You Can't Crash On a Spinning Bike

Yesterday I went mountain biking at Tamarack.  It was their last day of having the chairlifts open to take the bikes up the mountain and ride their trails down.  I was excited, but mostly scared, since I have only mountain biked at Tamarack one other time, about 10 years ago (ewww that makes me sound so old)!  I also can count on one hand the amount of times I have been mountain biking, period, since Marlee came around.  So, to go and spend all day riding down this mountain was a little intimidating.  I do love mountain biking, but I am DEFINITELY out of practice, and at a place like Tamarack, there really weren't very many trails that I could even attempt.

We started on the easiest trail.  I was feeling pretty good, maybe just a little tense, but was nearing the end of the trail thinking I was doing pretty good the first time around. I'm nearing the end of the trail, and all of a sudden there was this steep part, followed by a sharp switchback, combined with lots of loose dirt.  It didn't work out for me.  I literally have no idea what happened, but it was painful.  I just remember flying off my bike, trying to catch myself with my hands, and my bike landing on top of me.  I was all by myself but was still embarrassed for me!  It hurt pretty bad, but I am actually thankful for the pile of loose dirt, because if it had been a harder landing I would probably be in much worse condition.

After the crash I was pretty timid and shaky, so unfortunately I don't feel like spending a day there really improved my skills much.  Possibly made them worse.  As I kept riding the trails down, scared to crash again, I realized that is one of the many reasons I love spinning!  You can't crash!  You have great music, great friends, a great workout, and no crashing!

This is me after the crash, filthy dirty!  At least I'm standing!

This is one thing you can't get in spinning class...the view!  So gorgeous!