For Jay's birthday we (Jor, Jordon, Jay and I) decided to go on a real "mountain bike" ride. What we didn't know before we started, was that this mountain bike ride was going to be the most intense physical activity (besides maybe hell week during Jor and Jord's football career) I hear that's pretty brutal... that either one of us has ever encountered.
... we survived.
Almost.
1200 calories burned (each, and to be honest I don't think that's accurate- it felt like 5000)
3 hammys pulled
diving out of the small dirt hill path when hearing the roaring band of dirt bikes behind you
bikes all set at gears 1 and 1
straight uphill climbing for 2 hours (literally, LITERALLY!)
praying for a slight decline or possibly even a level ground ... and turning that corner and seeing another steady, steep, hill
water breaks
the mumbles and grumbles of "seriously. another hill. i hate this. let's turn around."
walking our bikes
jello legs
SWASS
getting to the top
then realizing, we're not to the top. we're not even half way
...
finally getting to the top
FINALLY A DECLINE-- but then you realize you should have read a downhill mountain biking manual before you took this route. Trying to balance, break, not fly off the edge of the mountain, steer through the rocks ... and semi enjoy the ride...impossible!
... we survived.
Almost.
1200 calories burned (each, and to be honest I don't think that's accurate- it felt like 5000)
3 hammys pulled
diving out of the small dirt hill path when hearing the roaring band of dirt bikes behind you
bikes all set at gears 1 and 1
straight uphill climbing for 2 hours (literally, LITERALLY!)
praying for a slight decline or possibly even a level ground ... and turning that corner and seeing another steady, steep, hill
water breaks
the mumbles and grumbles of "seriously. another hill. i hate this. let's turn around."
walking our bikes
jello legs
SWASS
getting to the top
then realizing, we're not to the top. we're not even half way...
finally getting to the top
FINALLY A DECLINE-- but then you realize you should have read a downhill mountain biking manual before you took this route. Trying to balance, break, not fly off the edge of the mountain, steer through the rocks ... and semi enjoy the ride...impossible!
fingers and palms smashed and throbbing from gripping the handlebars and breaks so intensely because you feel like if you loosen up your grib this straight downhill ride might conquer you
your. aching. tush.
starting to feel bad for your breaks but hoping your breaks know how much you love them so they don't give out on you
...
reaching the car and your mountain biking gps app reads: 3:00:20 hours. and 9.o2 miles. (9 miles... mostly uphill!)
it's scary, grueling, almost impossible and totally addicting. Once our butt bones de-sore-a-tize we're gonna do it again!
That sounds... exhausting. But I mean, at least you got in a good workout? It's too hot here to do much more than walk from the car to the house and even that induces way too much sweat. Miss you guys!
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