Last Saturday I participated in my first bike race ever! It was the Legacy Tour on the Legacy Parkway before it was opened up to cars. I was scared to death. 888 people signed up to do the race and they were all packed in around me. I was so scared that I wouldn't be able to finish or that I would cause an accident. My goal was to ride the 20 miles in 1 hour and 15 minutes and I did it in exactly 1 hour and 15 minutes! I had so much fun riding. Once I hit the half way mark and was able to turn around I could see the people that were behind me. I could not stop smiling and I noticed that others were smiling back at me. That gave me the energy to keep going. I had so much fun while I was riding. In my division of women age 25-29 I came in 23rd place out of 54 women in my age group. Overall I came in 368th out of 888. Yeah! Not bad for my first race. I originally came in second because they had my birthday wrong so I was in the 15-19 year old group, but we had them fix that. Josh did really good. He came in 4th place in his age group and was only one second behind our brother in law Brady who took third. Sorry babe better luck next time. And overall he came in 36th out of the 888. Way to go babe! You are my motivation to keep trying. Thanks Shawnee and Brady for letting us know about this fun event. We will have to find another one to do again!
Just coming through the finish line!
6 comments:
good work Krissey! That is awesome! I am going to run a 5k in December...but woah that is a lot better!!! Good for you and Josh!
CONGRATS YOU TWO!! Don't you feel like a verteran now, Krissey???Thanks for celebrating Legacy Parkway. That road has seriously improved our commute down here!
you're amazing! i don't think i've ever even biked 20 miles in my entire life! haha! way to be such a trooper!
Krissey, nice job! Just thinking about racing makes my heart pound, what fun! And Josh, you gotta push it buddy, 4th place? tsk tsk. lol. j/k. You two are awesome bikers.
Hey!! Good to find your blog, we are friends of Josh's from school, Jed & Emily Stanger (formerly Emily Westergard). We found your blog through Jamie Jackson Bingham's blog. Fun that you were able to do a bike ride! We have a blog too, but it is private so send us your email and we can let you see it!!
EmilyStanger@hotmail.com
That's awesome you did that!! Good job to the both of you.
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