Isn't it funny that we can forget how much fun it is to ride a bike?
I had certainly forgotten. Before we signed up for Climate Ride, the last times I had ridden a bike were to get to the MARC station for my commute. Riding uphill at 6 a.m. on your way to work tends to make you focus on things other than the sheer joy of riding.
Once we started training, I remembered -- bike riding is awesome! You go fast! You see interesting things! You get exercise!
My mother came to visit toward the end of March. She agreed to go on a training ride with me and Ray, asking only that I not go too fast.
Well, I was pulling Ray in the trailer, and my mother could have left us in the dust. I won't tell you how old she is, but I am almost 39 and she is 28 years older than I am.
After she went home, she and my Dad realized that they had separately become re-interested in biking. A few weeks and some dollars later, my parents own two new bikes and have done two different rides of 10+ miles.
The bike bug is contagious!
One of the coolest things about Jamie and I deciding to take on this challenge is that we are now equipped for family bike rides. Without Climate Ride as an incentive, we would never have spent the money on a second bike and a trailer, but since we did, we have been having a blast on rides with the kids. Now my parents are biking and getting exercise together in their sixties.
This experience is a gift that will continue to pay off far into the future. Now that it is spring, I have started thinking about which errands I could safely run with Ray in the trailer. This time, my case of the bike bug might be chronic!
Although our training has shown more rewards than we could have ever hoped, we very badly want to go on the actual Climate Ride! And to do that, we need to raise more money. Today is Earth Day -- if you haven't already done anything for the planet, can you donate $5 or $10 to help us AND the planet? Links are http://climateride.donordrive.com/participant/amybritt and http://climateride.donordrive.com/participant/jamiebritt.
Happy cycling!
I had certainly forgotten. Before we signed up for Climate Ride, the last times I had ridden a bike were to get to the MARC station for my commute. Riding uphill at 6 a.m. on your way to work tends to make you focus on things other than the sheer joy of riding.
Once we started training, I remembered -- bike riding is awesome! You go fast! You see interesting things! You get exercise!
My mother came to visit toward the end of March. She agreed to go on a training ride with me and Ray, asking only that I not go too fast.
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| My mother, flying down the Odenton trails. |
After she went home, she and my Dad realized that they had separately become re-interested in biking. A few weeks and some dollars later, my parents own two new bikes and have done two different rides of 10+ miles.
The bike bug is contagious!
One of the coolest things about Jamie and I deciding to take on this challenge is that we are now equipped for family bike rides. Without Climate Ride as an incentive, we would never have spent the money on a second bike and a trailer, but since we did, we have been having a blast on rides with the kids. Now my parents are biking and getting exercise together in their sixties.
This experience is a gift that will continue to pay off far into the future. Now that it is spring, I have started thinking about which errands I could safely run with Ray in the trailer. This time, my case of the bike bug might be chronic!
Although our training has shown more rewards than we could have ever hoped, we very badly want to go on the actual Climate Ride! And to do that, we need to raise more money. Today is Earth Day -- if you haven't already done anything for the planet, can you donate $5 or $10 to help us AND the planet? Links are http://climateride.donordrive.com/participant/amybritt and http://climateride.donordrive.com/participant/jamiebritt.
Happy cycling!
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