Shiny New Road Bike!

I haven't ridden a bike by myself in years. I tried a couple years ago and failed. Miserably. We have a tandem, so I ride that with Leif, but I don't have to do much other than pedal. It's great for family outings, but if I want to ride by myself or with Eliana, well, I'm out of luck. 

As I'm working toward my goal of running a 5K in June, I have another goal in mind for further down the road: to do my first triathlon. In order to do that, though, I need to be able to ride a bike. In order to ride a bike, I kind of need one. 

So... we went to REI looking for a bike for me. After test riding a few, here's what we settled on...

It's a Scott Contessa road bike. I was really impressed with how comfortable on it I was, even though I shouldn't be. That is, I am surprised I could even ride the "comfort" bikes that were designed for stability, much less this one that is designed for speed. It's a good bike. And we got an AMAZING deal on it, so even better! I really like it. I even rode it home from the store!

I can now ride Eliana to school in the mornings and pick her up, instead of having Leif ride with her. I can also run errands over to Rosauers, etc. on the bike instead of in the car. I'm excited!

What I'm even more excited about is that I got 6 miles of riding in today and that was AFTER a day of skiing! That qualifies as EXERCISE... AND family time!! 

I stepped out of my comfort zone today, and it feels great! I decided not to be scared while skiing, and even  went down a blue run. =D LOL! Once upon a time a blue run was not unusual, but that was before I had Eliana! I am excited to get back into skiing, even if today was my last day of the season. I stepped out of my comfort zone and test rode bikes, something I was especially afraid to do. But, as I tell Eliana, the best way to get over being afraid of something is to do it. So I did it. And I found a bike I really like, and I rode it 3 miles home! And I'm not scared of bike riding any more. Woohoo!