Intro, first ride

Hey everyone, this is blog for Mohammad Athar's 2009 Winter training season with Team In Training.

So, quick run down of what I've done so far-

Gotten an awesome practice jersey.
Met my team.
Went on my first ride with them. I didn't really like stopping every five miles, or riding around a mile-long loop twenty times, but hopefully that'll change, and we can focus on riding!
Met my Honored Team Mate. This was interesting. He got up and told everyone his story at this kick off party. He really made me feel it- the struggle he went through. Right at the end, when he talked about his third day in to treatment. How he had such little strength, that he could barely walk, and he couldn't see himself living like that. But then he said that it IS doable, if you don't think about the coming years. And you just focus on the next step. And I guess that's the lesson I took away- just focus on the next step.


There's lot of other stuff, but I don't really remember it all (me and my lack of attention to detail)

Our honored team mate talked about being selfish- that we (the riders) should be selfish- and be proud of ourselves for what we're doing. I guess I really took that to heart, because I really am doing this for selfish reasons. I want to get more into cycling, and I want other people to ride with, so I don't get bored!
But, I'm going to man up, and do my part in the fund raising- I have no idea how I'm going to raise $4500 (by the way, if you want to contribute, you can do so by going to this website), but I'll figure out a way!