u/Admirable-Garbage246

I signed up for a local gravel “race.” There was an 84 mile option, a 43 mile option, and a 26 mile “fun ride” option. Naturally, I chose the 26 because I enjoy cycling but not enough to publicly compete against people who actually know what they’re doing. 😂 Around mile 10 we hit a rest stop. I grabbed a banana, filled my bottles, drank water, and started eating peanut butter crackers….because I’ve bonked before and it traumatized me a little I’m always gonna eat and pound water when given a chance lol. While standing in line for the porta potty, I kept eating my crackers. The line moved faster than expected, and instead of tossing the cracker in my hand like a reasonable person, I stuffed the whole thing in my mouth like a bad dog who got caught of eating socks or like a toddler when you ask them what they have in their mouth …. as I sat down with a whole cracker in my mouth I Immediately started choking. Every inhale launched more cracker dust into my throat and all I could think was: “Cool. This is how I die. In a hot porta potty with my pants around my ankles.” Miraculously, I survived. Later, a group of us missed a turn and got lost because apparently none of us can read giant spray paint arrows on gravel roads. While stopped trying to figure things out, I couldn’t unclip from my pedals in time and completely ate shit on the asphalt. …thank the lord for helmets because I hit my head on the road……Then around mile 18 my friend stopped on a steep gravel climb to catch his breath, and I once again failed to unclip and fell over AGAIN directly onto the gravel. At this point my friend was standing over me laughing asking, “How can I help?” and I yelled:

“Nothing. Just get the hell away from me and I can do it by myself.” 💀 For context, I switched to mountain bike clips about two weeks ago and it is clearly going very well for me.

Then we finished the ride straight into a brutal headwind. Like 12-17 mph wind. 💨
Did I die? No.
Did I think I might? Absolutely.
Will I still go ride again? Unfortunately yes.

Also I have a bruise that is partially in my butt crack so that’s fun.

Anyway, if anybody needed a reminder that not all “cyclists” are graceful elite animals… you’re welcome. 🚴‍♀️🤣

Me and Tilly the Terrible (that’s my bike) for tax. 😆

Did you slime around the clubs in the 2000’s?

Does 2000’s rap drag you back to the days of droppin’ it low and drinking Red Bull and vodkas?

Does 2000’s rap now mean, that you can be on a black pit of despair but once the beats start dropping you’re digging your way out ?

If you said yes to any of these questions get your ass on the bike, go sweat , turn up the volume and jam out!!!

I will ride with just about every instructor…have ridden with every instructor multiple times.

do I have favorites? Absolutely.

Are there some instructors I almost have written off cause their expectations and callouts are unrealistic and have almost killed me? Yes, in walks Olivia with her glitter shoes and cute matching outfits….
Who one time in a 45 minute PZ class almost made me drag my peloton to the curb and throw it in the trash cause I almost died and she didn’t break a sweat… BUT here lately I have become a fan. I mostly do power zone rides and do lots of power zone pack challenges but here lately I have been completely burnt out and in a serious rut, but I’ve recently found some of her power zone endurance rides to be just what I needed.

So I am now team glitter assassin. I think this is why it’s important to go back to instructors you’ve previously written off or avoided from time to time to see if maybe they speak to you differently now.

In case anyone is interested in why I’ve been enjoying her ride so much it’s because she does small builds in zones two and three think one minute in each and then one minute and 30 seconds in each and then two minutes in each and then will work backwards never stressing you out too long in a single zone, but still giving you a good workout. And for someone who’s at their wits end with themselves and working out, this is just what I needed.

Long story short I am an avid power zone writer, but sometimes I get really burnt out and lately. I have definitely been extremely burnt out. I remembered that the sweat steady classes are a lot like power zone, but not the same. Took this one and it was just what I needed. Going to take another sweat study tomorrow any recommendations? Looking for a 60 minute one this one had bad ass music some of the best music that I’ve listened to in a class in a really long time. Every track was amazing. Anyone else took this one and loved it as much as me?

This class was so much fun! 🤩 I ride mostly PZ ties these days and love all the PZ instructors, but have always loved how Hannah dotes on Matt Wilpers in almost all of her PZ classes you can tell she thinks very highly of him! He was in the audience as a rider and she went on and on about him and I loved every single minute of it 💜 anyone else took this one ?