Tried de Trykes

Ty and I signed up to ride our bikes in Tour de Trykes. I had been fretting over which route to choose - the 2-mile family fun ride or the 10-mile ride (they also had routes up to 100 miles). I knew I could do 2 miles, but 10 miles scared me, so we signed up for 10. How am I going to become a new me if I don't push beyond my current me, right?

First we rode our bikes downtown. Then on the ride itself, after 2.5 miles I was done and we turned around. This is mostly because I'm not in shape for this and I also don't know when to shift the gears on my bike. Riding east of downtown Enid, there are actually hills. You notice these hills a lot more on a bike. I knew to go to 7th gear going down the hills, but stayed in 7th gear going up the hills. That about killed me. So at 30th street I was done.

Lexy was riding on the back of Ty's bike and they were getting video of the riders. When they stopped to get some video, they ended up way behind and would never be able to catch up. Next year the video crew is borrowing a convertible.

So we rode back downtown together and got our goodie bags and t-shirts. After a bit I rode on home... and you BET I'm going to count the distance from our house to 30th and back! So I actually rode 7.75 miles.

I think I could have made it further if I weren't a dumb butt on those hills. But I TRIED and I rode 7.75 miles further than those who didn't.