Round the Island

I've always wanted to cycle around the island. Well now I can say that I've done it. A 30+ mile ride didn't seem so bad until the backside of the island -- which was one grueling hill after another and the heat was a killer. I had to get off my bike three times! My legs were in such protest. I got heckled by a construction truck loaded with local guys just laughing at me puffing up the hill with my bike at my side - then to add to that, my friend Kirk came running back to help RUN my bike back up the hill. He did all of this with a mountain bike and I was on a road bike. And our friend David (who owns the gym) took the ride as if it was a warm up to the real event. Both of them took such good care of me though. As tired as I felt immediately after the ride, I love having new notch marks for things I've want to do in life post-40!