My dear friend and best next door neighbor EVER celebrated a birthday last week. It was significant in that she turned 50. It was insignificant in that Connie neither looks nor acts like a 50 year old. I attribute this to passion. Connie is a passionate person. She’s dedicated and determined to bring her team in at 100% success rates at work. She’s loyal to the Minnesota Twins and Vikings, sharing in the triumphs as much as she cries over the lost games. Connie is an avid dog lover/owner who, like me, would donate a kidney to her ‘kids’ if possible. She has drive and determination like very few people I’ve known in my life.
Connie pours her heart and soul into everything she does and that kind of energy level needs a release valve. Everybody has one, that’s not unusual. Some of us are just more highly strung when it comes to our release mechanisms. Connie’s release comes in the form of motorcycles. Victory is her brand and her current ride is one Bad Ass Motorcycle to be sure. This machine is both sexy and snarky at the same time. It’s built for long distance riding and that is Connie’s true passion. We’re not talking leisurely drives to Stillwater on a Sunday afternoon. No, No…Connie needs a sense of accomplishment in addition to being on the open road.
On her milestone birthday Connie saddled up and hit the open road to revel in turning 50. Her birthday present to herself: racking up 1536 miles, from start to finish, in just under 24 hours. I call this kind of riding freakin' insane. She chalks it up to completing yet another BunBurner ride. These kind of rides are nothing new to Connie, in fact she’s done a number of them, along with a couple of 1000 mile rides which are referred to as SaddleSore rides. The names for these rides aren’t titles Connie and Randy came up with just out of the blue. The Iron Butt Association (IBA) sanctions these, and many other long distance rides. Their motto is “World’s Toughest Riders” and I’m living next door to the poster biker chick for the IBA. I’ll write more about this distinctive association in the coming days. And you all have to know that Randy also rides and is THE master motorcycle mechanic – hands down. But just for today I wanted to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my favorite biker chick friend. You make 50 look fabulous!
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| Connie and her Bad Ass Motorcycle |
Inspirational!!!!
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