Woohoo 10 miles!

In some very exciting news, I rode 10 miles on Saturday. There were some stops along the way, but I did it. And, my legs did not feel like they were going to fall off on Sunday. Which is almost as awesome. Story is, Nikki, Lisa, and I were building with Habitat on Saturday (well, Lisa was building and Nikki and I were moving dirt). I told Nikki I want to try the Hawthorne Trail later that say. Nikki was down for it, we told Lisa about it and she was down, and that's how it happened. Except, Lisa is already badass and had ridden to the build that morning and then rode to the trailhead. Nikki and I drove home, got our bikes, and drove to the trailhead. We did ten miles, hills and all (Florida hills, remember) and saw some wildlife. The trail is beautiful. If anyone is on Facebook, you can look at my pictures and see some of it.

The highlight of the trip may have been the epic fitting three people and three bikes into one Mustang. We had a two bike rack on the trunk, but my bike got disassembled and put into the trunk, which required the back seats be laid down. Which required Nikki to sit on Lisa's lap in the front seat. It was hysterical. It probably would have been faster for Lisa just to bike home, but she had already ridden like 25 miles that day, which is still just crazy to me. I can't wait for the day when I'm like, 25 miles, whatever. I can do that plus 75 more. That day is not here yet, and will probably not be here for another couple of months, though.

I did ride last Tuesday also (just 4 miles because it was already dark and I don't have lights on my bike yet), and will probably ride tomorrow morning before work. Unfortunately, grad school applications are taking up a lot of time and so I haven't been as dedicated to this as I want to be. I plan on starting my letter writing campaign for fundraising this week (although once again, grad school apps are calling my name tonight). I'm also posting a story about Bike and Build in my company's quarterly newsletter in an effort to raise awareness (and hopefully money).

I think that's all the news for now. Oh, I learned how to shift gears on the Peugeot without crashing on Saturday. That's a big plus. Now I won't die when trying to ride my bike around Gainesville. Yay!