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<\/p>\nMy manager has agreed to write me a letter. She said that no one from our unit has applied yet! wooo. Everything is due February 19th and I’ll know if I got it by February 26th. I’m incredibly excited. I would love to attend this event.<\/p>\n
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\n-I went to a bike shop today<\/b> and spoke with a worker about purchasing a road bike. I’ve only had mountain and hybrid’s before, but feel like I want to try something new. Personally, I do not like running, but want a good form of cardiovascular exercise, besides aerobics and boring machines. Also, I need a damn hobby!<\/p>\n
I’ve always loved to ride bikes, and recent blog entries by Caitlin of Healthy Tipping Point<\/a> and Jenna from Eat, Live, Run<\/a> have kind of given me the urge to get my own road bike.<\/p>\n They only sell Trek’s at this shop, so I am going to try a few out. I’ll be receiving some money from my parents and tax return soon, so that is how I will be paying for all of this (unless I decide it isn’t for me, but I’m pretty set on this). In case anyone is curious, my budget is under $1,000.<\/p>\n I’m EXCITED, but also nervous! I’ve never been on a road bike. I’m worried about the “feel” of the bike. The woman at the shop was extremely helpful and enthusiastic. She said when I am ready, come to the shop “ready to ride” and they will help me pick out the right sizes, etc and I can take the bike out of the store, even to the Pinellas Trail. They also do a fit test, too. She discussed how eventually I might get more into it and want a computer or clip on pedals, etc, but she made it clear that everything is a process and I do not need to rush anything. I mentioned my fears that the bike might not fit in my car, but she showed me how easy the front wheels detach; stating she owns a Honda and has no issues.<\/p>\n ALSO, they have a woman’s riding group every Saturday morning. That is definitely something I want to get involved in. Sounds like a fun way to meet new people. I told her I have goals of possibly in the future doing a race or maybe a tri–totally being ambitious here, but hey, gotta have goals, right?<\/p>\n Thanks for the encouraging comments today, guys. I’m feeling a lot better about yesterday. I went to a total fitness class at my gym and I felt super strong and energetic, so I sweat out all of the bad vibes and invited positives ones in! Some exciting things: -My hospital has a scholarship available for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1890,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1890"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278496\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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