Tomorrow is the Elephant Rock metric century ride that I signed up for with my dad. This will be the second year in a row that we’ve ridden the 62-mile course together, and while I am looking forward to it, I am feeling some other emotions as well.
In short? I’m terrified!
You see, I haven’t been doing a whole lot of training on my roadie. And when I say that I haven’t been doing a lot of training, I mean that I haven’t actually been on my road bike since last August. This, my friends, is what we call A PROBLEM!
62 miles is a lot when I have a long training ride of 20 minutes! Luckily, cycling has always come naturally to me and I am really hoping that I can rely on muscle memory in order to complete this tour. I mean, I spent 4 months riding my bike every single day….will my legs just jump right back into the mix?
My other redeeming thought is that it’s not like I haven’t been working out at all. I’ve been doing a lot of running and hiking and occasional CrossFit workouts, so I feel like my cardio and muscle endurance should be okay. I guess we’ll just consider Elephant Rock a science experiment where I determine whether cross training is really effective?!
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I say you make it – you have the athletic endurance. However, I can’t make any promises about the condition of your rear after 62 miles on a bike…that may make Monday interesting! 😉
Yeah, I’m a little concerned about my lady parts 🙂
I think you got it. PS Phil will be there too!
I’ll keep an eye out for him among the thousands of people 🙂 Just tell him to look for a girl getting her ass handed to her! What course is he riding?
Never know until you try. Just focus on havin fun hanging with your dad and the miles will probably fly by.
That’s exactly it– I’m hoping for a great father/daughter day. I guess when you look at it like that, nothing else matters!
I think if you go in with the idea of having fun and not worrying about the end result, you will surprise yourself and finish
I think you’ll finish. you may not be able to walk for a week but you’ll finish. Good luck!!!
You will finish but your girly bits will hate you. I just busted out a 54 miler today. Monday I rode 23 and before that….can’t remember. Sometime last summer. Anyway, I finished and my legs feel great but I put on a skirt after my shower because the thought of even wearing loose shorts made me tear up a little bit. If I could get away with going commando I would do it. I’m shopping for a new saddle on Monday.
Have fun with your Dad! You will do great!
Aghhhh!! You’re totally right 🙂 Luckily, I spent a lot of time a few years ago shopping for this saddle so theoretically, it’s comfortable….but we all know that this is gonna hurt the lady parts!
You’ve got this!! Just listen to your body and you will be fine. Have fun!