50 miles is a piece of cake!
02-16-08, 08:57 PM
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50 miles is a piece of cake!
We did it! We completed the ride. It was a spectacular day in every way. I am preparing a ride report and photos and will post them when they are ready.
Thank you all so very much for your encouragement, help, advice and cheers. This was a day I'll never forget.
More later....
Jen
Thank you all so very much for your encouragement, help, advice and cheers. This was a day I'll never forget.
More later....
Jen
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02-16-08, 08:59 PM
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Congratulations! Now go for 55, then 60, then 65. And before you know it, a century!!!
Ride On!
-Spoke
Ride On!
-Spoke
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Well done. Are you sure it's not a piece of pie?
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02-16-08, 09:05 PM
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02-16-08, 09:20 PM
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Congratulations! Well done.
02-16-08, 09:24 PM
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02-16-08, 09:34 PM
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There's a jersey representing you in the matchup post. Now you know which one it is.
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Hi,
Nice!
Nice!
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02-16-08, 09:53 PM
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Thank you all so much!
Spoke: "Ride on!" are the exact words that came to mind after we were back home. I don't know where they came from, it's just how I felt.
Jet Travis: Pie! Pie! Why yes, it was easy as pie!
Maddmaxx: My legs feel OK but my brain must be dead. Where is the match-up post?
Question: Does tomorrow call for an easy recovery ride, or just rest? I guess it depends on how my knees feel....I need to ice them again tonight. I'm off on Monday so perhaps we should wait until then...... what's a general rule of thumb?
Spoke: "Ride on!" are the exact words that came to mind after we were back home. I don't know where they came from, it's just how I felt.
Jet Travis: Pie! Pie! Why yes, it was easy as pie!
Maddmaxx: My legs feel OK but my brain must be dead. Where is the match-up post?
Question: Does tomorrow call for an easy recovery ride, or just rest? I guess it depends on how my knees feel....I need to ice them again tonight. I'm off on Monday so perhaps we should wait until then...... what's a general rule of thumb?
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02-16-08, 10:04 PM
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Thank you all so much!
Spoke: "Ride on!" are the exact words that came to mind after we were back home. I don't know where they came from, it's just how I felt.
Jet Travis: Pie! Pie! Why yes, it was easy as pie!
Maddmaxx: My legs feel OK but my brain must be dead. Where is the match-up post?
Question: Does tomorrow call for an easy recovery ride, or just rest? I guess it depends on how my knees feel....I need to ice them again tonight. I'm off on Monday so perhaps we should wait until then...... what's a general rule of thumb?
Spoke: "Ride on!" are the exact words that came to mind after we were back home. I don't know where they came from, it's just how I felt.
Jet Travis: Pie! Pie! Why yes, it was easy as pie!
Maddmaxx: My legs feel OK but my brain must be dead. Where is the match-up post?
Question: Does tomorrow call for an easy recovery ride, or just rest? I guess it depends on how my knees feel....I need to ice them again tonight. I'm off on Monday so perhaps we should wait until then...... what's a general rule of thumb?
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02-16-08, 10:15 PM
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Great news! Not surprising, we all knew you could do it! Now don't you feel right proud???
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02-16-08, 10:35 PM
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DG: I don't think it has sunk in yet. Maybe tomorrow when I can't get out of bed.....
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02-16-08, 11:19 PM
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Congrats! Just think, 25% more and you have a Metric Century!
I'd do a short ride, even if it's just around the block.
I'd do a short ride, even if it's just around the block.
02-16-08, 11:44 PM
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Congrats!
I'd concur, do a short tide, just to keep the knees from stiffening up.
I'd concur, do a short tide, just to keep the knees from stiffening up.
02-16-08, 11:47 PM
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Easy recovery ride tomorrow. Just to spin the legs out and shake out some of the lactic.
Congratulations, although no one here had any doubt.
Congratulations, although no one here had any doubt.
02-16-08, 11:58 PM
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I knew you'd feel this good at the end of the ride! I'm happy for you!
I agree with cgallagh (of course); take an easy spin tomorrow and bask in the glory of your accomplishment.
I agree with cgallagh (of course
); take an easy spin tomorrow and bask in the glory of your accomplishment.
02-17-08, 12:10 AM
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That's great!
Reflecting on it tomorrow will make you giddy! Likewise for a month from now. And maybe even a couple of years from now, even if you have ridden much further by then.
Reflecting on it tomorrow will make you giddy! Likewise for a month from now. And maybe even a couple of years from now, even if you have ridden much further by then.
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Congratulations!
Not only a memorable ride, but ridden for a memorable man.
In Memory of Officer Randy Simmons - Los Angeles Police Department
Not only a memorable ride, but ridden for a memorable man.
In Memory of Officer Randy Simmons - Los Angeles Police Department
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