Divorce and the Dénouement Or How I Became A Biker Chick
March 31st, 2008So I won’t mince words. It happened to me and it’s happened to many of you. I’m only mentioning this because avid readers of the haus will notice I’ll not write about him anymore—it turns out Angelface wasn’t really such an angel after all.
Shortly after I wrote this, Angel left me for a woman who—for 6 months prior—had opened her legs to him. The affair destroyed me. In the face of heartbreak, I stopped writing and started starving myself of both sleep and sustenance so that I became, in every way, a mere fraction of who I’d been.
And then, when I had cried all I could, when my chest had heaved and convulsed it’s last for a man who didn’t deserve it—the labor of moving blood through my broken-but-still-beating heart having lessened—I started over.
I decided to find myself a new love.
And I found that love in a shiny pink bike.
Her name is Miss Piggy. She’s a Marin Portofino road bike. And baby, she’s the best.
Last October I purchased Piggy from a very handsome salesman (who is now my very handsome boyfriend!), and I have been riding ever since. It’s 6 months in and I’ve logged 700 miles of butt time on my bike.
Accordingly I’ve logged 700 miles worth of RECOVERY time from my riding bike for my butt. In cycling the actual physical aspect of peddling and perspiring is only about 50% of the sport. The other 50% is the constant exercise in protecting your tender vittles.
Hello, my name is Hänni and I’m a bike-aholic. I am not ashamed to admit it: I put butter in my shorts…
And I like it.
So you may be wondering, why the hell am I riding so much? The short answer is, I’m insane. The long answer is, I’m training for the BP MS 150, a 170+ mile bike from Houston to Austin on April 12-13. This ride benefits the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society Lone Star Chapter which serves more than 17,000 Texans affected by MS, an unpredictable, disabling disease of the central nervous system.
In the time leading up the ride, I’ll be blogging here about my training experiences. As we take this trip down memory lane together, I hope you enjoy the tales of triumph, tribulation, and unabashed use of padded shorts and crotch cream.
Til next,
xoxoh
Hanni at Hannihaus dot com
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March 31st, 2008
good to see that the bicycle has another convert. i’m sorry to hear that things didn’t work out with whats-his-face, but obviously you’re better off now.
good luck in your 170 mile trek. the most i’ve done on my bike in one day is 105 miles and that just about burned all the flesh off the insides of my legs. oddly, it wore the Bontrager logo off my bike seat too. the next day i did another 85 and thought i wouldn’t be able to walk properly again.
make sure you provide some training and eating tips for us non-170-milers.
March 31st, 2008
Bravo! Now that’s what I’m talking about. The Haus is back in business!
March 31st, 2008
I heart you. And you are so my inspiration right now! Gotta get this ass on bike!
April 1st, 2008
welcome back!!!
you know what they say. a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.
April 2nd, 2008
I so very much love you, and your Miss Piggy. Gooo! butt balm.
April 3rd, 2008
loving the blond hair!!!! I took a spinning class once, once that is…my butt has never been the same!!!
April 4th, 2008
I’m really glad you’ve overcome, and now you’re taking on one of the most fun and rewarding sports in the universe… cycling! I’ve started biking again, partly because I saw you were doing it. I haven’t done the MS150 up here in a few years, but maybe this year (end of September) I’ll get back in it.
Congratulations!
April 4th, 2008
Hanni,
Really glad to see you back posting again! Sorry to hear about the turbulent times. Glad to hear that you are recuperating well. Keep biking, keep blogging and keep leaving us all in the dust on both counts! Like I said, I am REALLY glad to see you back in action.
April 9th, 2008
yea for you!!!!
MS rides are way fun, I have done several!
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