Upon waking up this morning, I had the bright idea of going mountain biking, even though the weather forecast was for showers. I am a road biker, and enjoy being on the road, but had never tried riding a bike out on a trail. I guess it’s a big thing over here, being surrounded by forest and all. The unusual thing about the area we live in is that bikes aren’t allowed on regular walking trails. We have 154 trails in the Waitakere Ranges and we had to drive 45 minutes away to a place called Woodhill Forest. Holming goes to this place with his friend about once a month so I wanted to check it out for myself. It was a beautiful drive and a fun park to ride through.
We decided to do the 10km/6mi track for beginners. Being a beginner track it did not have very steep climbs but did have small jumps, ramps and cliffs to jump over. I was too chicken for the first half of the ride but LOOK WHAT I CAN DO.....I must say, I don’t know if I will be able to sit tomorrow as I am already a bit sore in the "seat area". It was all worth it though, I had a blast and can’t wait to do it again. Even though I was walking my bike at the end. A beginner can only ride up so many hills.
Who’s laughing now?
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