Greetings from Chilliwack!First off, a quick introduction. On your left, it's the Bartel girls sporting their matching outfits and on the right (just below) is Tina and I sporting our hardcore rain gear (and her fancy 'mushroom' shaped helmut). Now that we've all purchased our first pairs of biker shorts, we figured that we're ready to bust this thing out. This weekend being Mikki's 2nd official ride, we opted for an easy ride from Hemlock
to Golden Ears, 45miles along the river with a small, yet efficient care team waiting in a campsite at the other end. After our two day adventure we have the following training suggestions for the rest of the team.Training Suggestion #1: ALWAYS research your rides to determine how challenging they are. Hills do make a difference. Especially when the steepest ones are in the last 15miles!
Training Suggestion #2: A care team is a MUST. Preferably one that sets up tents and starts fires prior to your arrival. (Thanks to our cousins Matt and Brandy!)
Training Suggestion #3: Don't forget a rain jacket, even when the weather man promises sunshine.
Training Suggestion #4: If' you're biking up a seemingly never ending hill, it helps to cry (or curse) depending on your mood.
Training Suggestion #5: If you're calculations of the trip distance suddenly appear to be wrong and you have an extra 10miles of uphill and gravel road ahead of you, there is no shame in calling your care team and having them come pick you up... heck... that's what cars are for!
(yeh, we know we can't do this on the STP... )
Hope training is going well for everyone!
3 comments:
HA! That's hilarious!
what do you mean? you can totally do that on the STP, that's what the support team is for! and, like you said, cooking and finding a camp site...thanks support team!
Great entry Suzanne. Congrats on the training ride!
I was glad Matt & I could help out and be your 'care team'!!! Any time.
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