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It is always good to try new things, wouldn\u2019t you agree?\u00a0 It keeps life exciting, interesting, fun, and challenging!\u00a0 In my case, this \u201cnew thing\u201d is not only seriously pushing my comfort zones, but it\u2019s also helping me to improve my bike handling skills.\u00a0 If you ask me, that\u2019s a double \u201cwin!”<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s called off-roading!\u00a0 It started last fall with cycle cross.\u00a0 The first time I watched a local race, I thought there is no way I\u2019m brave enough to try that!\u00a0 Then I did my first clinic.\u00a0 I thought it was crazy, but also thought \u201cWhy not?\u00a0 Why not just go for it and see what happens!\u201d\u00a0 Well, I was hooked!\u00a0 I did a few local races, met new friends, and couldn\u2019t believe I hadn\u2019t tried this new sport earlier.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Fast forward to this Spring\u2026as I\u2019m watching some my friends and teammates race and ride MTB I have that thought once again\u2026\u201dWhy not?\u201d\u00a0 Never mind the bruises I see on their arms and legs or the occasional broken bone, why not just get over my fears and go for it.\u00a0 So, I did.\u00a0 Holy cow!\u00a0 The people, beautiful trails, no traffic, encouragement from friends, and swooping single tracks are priceless!\u00a0 Notice I didn\u2019t mention the rocks\u2026yeah, the rocks.\u00a0 They scare the heck out of me and I have fallen during every bike demo I have done thus far, but I refuse to give up.\u00a0 With the help from my friends, I will keep practicing those tricky rocks!\u00a0 Get out of your usual routine and\/or comfort zone and try something new!\u00a0 I\u2019m sure glad I did!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A post by Lucie Oren, on keeping it fresh and fun by seizing new opportunities to continue to learn and improve. Enjoy the read… It is always good to try new things, wouldn\u2019t you agree?\u00a0 It keeps life exciting, interesting, fun, and challenging!\u00a0 In my case, this \u201cnew thing\u201d is not only seriously pushing my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-athletes-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3944"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3945,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3944\/revisions\/3945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/56fecb312b8ddea78e644121\/t\/577512cc20099ef881a58288\/1467290398070\/\")