Everyone Does it At Least Once - 370 Days to Go

I told myself I wasn't going to do it. I told myself I was going to be different. I told myself I was not going to fall over. Sure enough, on my third time out on my new bike I fell over.
I came to a light and unclipped my foot. Cycling shoes are clipped into the bike to give the cyclist more momentum. The only problem is that the cyclist has to remember to twist his (or her) foot, to unclip the shoe. I did that, without any problems.
When the light turned green, I tried to clip back in.
I was so focused on getting my shoe back into the pedal, that I lost my balance and fell over.
Nothing bruised, but my ego. My first reaction was to pack it in. Quit. Fold it up and stop trying.

That thinking last until I reached the top of the hill. DeGraw is not just any hill. It is 500 meters of incline at 9% grade. In other words, you cannot see the top of the hill from the bottom of the hill. By the time I reached the top, I was reminded of what I said after I finished my first triathlon. "No goal is too difficult to reach, no hill too steep". With that in mind, I continued on for another 30 miles. Besides, one of the best things about going up a hill like DeGraw, is coming down it, when you finish your ride.