Fun times and a happy bum!

So I've been having fun times on a bike (on a trainer) at the Trek Aurora store.  Really!  Zach's spin classes are actually pretty fun - and hard!   And the 'bliss test' was successful!  The stuff actually works...and I now have a happy bum!

But even more fun times on a bike were happening at Joyride this past weekend.  It was my first time attending the Joyride Women's Weekend and wow it was very impressive!   There was instruction available for every section of the park plus a few other side areas covering stuff like mechanics & bike fit.   They had everyone covered from beginner on up.  And there were a TON of girls!  I never expected the turnout to be so big!  I heard there were probably 150 riders attending which is so amazing!

I was inspired to try out some new stuff.   I had on my crazy purple Joyride jeans and my new perfect Joyride bike (a Trek Ticket Stub dirt jump bike - thank you Santa!).  I was good to go!

First the foam pit.  Last winter I kept renting bikes and rentals aren't allowed in the foam pit so that was my excuse.  My kids keep telling me it's easy...well it is!  The hardest part is getting out of the foam without sinking!

Next - the Vert Room.  If you've ever been to Joyride it's the room tucked in the back corner but visible from the XC trail as it crosses the top of the building.  It's full of big stuff.  High walls, big jumps, a big bowl like a swimming pool, etc....kind of like a skateboard park but bike sized. Crazy. A place I never thought I'd be able to go in. So I went to just have a closer look. And then the nice kids in red shirts (all the instructors had the same red shirts) sucked me in. And before I knew it I was dropping in to the big scary bowl!  And it was really really really fun!!  

The vert room - everything is so BIG in here!!

Committed!

Wahooooo!

Then off to the street room where they were teaching wheelies, wheelie drops, banked turns, bunny hops, etc..  Cool skills to practice to make zipping through the forest easier and more fun!  

And to finish off with a few laps of the pump track...super fun & a great workout...and then I saw this girl there with the same cool bike...

Nice to meet you Charlotte!