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I AM SO JEALOUS!!!!!!!!!!!

My WOW group went out today too. The GF did 32 miles! Everyone is riding but not MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

I've spent the morning with my daughter and a neighbor's 9 y/o girl who just bicker constently. Now it's my turn to whineeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

I did get in the pool for a good hour and a half, so I'm not a complete slug, but I wanna ride toooooooooooo.

Deanna-

I think you need to take a coffee can and decorate it with $$$ and gas and put in on your boat like a tip jar. Maybe then people would get a hint...Can I come? I'll put $20 bucks toward gas! I love tubing!!!

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IS just awesome!!! I find myself checking it so many times....LOL

JC...50 miles...pretty impressive. I bet when you were at your highest weight, you never dreamed you would be doing that? Heck, every day I can't believe I went so long being un-active...how boring??? Juli, I know what you mean, the bike seems to just call out for us.

Deanna...isnt gas just awful?? What does it run where you are at?? We are at $3.09 a gallon again here...wish I could bike too work.

I love to be in the water....I would loved to have jumped in after last nights ride. It is hot and humid here and the Water would of been great.

Well, have a good day

Traci

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$3.09? Boy am I jealous. We just shot back up to $3.35 for the cheap stuff. I can't wait to get a new car with better mileage. I am going to miss being able to drop my seats and throw the bike in the back though.

I can't wait to be able to do 50 miles.

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Juli, I'm such a slacker, I don't think I have the strength to go jogging this afternoon.

Deanna, Water skiing and tubing behind a peddleboat? SWEET!!!

Traci, you are right, but right now I feel spent! Last weekend I rode by myself and felt good enough to go jogging. I feel guilty that I don't think I can jog tonight.

JC

JC

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BG, I can't describe the rush I get when I pour 5- 10 gallons of cooking oil in my tank and drive with it. Kinda makes you hungry in heavy traffic though.

JC

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Deanna, yea I guess we are lucky. One of our auto's is a Tundra, and well lets just say it gets pretty pricey filling it up..LOL We have a small kia spectra now that we got to replace our camry after my daughters wreck, and it is getting around 38 miles to a gallon...pretty impressive...just not my camry!!!!

Jc....even you need a break......")

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Well I went out for a few miles earlier with my Dad riding on my Moms new comfort bike. Wow does that bike feel weird compared to riding mine.

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I had a comfort bike until I got my hybrid, and have rode the comfort bike a few times since, and u are right BIG difference.

I cant wait to get my new one next week. We are going camping all next weekend, planning on using it there, hope it is what I excpected...

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Babygirl and Hoosier

Check this out.

It's the end of September. I'm shooting for the 62 by then. If not 50 will do. Maybe you too?

Hoosier what part of Indiana are you in, east, west, north or south?

Oh.......and I love this thread too. You all rock my little LBT world!

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Juli I would definitely do the 50 with you. 62 seems a bit too far off for me by then. DO we have to know ahead of time what we are riding or decided the day of?

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Hey guys..

I actually picked up the brochure, and it is about 5 hours from my house....which is DOABLE!!!!!!

I would be in for the 50....we can do it in 2 days correct???

I am riding in a 21 mile ride on the 5th of August, and that will tell me for sure what I can do. But if I am going that far, I will be doing the 50!!!!

I think I can build myself up to that by than....

I just love it...

I rode our normal route tonight(our evening route) and did 6 miles in 35 min. Pulled several hills, and only walked half of one, and than I got back on my bike and rode the rest of the way....

I was so excited. I had not wanted to go..it had been SO hot...but it had cooled down, and am SO glad I went...

I am in the central/southern Part of Indiana...about 45 min south of Bloomington. They opened up a new casino about 10 miles from me at a historic older town. Larry Bird is from there, French Lick, In.

I work at a Naval base (Crane) for the Navy as a contractor.

I will keep you posted, but I think I will see if we can work something out for September. O, Wonder if we can camp there???

Thanks everyone....

Traci

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Juli, Traci, BG, JC!!!!! You are all making me jealous!!!

50 freakin miles???? Holy cow!!!! I can't wait to get a road bike and do that. I don't think a hybrid is really all about doing 50 miles. It IS comfortable, but the seat starts to bother me around 12 miles...and then goes downhill from there.

Juli, you can come tubing anytime and I wouldn't even charge you!!!! But I think you are right about the coffee can. I would love to see the looks on their faces if I pulled that out!!!!!

I have a Pontiac Bonneville and it uses the premium gas so I am paying about $3.32 or so, depending on the day it seems, for my car. It gets around 30mpg on the freeway, in town about 19-22. The truck however is not the best on gas!!! Oh, and we did ended up just going swimming at the lake because we went to leave and the tranny was leaking....oh well, but we had already bought the gas for the boat.....arrrrgggg!!!!!!

Now on to the bad news. I think I pulled something in my shoulder this morning while riding. It is hurts sooooo bad and then down into my side like around my ribs. God, I guess I have felt like I was invinsible since I was weight training and biking so I thought I could not get hurt, so this shows me that I can and probably WILL get hurt still at times. Now, I am just up and putting heating pad on it in the middle of the night trying to get some relief. It hurts really bad to lay on my back!!! Okay biker buddies, I am going to try to get some rest, I don't think I can handle NOT riding tomorrow, but I guess we will see if the pain is gone. This must be how you felt Juli!!!!!

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Deanna, sorry to hear about your shoulder. I have started taking glucosamine chondroitin chewables to assist in joint health as I pound the hell out of my body. I have been reading however, that a glucosamine only supplement is better.

JC

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Deanna, you poor thing! I'm so sorry you're hurting. Our bodies will tell us when it's time to slow down. Maybe yours is telling you to rest a day or two.

BG and Hoosier-You all can camp...my ass is going to be sleeping in a bed in a hotel. We'll meet you at Breakfast time in the firehouse. You decide in the morning how far you'll ride. So don't fret. But you do need to register before hand.

Swaaaaweet.

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