America's Most Beautiful Bike Ride

Training for and participating in America's Most Beautiful Bike Ride (AMBBR) was an integral part of my preparation plan for BBBRAA.  However due to the herniated disc that I suffered this spring my training was minimal at best and nonexistent at worse.  Tahoe is a difficult ride under ideal circumstances but without training, for most people it would be impossible.  And so it truly was a miracle that I completed 56 hard and hilly miles of AMBBR around Lake Tahoe on June 2, 2013 riding as part of Team in Training as volunteers for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.  Together Rob and I raised almost $15,000 this year and the commitment I felt to those who contributed to our fundraising and those who will benefit from the funds raised was what kept me going.  So not to say that I'm a superwoman or anything, but on June 2, 2013, I did achieve something super.  Im not really sure how, other than knowing the reason I was riding gave me the power to keep pedaling forward and the confidence to know Ill be ready to bike across America beginning July 1, 2013.

At the finish, yay me!