{"id":84,"date":"2017-02-25T18:14:58","date_gmt":"2017-02-25T23:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.distanceridersofmanitoba.ca\/DRM\/?page_id=84"},"modified":"2018-04-13T12:40:08","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T17:40:08","slug":"where-do-i-start","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.distanceridersofmanitoba.ca\/DRM\/where-do-i-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Do I Start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re like most of us, you want to get riding&#8230;.but where do you start?<\/p>\n<p>Here are some ideas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Volunteer at a ride &#8211; Check out our ride calendar and contact the listed Ride Manager for a ride you can attend. They will not turn down help!<\/li>\n<li>Join &#8220;Endurance Manitoba Group&#8221; on Facebook &#8211; Post questions or read to see what the group is talking about. Loads of info there.<\/li>\n<li>Sign up for a Mentored Ride! Mentors will walk you through an Intro ride step-by-step. Their goal is to take the ride at whatever speed you are comfortable at.<\/li>\n<li>Read internet articles like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olddominionrides.org\/EndurancePrimer\/EnduranceHowTo.html\">this one. <\/a> There&#8217;s loads of information in this article&#8230;.enough to scare you! But if you&#8217;re the type who likes to know up front what you&#8217;re getting into, then this is a good stop.<\/li>\n<li>Read internet blogs like <a href=\"http:\/\/enduranceintrospection.com\/wp\/\">this one<\/a>. Patti Stedman is SMART. Lots of inspiration here.<\/li>\n<li>Start riding! Start with a couple of miles&#8230;before long you&#8217;ll be ready for an Intro ride. \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We look forward to seeing you on the trails! No excuses. <strong><em>To Finish is to Win!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re like most of us, you want to get riding&#8230;.but where do you start? Here are some ideas: Volunteer at a ride &#8211; Check out our ride calendar and contact the listed Ride Manager for a ride you can attend. They will not turn down help! Join &#8220;Endurance Manitoba Group&#8221; on Facebook &#8211; Post&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":893,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-84","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.distanceridersofmanitoba.ca\/DRM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.distanceridersofmanitoba.ca\/DRM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.distanceridersofmanitoba.ca\/DRM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.distanceridersofmanitoba.ca\/DRM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.distanceridersofmanitoba.ca\/DRM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.distanceridersofmanitoba.ca\/DRM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":897,"href":"http:\/\/www.distanceridersofmanitoba.ca\/DRM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84\/revisions\/897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.distanceridersofmanitoba.ca\/DRM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.distanceridersofmanitoba.ca\/DRM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}