I was looking through some old photos on my computer a couple of days ago and I came across a few pictures and a video of my first ever road bike ride.  In honor of “Throwback Thursday,” I am publishing said video.  Since I currently have a free wordpress account and not a fancy premium one, I don’t have enough space to upload a video directly in this blog.  So, dear readers, please click here to view the video on youtube.  You will note that I am not saying much in the video.  This is for obvious reasons:

1. the Red Rock loop is full of climbing (i.e., it is hard!).
2. I am annoyed at SAT for recording me in my hour of pain.
3. I am annoyed at SAT for talking, laughing, and just generally being annoying.
4. I am annoyed.

You may also note that I am wearing sneakers instead of bike shoes that clip into the pedals; this is, again, for the obvious reason that I would have fallen on my face and broken my neck had I had “clip-in” style shoes and pedals.  I had enough trouble maneuvering my bike up and around and down that darned loop.

So, there you go.  Digital proof of how I was tortured during my introduction to the sport of road cycling.  Sigh.