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Overcoming Fear

I love bike riding. I love riding on the road and I love riding the trails. A few months ago a friend of ours Mom, Jenny Ewing, was brutally murdered on a bike trail. A rapist, who had just spent 10 years in prison for rape, was out and to our complete sadness and horror, targeted Jenny! I have been afraid to go out on my own now. Before I never did worry. Sometimes fear can be so paralizing and I know many other bikers have felt it too. But, Jenny wouldnt have wanted it that way. I am now so much more aware of my surroundings when I am on my own and today, here, I got as far as this, in a complete sweat. I had been waiting for a friend to meet me in the car park at the start of this trail, but he didnt show. So I thought let me try and see how far I can get by myself! I am slowly over coming my fear!

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Uploaded on October 25, 2006
Taken on October 22, 2006