Cathryn
Legendary Member
- Location
- Marlborough, Wiltshire
So I got a MTB for Christmas and have been out riding regularly since...and loving it. However I am by nature a risk-averse chicken so it's been a very cautious, steady growth in confidence and in skills. It's not been easy but I've really loved it despite my fears.
This week, we're in Cornwall and we rented bikes at Lanhydrock to ride the MTB trails...and something just clicked. We started on their skills track - initially I was super cautious and very slow, too nervous to ride the whole thing. But slowly I kept practising and then I could do the whole thing...and then I was a bit faster. We moved onto the trail network - first the blues and then a red and it was incredible, I was doing it. I just felt amazing - like a total badass, grinning the whole time. I rode every trail my boys did, albeit slower and more carefully but still I did it. My husband was astonished and so was I! We handed the bikes back in with empty legs and big smiles - and immediately booked to ride again on Saturday morning.
I know it sounds silly - and I am still VERY slow and cautious compared with most people - but I feel like I became a mountain biker today, like I graduated or something. It feels EPIC and I am buzzing.
This week, we're in Cornwall and we rented bikes at Lanhydrock to ride the MTB trails...and something just clicked. We started on their skills track - initially I was super cautious and very slow, too nervous to ride the whole thing. But slowly I kept practising and then I could do the whole thing...and then I was a bit faster. We moved onto the trail network - first the blues and then a red and it was incredible, I was doing it. I just felt amazing - like a total badass, grinning the whole time. I rode every trail my boys did, albeit slower and more carefully but still I did it. My husband was astonished and so was I! We handed the bikes back in with empty legs and big smiles - and immediately booked to ride again on Saturday morning.
I know it sounds silly - and I am still VERY slow and cautious compared with most people - but I feel like I became a mountain biker today, like I graduated or something. It feels EPIC and I am buzzing.