Progress of a different sort

binary_jester
binary_jester Posts: 3,311 Member
edited September 2024 in Success Stories
When I buckled down and started to take exercising seriously, I didn't want to just lift. I used to mountain bike ride often. I have a good bike and decided to start using it. One of the great trails around here is called Lebanon Hills. The loop is roughly 9 miles. First attempt took me 2 hours and I skipped all the more difficult obstacles. Today I shaved 30 minutes off my ride and rode every obstacle in my way. My cardio has slipped a little, but this is still a great time for me. Plus I took shots of my ride.

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Not exactly I have lost 10 pounds...but I am pretty stoked.

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  • cdsledge09
    cdsledge09 Posts: 167 Member
    Sounds great. :bigsmile: I have also started peddling and I am adding distance everytime I ride. I am slow, but I enjoy the ride and I try to take time off of each trip. Hang in there and all of your hard work will pay off in a big way!! :drinker:
  • binary_jester
    binary_jester Posts: 3,311 Member
    Sounds great. :bigsmile: I have also started peddling and I am adding distance everytime I ride. I am slow, but I enjoy the ride and I try to take time off of each trip. Hang in there and all of your hard work will pay off in a big way!! :drinker:
    You deserve more credit than I do. I mt bike because I don't have to listen to my legs bark. I am concentrating on NOT flipping over my handlebars.
  • StuAblett
    StuAblett Posts: 1,141 Member
    That looks great, I miss off road riding, but stuck in Tokyo that is not going to happen much :bigsmile:

    What kind of bike you you have?

    Great work on reducing you time, your fitness certainly has improved!

    Cheers!
  • binary_jester
    binary_jester Posts: 3,311 Member
    That looks great, I miss off road riding, but stuck in Tokyo that is not going to happen much :bigsmile:

    What kind of bike you you have?

    Great work on reducing you time, your fitness certainly has improved!

    Cheers!
    Thanks! I try and ride at least 2 times a week before winter sets in. Here is my bike

    http://www.fisherbikes.com/images/fisherbikes/bikes/2004/1600x1200/marlin_b.jpg
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Great job!

    I walk a trail here at a local park that's like that. It has very steep inclines and tree roots and all sorts of stuff like that, plus it's narrow and one wrong move would send a person pretty much down the side of a mountain. (Well, not exactly a mountain, but you get the idea.)

    I see people biking on it and I'm always so nervous that they're going to die. lol
  • hill242
    hill242 Posts: 412 Member
    That is great to hear from a fellow mountain biker. I ride a Fisher, too! It's a 29er.
  • binary_jester
    binary_jester Posts: 3,311 Member
    @rml_16 That's why I love mt bike riding. I am so spooked about running into a tree or going over a cliff I don't care about how much my legs ache.

    @hill242 How do you like the 29er? There is a lot of back and forth to the benefits.
  • hill242
    hill242 Posts: 412 Member
    I love the 29ers capabilities. It's also full suspension so the roots and bumps that used to bother me are no longer much of an issue. I really feel like it can ride over just about anything and that I'm limited by my own mental blocks.

    The negative is the weight. It's a stocky bike. I can't complain too much as I actually won it in a raffle in 2009.

    Here's the archive page: http://fisherbikes.com/bike/archivemodel/269
  • binary_jester
    binary_jester Posts: 3,311 Member
    I love the 29ers capabilities. It's also full suspension so the roots and bumps that used to bother me are no longer much of an issue. I really feel like it can ride over just about anything and that I'm limited by my own mental blocks.

    The negative is the weight. It's a stocky bike. I can't complain too much as I actually won it in a raffle in 2009.

    Here's the archive page: http://fisherbikes.com/bike/archivemodel/269
    I didn't need to see that. I am jealous now.
  • skywalker
    skywalker Posts: 1,533
    I'm jealous too! I'm currently without a mtn bike. Sold it about a year ago and have missed it ever since. It was a Trek. Not a high end model, but I had a blast on it. I currently have my eye on a Specialized Stumpjumper, hardtail, 29er. Saving my pennies. Until then I do love my roadie (Cannondale Optimo).
    Cool trail, btw. where is that? Happy pedaling!!! :drinker:
  • binary_jester
    binary_jester Posts: 3,311 Member
    I'm jealous too! I'm currently without a mtn bike. Sold it about a year ago and have missed it ever since. It was a Trek. Not a high end model, but I had a blast on it. I currently have my eye on a Specialized Stumpjumper, hardtail, 29er. Saving my pennies. Until then I do love my roadie (Cannondale Optimo).
    Cool trail, btw. where is that? Happy pedaling!!! :drinker:
    It is called Lebanon Hills in Eagan MN. There is a group that goes in and sets up trails. They label them like ski runs. LOL Every time I hit that log jam, my stomach jumps in my throat.
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