Garrett's First Century Ride

By Christina Updike - May 29, 2022

While the kids were introduced to Laura and Brandon's new cat, Taxi - Garrett and Uncle Brandon were off on their century bike ride.

This little cat received so much loving!

Right after we moved back to Utah, we invested in a Peloton. Christina could no longer attend Burn Boot Camp and there really aren't any great gyms close by. So we decided to try the Peloton bike. I quickly fell in love with it and started getting more active, which was great. Honestly, it had been quite a while since I was consistently working out, and this really got me motivated. Fast forward about a year, I decided to actually start using the road bike that I bought in 2019. I had only really ridden it about 3 times in 2 years, but now that I had a lot of experience on the Peloton, I was excited to try again. Well I loved it. We have some great bike paths close to our home that are perfect for biking. After doing that for about 6 months, I decided it was time to up my game and try a race. So I signed up for the Frontrunner Century ride which is about 62 miles and starts in SLC and goes to Ogden. I had never done anything like this, so I was pretty excited, but also pretty nervous. I tried to do longer and longer rides on the Murdoch trail and got to the point that I was doing 40 milers. But I was pretty nervous when it came time for the race since I had not done more than about 42 miles. Luckily, my brother-in-law Brandon had also signed up. So we rode most of the way together. It was tough, because we faced a pretty strong headwind for about 50 miles. Miles 30 to 45 were definitely the toughest, but I hit a second wind for the last 15 miles that was probably helped by the fact we started going with the wind for a bit. It felt awesome to finish the ride and see the family waiting at the end. I am glad a did it and look forward to more... And I think it also means I should be able to upgrade my bike!