Last night I joined a weds night womens mtn biking group as a newbie to the whole mtn biking thing. Darin and I have done over 40 miles but 99% on roads or paved rec paths etc.. I ended up being one on one with a trainer that had been mtn biking for 8 yrs.. She was great about teaching me how to shift properly and what gear to be in and when to shift. Controlling breathing, how to climb hills correctly, always looking ahead to keep the steering more straight etc.. It was like I had my own trainer for free!
We rode 90 minutes of intensive ups and downs, like she said it was a hard work out for the body- interval training where heart rate is way high then comes down and then back and forth over the course of the 90 mins. She said she was impressed at my tenacity to keep trying to keep going. Flew thru and over tons of ruts, stones, large rocks, wooden bridges with no sides over marshes and swampy area etc..( thats more scary than it sounds).
Here is a pic I just had to take to show you what I accomplished!!
ok this is the huge gulley= came at it from the top down hill thru it- viv was amazing - told me at the top - calm your fears- always sit back not forward on this and look forward and visualize yourself on the other side and you will be- sur eenough I DID IT- and then she stopped by the rock/boulder closest to me so I did too she was mad as I could have made it all the way up this side closest to the bottom of the pic but man i was sure pumped!!!!!!!! you cant tell how much of a drop it is from this pic but in person wowsers! I am proud of myself for sure!!
Cant wait for next weds group:) BRING IT:) lol
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