Little Miss Runner Pants: an upbeat sandwich.

above image... stunningly handsome, makes the girls weak at the knees blonde biker boy's elevation chart which i mooched to show the horrid hills. see?! kansas is NOT as flat as you think it is!

and the 24 mile marker would be where i turned around. biker boy did the full 100.

i know, right?! he's quite the over achiever.

i'm going to describe today's Lone Star ride in what i'd like to call, an upbeat sandwich.

i will start and end with something upbeat, and fill the middle with... ugly meat.

it goes something like this:

i rode 45 miles today!

the hills were never ending. the wind flipped us all the bird, and i got dropped with such frequency that i'm pretty sure i know how a yoyo must feel.

i rode 45 miles today!

and that, my friends, is an upbeat sandwich.

other than that, there's not a lot to tell. supported rides actually are pretty great. there was food and not overly disgusting port-o-johns at every stop, 45 miles really was just about the perfect distance, and.... outside of there being no tail wind, falling so behind i actually thought i was lost, and crawling so slowly up those last few hills that my only recourse was to laugh.....

it wasn't so bad.

that being said, i am ever so glad to be done!

Comments

Before I move, I swear I am going to mail you something for your upbeat sandwich.

Hanging head in despair.

Posted by: Shameful Susan | June 3, 2007 2:38 PM

You did it! Now read my ride report, soul sistah! It's okay to be out there alone - gives us time to think.

Posted by: 21stCenturyMom | June 3, 2007 4:34 PM

congratulations! i hope your can isn't too sore tomorrow.

Posted by: eddie | June 3, 2007 6:53 PM

wow, 45 miles? can you believe you've come so far? that's great. i haven't rode 45 miles in one ride yet this year!

oh, and i was taught that sandwich thing as a teaching method, but it was called a 'shit sandwich'...
i.e.--'you had a really great tone on this passage. let's work on the rhythm, but your musicality was awesome.'

shit is in the middle, so it's a shit sandwich. :)

Posted by: Curly Su | June 3, 2007 9:01 PM

Awesome. Keep on trucking.

Posted by: Greyhound | June 4, 2007 8:02 AM

You rode 45 miles! Awesome! And, you laughed at the hills. That's even better! Laughing beats crying - even if its laughing and crying. Way to go!

Posted by: Larissa | June 4, 2007 1:56 PM

Look how far you have come! You are conquering this bike thing. Congrats!

Posted by: Laurie | June 4, 2007 3:36 PM

Forty five actual real miles?!?

sorry, does not compute!

Posted by: jeanne | June 4, 2007 5:44 PM

Nice job on the 45! Crazy girl!