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It is funny, Colin and I had a conversation yesterday about when I got the first bike and we went riding in Liberty State Park.  I started out in the same boat you are in.  I was dying trying to get any mileage in.  One of the most entertaining things is seeing the progress come on.  Just a little bit longer each ride and you will be surprising yourself soon.

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Mike, good job on starting to ride! Keep on keeping on, you'll be surprised how quick you improve in little time.

54 miles yesterday plus a metric century today. I am beat but overall a good weekend for me. I'm really enjoying the Sunday group I ride with, not too big to be annoying and too mentally exhausting but big enough to not have to pull a lot. Plus just the right amount of testosterone intervals to keep me happy :)

And the best part is the Sunday group rolls out at 8am, none of this 7am rollout bullshit.

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I am jealous of you guys.

 

Since buying my Trek bike I've been making it a point to ride at least once every day. I am so overweight and out of shape that so far I have been limiting rides to 10-15 minutes in my local neighborhood. I try and stretch it a little bit more with each ride. I want to get my legs and breath back and am working slowly at getting there. At the end of each ride my legs feel like rubber, but I feel good when I finish. I'm keeping a positive attitude and making sure I get out there every day.

 

I will post sparingly here but will continue to follow the thread for inspiration. 

 

Keep up the good work!

In a few months it will get easier, you will want your distance to increase.

Weight loss will come quickly if one counts calories and limits the libations!

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Nice work all. I should have ridden today but I was entirely sapped from this week at work so I didn't make it out. Not going to make it out tomorrow either because my wife leaves around 10am for San Diego for a conference. I'm looking forward to having mornings with the boys though.

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Ben, very impressive!  I'm so freaking slow going up even small bridges, panting the whole time, it's embarrassing.

 

Nice to see most of you getting out this weekend.  I got in 40 yesterday.  I met my friends at 6:30 this morning to do a metric, but wasn't feeling right, so went home before starting.  Glad I did.  It's nasty hot and humid here right now.  I'm still a bit woozy, so don't think that would've worked out too well.

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Image of the web page (kinda long, so not embedded) http://i.imgur.com/YmoJJuX.png

 

Garmin Connect link: http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/526489135

 

Really fun ride for the most part, other than not being geared for the rain. Ironically I had a rain shell at the beginning, but dropped it off at aid station 2 because it had warmed up and felt good enough that I figured I could ride in the wet without issue. I figured wrong.

 

Short clip of the delightful rain:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra2cOyI078g

 

Gravel road vid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-hPisiyw2Y

 

Riding on gravel is noisy...so turn down your volume for that video. It's also a bit long (13min) since it's the full uncut footage, the fun descent lasts till the 4min mark or so, after that it's a lot of side to side camera action from the angling of the bike to slog up the long climb.

 

And a pic of me going up one of the hills :P

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