Adam informs me Saturday that he thinks I'm to dependent on him when we ride and that it may be a good idea for me to go for a ride by myself. Huh??? What??? Well ain't that a blip?! Am I going to walk into the room and an intervention is planned? This was a lot for me to digest but after giving it some thought I decided he's right. Fast-forward Sunday afternoon, I decided to just do it. Believe it or not my biggest concern was..what if I drop my bike who's going to pick it up? Seriously, I will leave it where it lays and call a cab. So it's decided my destination will be my daughter Ashlea's. She lives about 15 miles away and I have to go through several curves to get there. I give her a call tell her if I'm not there in 45 minutes tops call for help. I give Adam my route (you'd swear I was heading out across country right?) and I'm off.
O.K. I'm not sure what the Guinness book record is for holding your breath but I'm pretty confident I beat it. Once I got to the main highway I felt a little more relaxed by that I mean I had loosened my grip so that the blood was flowing back to my fingertips. I was cruising along feeling pretty good and then damn here comes a curve. I have a little panic attack because I usually follow Adam's helmet through and now where the hell was his helmet???? Oh that's right I'm going cold turkey, no Adam no helmet just me...greeaattt. I start literally talking myself through the curve....you should have heard that conversation....finally success! One down and God knows how many more to go! Why the hell couldn't she just live off the interstate? Well, I made it to Ashlea's and back home obviously with very little mishap...yeah go me!!!! So what did I learn?
1. Being dependent on Adam was becoming a habit
2. I can ride by myself for at least 30 miles round trip
3. I can do curves without following Adam's helmet but the conversation in my head is really loud.
4. I need more practice!!!!
Finally...
5. If you squeeze your butt cheeks tightly together through a curve it doesn't help it only makes your butt sore ;)
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