Spring has officially begun. I really don't know what happened to January, February and now half of March! It is just a blur of school, stress, fund raising, bikes and then the relief of spring break (followed by more stress!).
The weather has been amazing in Chapel Hill though! I had a weekend full of B&B preparation. On Saturday I volunteered with Orange County Habitat for Humanity, and yesterday I did my first ride on my new Giant Avail 1. I did 43 miles with Team CBC (http://www.teamcbc.com) accompanied by both of my parents on their tandem. It was great! My new bike is not only a beautiful tangerine color, but more importantly it fits perfectly and rides really well! I definitely understand why B&B suggested I get a new bike and not attempt my trek across the country on my entry level Fuji (which is a great bike for riding around town, but not built for something as extreme as B&B). The gears on the Giant switch so easily, and I think I gained a lot of speed on this bike too. I'm hoping some of that is due to getting into better shape, but I'm sure a lot of it has to do with riding a better bike as well. I'm still slow, but its nice to be making noticeable progress.
photo from bokoobikes.com
I'm still waiting to receive my bike shoes in the mail from performance bikes (they didn't have my size in stock). Hopefully they will come sometime this week and I can try them out in cycle class on a stationary bike before I ride this weekend. I'm pretty nervous about using the clipless pedals and falling off the bike (appearantely everyone does).
Goals Update:
Fund Raised: $2,330 /$4,000
Miles Biked: 317 /800
Sweat Equity Hours Completed: 4 /8
The SUS group leaders have organized a "Training Challenge" for miles biked before we leave on May 27th. They have uped our required 500 training miles to a desires 781.25 miles (a group total of 25,000 miles). I'm not that competitive of a person, but I certainately don't want to let my subgroup (South SUS) down! So, I've upped my goal to 800 miles, a nice round number.
A goal like this is key to my success over the summer, and I know that if I plan around it that I can do it! I have 483 miles left and 65 days to complete them. Within that I have 9 weekends available to do longer rides like I did yesterday, and I commute by bicycle to and from school so that should help too!
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