For those of you that remember Power Rangers Turbo, you'll remember this guy pictured and my subject line. Lately I feel like I've shifted into another gear in my workouts and life in general. I guess you could say I've shifted into turbo! After a couple months of plateauing and not losing any weight, I suddenly started losing again although the scale doesn't seem to show it, my clothes are getting looser. And to boot I can tell I've gained some muscle mass as well.
I've started working harder at our Mt. Harmony boot camp workouts and adding more mileage on the bicycle. One weekend I logged 60 miles on the bike on my Easter 3-day weekend!
This leads me to my next challenge.
I've made a commitment to do my fist long range cycling event in probably 10 years. I'm planning to ride 130 miles on my bike, on one weekend in September (with a group of other insane people) to help raise money for Multiple Sclerosis!
I used to do these MS rides back in the late 90s and early 00s but then I let my weight come back and got lazy (just keeping it real) before I knew it, I was over 300 lbs. At my smallest weight as an adult I weighed 185 in 1998, by 2005 I was around 300. Crazy.
But then Jason Rhymer and his insane boot camps at Mt. Harmony helped me to refocus and get excited about getting back in shape.
It's taken about 3 years to get to where I am on this journey, and if the Lord doesn't split the Eastern Sky this year (which would be fine with me if He did) then I'm challenging myself to ride 130 miles over 2 days, with a great finale ending at Sunset Beach, NC! Last time I rode this MS ride, it ended at N. Myrtle Beach, SC... so this will be a whole new route for me and I'm looking forward to it!
If you'd like to help me out with my fundraising goal for MS, please visit this link!
So the "Ride of Life" is taking on a new meaning, referring originally to my love for roller coaster and the general analogy for life. But now with my desire to get back on the bike in a big way, it will take on the significance of my big ride coming up in September!
In other news (you knew there had to be a roller coaster story coming up at some point)... I can now ride Afterburn at Carowinds on the back row again! *Happy dance time!*
I have been denied riding the "sweet spot" on this, one of my favorite coasters not just at my home park Carowinds, but in the entire United States until opening Friday March 29 when I got to ride it without any problems. The two previous seasons I was relegated to riding the "big boy" seats, which are bigger and would allow me to ride, but are in the middle of the train and aren't nearly as exciting as the far right, back row seat.
So my next milestone will be when I can belt myself in on the back row without any help. I'm so very close to this happening, I hope to have this milestone in my rear view mirror very soon.
Until next time... Please sit on your sandals and join me on this journey and shift into turbo with me!
