So today I experienced one of the coolest races!!!! I did an all women bike race. It was the Rockwell Relay and I did it with three new friends. The relay went from Snowbasin to Provo. In May a gal I worked with asked me if I wanted to do a bike race. I have a hard time telling people no, so I decided to do it since I needed to get out on my bike and all. Well, the race came and I hadn't trained one day on my bike in the past year. I was nervous. When my leg started I hopped on my bike and I was shaking. I NEVER get nervous like that for running races but for some reason I was going to die. My tendon was swollen and hurting for some reason and I was scared that I was going to injure the poor foot even more. I rode on. The start of my uphill leg which was 21 miles and the 1,067 feet of climbing was actually going ok. I treated this like I was in a spin class and I was just warming up. I rode from Morgan past East Canyon Lake up and into the next valley. I ran this leg during the Ragnar last year so I knew what was coming. I climbed, and climbed and climbed! Out of nowhere the BIGGEST STEEPEST hill was in sight. "Crap," I said to myself, " I really don't want to get off and walk that beast." I put my hills forward and started digging. I started singing the ABC's very slowly to get my mind off of the situation. It hurt, I climbed, and I made it to the top after I went through the ABC's three times. I went down a little hill and started another. After the hills I sailed into town. AMAZING!!!! My second leg went from Midway down Provo Canyon. I actually didn't like this leg as much because of the crazy traffic. I was frightened and held my brakes most of the way down. I rode around 45 miles. Not much, but that was the furthest I've rode and it was super fun and not as hard as I thought it would be. It took our team of four to complete the race in 11 hours and 30 minutes. And my tendon actually felt better.
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