Biking 101...

I finally took a shower :-)

I rushed home after meeting up with the team for our first bike ride together.
I picked up the kiddies, hubby is out with the boyz ... got the kids ready for bed and what ever else needed to be done.
As I was showering, I was thinking of our bike ride together, I have to be honest, I'm very disappointed with myself :-(
Flat surface no problem... I have noooooooooo clue what we did tonight. I was there but, I wasn't, does that make any sense???

Today, started off pretty good however, yesterday afternoon my throat started really hurting and this morning was the same.
I went for a short run before taking kiddies to school and going on work trip to Wonderland.
Did tons of rides. Went on the Behemoth and as we were rolling up the hill I almost broke into tears thinking how high are we going??? AND how far down are we falling???

By the end of the day I was feeling a bit shaky and dizzy.
I quickly raced home to get my bike and get changed to meet up with the team for our bike ride. Was still feeling light headed and shaky.
I ended up getting stuck in sooooooooooo much traffic. I was late about 10 minutes.
I thought for sure I was not going to see anyone, thought they would have gone for their bike ride.
Luckily everyone was still in the parking lot :-)

Susie had us doing some warm ups before we took off on our bikes. Running felt so odd, was not feeling up to it at all but, I did it :-)
We got on our bikes... cameras rolling (really?!?!?!!!)
I was fine riding through the neighbourhood...
Not sure where things went wrong. Next thing I knew I was on the ground. I think I was told to ride fast and lift the front end of my bike (while I'm still on it) to go up the curb, perhaps it was called "bumping?"
Everyone was soooooooooooooo kind, asking if I was "okay?"
I was embarrassed and even more shaky then before. I felt very emotional on the inside.
I told everyone "I was fine, no problem." In my head I was thinking "please leave, so that I could ride back to my car and drive away crying".
I tried getting back on my bike, but I couldn't peddle, tried again, still wouldn't go.
I looked down and noticed the chain fell off.
Now, I REALLY wanted to give up, then Shane came to the rescue.
He asked things were okay, I said "no, my chain fell off." He put his bike down and took over. He was really, really great. Honestly, it was perfect timing. I almost started crying because his timing was so perfect, I needed a helping hand and he was there to offer it.
A HUGE THANK YOU TO SHANE!!!
I could have given up but because a teammate stopped what they were doing to help out, it ment the world to me.
Keri also had her chain come off, Shane helped her out. Poor Keri took a major fall while going up a dirt hill... I was really getting spooked now.
I was terrified of either myself or one of my teammates taking a horrific fall.
I was not giving it my all tonight, felt like I was holding back.
The terrain we encountered tonight was something I was not used to on a bike. Trail "running" no problemo BUT, trail "biking" I'm nervous.
Mind you I enjoyed the racing against one another, that was fun!!!

Shannon did amazing going up the hills, she got free running shoes as a reward... you go girl!!!
We got wet too... not by choice.
Poor Neil, I think he twisted or landed on his thumb the wrong way and he was in a lot of pain. Get this he was trying to carry his bike across the river and back.
WHY you might ask??? I don't know... ask S. Brown.

On our way back to our cars, Tracey was a huge help. I still had a hard time "bumping" my bike up and over the many curbs, she waited for me so that I wasn't left behind. Thank you Tracey :-) XOXOXO
After the three hour tour we returned to our bikes. We all ended up getting amazing heart monitors... THANKS!!!
Everyone did an amazing job tonight!!!

I'm still feeling a bit dizzy and shaky as I write this. I just wanted to write because it seems to help when I write things down.
Also, I wanted to thank Neil, Shane, Matt, and I'm sorry (I forget her name, who has done races before), Susie and all the wonderful ladies who help make this team GREAT, couldn't have done it without you all.
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

Good night...