With just over 2 weeks till we fly out for our big adventure, I have really hit my straps with this riding thing (or at least I am doing MUCH better than I have).
My aim this week is to ride EVERY day and so far I am sticking to it! I have ridden 90km in 3 days which is SOOO much more than I have done leading up to this point.
Getting on the bike every day has certainly challenged me in a load of ways. I have dragged the bike trainer inside so I can keep one eye on the children and throw a movie on the TV to keep riding, long past my comfort zone. 33km, 28km and yesterday 30km... if I can keep this up for the week, next week I plan to up that to a bit more each day!
Last minute preparations are in order and I have started penning notes for Adam to read to the kids each day I am away (H.A.R.D but kind of fun too)... Oscar has started counting down the sleeps which makes it VERY hard to stay focused... poor little man gets this look on his face when he tells me how many sleeps :( But I have told them I am going to buy them a little gift for every day I am away, so the frown the sentence starts with soon turns to a grin when he remembers that's 14 presents!!!!
My anxiety levels are still VERY high, but with my concentration now pretty much solely on making sure I ride every day for a substantial amount I am thinking about it less and less (although of course it never leaves me that in a few weeks I will not see these little angels and my husband - he's okay too - for 2 weeks).
I haven't been able to source the RABIES vaccine so please if your reading this, encourage the universe to keep rabid dogs and monkey's away from our group... I think I mentioned in my last post that it would be just my luck that a monkey would try to hitch a ride being I will most definetly be at the back of the pack... so good vibes universe - keep the monkeys and dogs AWAY if you can!!!!! I think I am the only stress head even worrying about this sort of thing, but hey someone has to be the weird one, it may as well be me :)
My team is full of some amazing women who have been smashing this riding thing each and every week all year, I just hope I can keep within eye sight of them.. that is my goal! And of course, maybe enjoy a RHONDA moment or two post rides!
TICK TOCK TICK TOCK TICK TOCK!
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