in the beginning, I could crawl...

I have decided to put pressure on myself to meet a goal. The goal is to train for the next 6 months and build up enough endurance and skill on my bike to be able to complete a long backroads ride somewhere pretty. The pressure is this blog.

Noone will probably read this except for me and maybe a couple of friends. But, I would certainly rather post that "I rode 10 more miles than last week!" - instead of - "I drank too much wine and fell asleep on the couch watching Myth Busters" (although I do love those guys.)

So here we go, 6 months from today I will hopefully be saddling up for a 30 mile-or-so ride through beautiful backcountry without packing a respirator. As of now, I can bang out 10 miles on paved flat at an average speed of 15 miles an hour. (That is slower than Lance Armstrong rides while he is drinking champagne on the final stage of the Tour.) So, I don't have much to lose now do I...