.31.18 - 32 minutes / 8.1mi @ 15.1mph 08.30.18 - 30 minutes / 8mi @ 15.9mph 08.29.18 - 26 minutes / 6mi @ 14mph 08.28.18 - 1.16 hours / 12.6mi @ 8.8mph 08.27.18 - 44 minutes / 10mi @ 13.5mph 08.26.18 - 36 minutes / 1.6mi @ 2.7mph 08.26.18 - 36 minutes / 7.5mi @ 12.3mph 08.25.18 - 13 minutes / 3.5mi @ 15.9mph 08.25.18 - 44 minutes / 1.7mi @ 2.4mph (Posh Woods) 08.24.18 - 16 minutes / 2.8mi @ 10.6mph 08.23.18 - 15 minutes / 4mi @ 15.6mph 08.22.18 - 16 minutes / 4mi @ 15.3mph 08.21.18 - 24 minutes / 3.6mi @ 9mph 08.20.18 - 49 minutes / 8mi @ 9.7mph 08.19.18 - 41 minutes / 7.5mi @ 10.8mph 08.18.18 - 1.40 hours / 15.8mi @ 9.5mph 08.12.18 - 1.55 hours / 19mi @ 9.9mph 08.09.18 - 1.54 hours / 20mi @ 10.5mph 08.07.18 - 56 minutes / 7.7mi @ 8.2mph (Wildwood Boardwalk) 07.31.18 - 33 minutes / 5mi @ 9.3mph 07.30.18 - 41 minutes / 6.7mi @ 9.8mph 07.14.18 - 33 minutes / 1.7mi @ 3.1mph (Catty Woods) 07.12.18 - 47 minutes / 6.7mi @ 8.6mph 07.04.18 - 1.21 hours / 11.4mi @ 8.5mph 07.01.18 - 6 minutes / .7mi @ 7mph (Pedal from Posh Woods) 07.01.18 - 10 minutes / .9mi @ 5.6mph (Pedal to Posh Woods) 06.30.18 - 10 minutes / .5mi @ 3.6mph (Catty Woods) 06.20.18 - 43 minutes / 6.9mi @ 9.6mph 06.17.18 - 43 minutes / 1.4mi @ 2mph (Posh Woods) 06.11.18 - 59 minutes / 9.4mi @ 9.5mph 06.09.18 - 37 minutes / 2.1mi @ 3.5mph (Catty Woods) 05.26.18 - 57 minutes / 3.2mi @ 3.4mph (Catty Woods) 05.20.18 - 1.56 hours / 18.9mi @ 9.7mph 05.09.18 - 1.26 hours / 6.5mi @ 4.5mph (ebikes @ Jordan) 05.05.18 - 54 minutes / 5.4mi @ 5.9mph (ebikes @ Jordan) 04.01.18 - 1.27 hours / 13.1mi @ 9mph 03.31.18 - 1.28 hours / 12mi @ 8.2mph 03.24.18 - 1.35 hours / 11.4mi @ 7.2mph 03.21.18 - 36 minutes / 7mi @ 11.7mph 03.20.18 - 50 minutes / 10.4mi @ 12.4mph 03.18.18 - 21 minutes / 1.6mi @ 4.7mph (Bethlehem Skateplaza) 03.15.18 - 38 minutes / 8.1mi @ 12.9mph 03.13.18 - 33 minutes / 6.1mi @ 11.2mph 03.11.18 - 28 minutes / 5mi @ 10.7mph 03.07.18 - 30 minutes / 8.6mi @ 17mph 03.03.18 - 23 minutes / 6mi @ 15.9mph 03.02.18 - 41 minutes / 11.1mi @ 16.5mph 03.01.18 - 33 minutes / 6.6mi @ 12mph 02.28.18 - 37 minutes / 10.6mi @ 17.3mph 02.27.18 - 35 minutes / 10.7mi @ 18.2mph 02.25.18 - 41 minutes / 8mi @ 11.6mph 02.20.18 - 30 minutes / 6.8mi @ 13.5mph 02.17.18 - 1.32 hours / 5.3mi @ 3.5mph (Ray's Indoor Bike Park) 02.16.18 - 2.24 hours / 7.9mi @ 3.3mph (Ray's Indoor Bike Park) 02.07.18 - 42 minutes / 10.1mi @ 14.5mph 01.31.18 - 37 minutes / 10.1mi @ 16.5mph 01.30.18 - 33 minutes / 10.1mi @ 18.4mph 01.17.18 - 19 minutes / 2.1mi @ 6.4mph (Chandler Bike Park) 01.16.18 - 1.1 hours / 4.1mi @ 4mph (Desert Trails) 01.13.18 - 1.28 hours / 5.8mi @ 4mph (Desert Trails) 01.12.18 - 50 minutes / 4.6mi @ 5.6mph (Chandler Bike Park) 01.11.18 - 1.26 hours / 8.1mi @ 5.7mph (Sedona) 2017 ride log here.
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