I have trouble with awkward ceremonies, I've realized. I never know who to sit with. And wheel-dipping day applied. But yes, I dipped my back tire (very, very carefully) into the Atlantic Ocean and then biked off for my longest ride ever (at that time) of 51 miles. Asthma got in the way (and continued to for at least another week until a new prescription was filled and the full extent of my alveoli were put to use) and I got pretty frustrated, and then I fell at a stop light (due to clipless petals, once again) and finally found my niche with (Mom will love this) Alana, Cory, Mary, and probably a few others that I don't remember (I am writing this 2 weeks later). And we complained about how we didn't train and everyone's going to fast, and hence we all bonded and had a marvelous time. But then, about 4 miles from lunch, we had a pile-up. Lois, Mary, me, and Alana (in that order, hence the poor grammar) were biking pretty close and when Lois stopped suddenly, we all ran into each other. Two wheels were destroyed (Lois's and Mary's) and two were out of true--aka wobbly, which is not good and makes it difficult to ride and is bad for the bike--mine and Alana's. So the van picked up Lois and Mary and Alana and I huffed it back to lunch where we enjoyed our first experience of mixing and matching different middlings our our sandwiches. What has been used so far: peanut butter, jelly, honey, chex mix, trail mix, cheerios, apples, graham crackers, frosting, nutella, chips, and more. After that I first realized the pain of exercising on a full stomach, and finally about a week and a half later I decided to nix lunch and eat protein/carb bars throughout the day so that I have a steady flow of energy and no stomach pains that require me to stretch every few minutes the first 7 miles out of lunch. It's marvelous, although I really do miss the sandwiches.
Finally we completed our ride and were EXTREMELY proud of ourselves. We went to the library and suck out the internet (my addiction, since that time, has been broken, so I apologize for the lack of emails), then got dinner at a coffee place and a second dinner at a pub, had a huge group gathering to watch The Office season finale (not that funny, but huge plot twists) and then went to bed excited about the coming summer.
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