About 6 years ago I did my 1st Sprint triathlon in McCall, ID: .47 mile swim, 12 mile bike ride, and a 5K run. I didn't own a road bike, so I rented one.
I was in the 1st group of people to get into the water and was the 2nd to last person out of the water. I was toasted for the bike and the run. Triathlons did not become my event of choice, but I loved the biking part! In retrospect, it may have been because the swim and the run were so hard, but I still ended up infatuated with road biking.
So much so that I asked friends on Facebook if anyone had a road bike to sell. Voila! My friends from church not only had a bike available, they gave it to me!
This is my very own Bianchi road bike.
Which sat in my shed for 4 years after I got it.
Then the day came last summer when I wanted to go on a ride. I pulled it out. The tires were flat. I didn't have a pump so I started walking it to the M & W Market, which has free air. My neighbor saw me, inflated my tires and offered to help me in the future if I had bike problems. It was such a little thing but I felt looked after, and his kindness touched my heart.
I went for an hour bike ride and covered 12 miles. I can't believe how fast you can go on a bike! After all these years of running, to be able to go 12 miles in an hour is amazing.
This week I've gone on 3 rides and I can't stop! I think about where I'm gonna ride after work. I want to go after dinner; I want to go when I feel sad; I want to go to be in the sun. I just want to go ride.
So thank you, friends from church, for setting me up for my new obsession: bikes.
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