6/25/16
Today I rode a loop from home out through Ridgefield and back toward
Battle Ground to a camp ground 7.5 miles North of Battle Ground. I am in my tent now typing this, but I have
no internet service so I will have to blog it tomorrow when I get home.
It was a good ride, 23 miles.
This ride was mostly to see how my bike and my gear performed. Everything went well. It is definitely more difficult peddling my
bike with 50 pounds of gear, food, and water.
Water is so heavy! Oh that
reminds me I think I’m going to name my bike The Space Unicorn! It’s fun and my 3rd graders will
love that name (most of them). Anyway,
here I sit in my tent pretty tired from riding.
I’m thinking about the fact that today’s ride was only 23 miles and I
had planned on averaging 40 miles each day on my trip. I know it will take some time before I get
used to riding longer distances, so I keep reminding myself that I will just
take my time, enjoy the ride and the scenery, and not worry about being in a
hurry.
Over the years I have realized that I am super competitive, with
myself. This can be a good motivator,
but it can also push me to set the bar a little too high sometimes. Like getting perfect grades all through
college. That just put a ton of pressure
on myself that I didn’t need. No one put
that pressure on but me. I did it to
myself. So one of things I will do on
this trip is practice putting less pressure on myself. I will try to live in
the moment and enjoy it for what it is.
To my 3rd graders…I think we will all be able to learn some
valuable lessons from this bike ride coming up starting tomorrow! I’m so excited to share this with you!
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