July Update

I am an awful blogger. I apologize, and promise to do better.  A lot has happened since February, and there are a lot of reasons I haven't written.  Mostly excuses, so I will spare you.

First things first, my Bicyclists of Central Kansas Facebook group exploded this year.  With the help of a good friend John Radenberg, we managed to set up a local challenge for the National Bike Challenge.  With that came official t-shirts with a sponsorship from a local company and then it just took off.  We currently have over sixty people on our Facebook page and 59 active riders in our local NBC challenge.  We've made new cycling friends and increased our knowledge base.  We also made a new connection with the local Bike shop that will help us out next year.  With all this, I'm hoping that my women's bicycling group will grow.  We've had two events, both very small but it's a start!  We did tie dye t-shirts with the This Girl Can logo on it and then we had a small ride in Great Bend.  I need to get organized and do more like this, it will only grow if I continue to work at it.

On to my personal riding.  I'm still having issues with my saddle, and it makes me sad.  They are not as severe as last year, but I also haven't been putting in the miles.  I didn't do Kandango like I'd hoped, because I'm still trying to figure this out.  I have ordered another saddle with hope that the high reviews are in my favor.  As for motivation, I will say the hardest part is leaving my house.  Once I get going, even if it's hard, generally it puts me in a much better mood.  In two years, I've ridden over 2,500 miles according to Endomondo. I'm not sure that I would have made it through my turbulent family issues if it wasn't for my new lifestyle. Currently, I'm enjoying doing coffee shop runs with Rhi, which results in a pretty easy 20 mile ride.

I just learned about a Women's Riding Festival in Boulder County Colorado in August.  I'm curious about it, and hope to talk somebody into coming with me.  If I can get this saddle issue dealt with, I really would like to try a century someday.

I will try and do better with blogging.  I need to write for myself, regardless of if anyone actually reads this or not, I think it's therapeutic.

Links of Interest

http://bicyclistsofcentralkansas.weebly.com/

Women's Riding Festival