Her story of being an overweight dark-skinned teenager really resonated with me. Then in November 2019, I met a Peloton instructor, Tunde Oyeneyin, at an AfroTech conference in Oakland, California. In 2019, I fell into a depression which affected my personal life and work life. My self-worth got wrapped into how much I weighed and that’s a terrible feeling to carry around. I have a demanding work schedule and I mostly sit at a desk in front of the computer all day, which doesn’t help. I tried various diets, weight loss programs, and different forms of exercise and the weight would come off but always came back. Over the years, I’ve struggled with my managing weight and due to that, I’ve struggled with my overall self-confidence as well.

The bike tour is about 20 miles across Long Beach, California, and I’ve been doing it every year since 2017. It falls near my birthday in early October, and I used it as a way to celebrate. However, I wanted to find a way to ride with other people and found an event that had both running and biking combined-The Long Beach Marathon, which also has a 5K, half marathon, and bike tour. When I first got my bike, I would go outside to ride on weekends by myself on the Ballona Creek Bike Path or along the Marvin Braude Bike Trail, both in Los Angeles, because it didn’t feel safe to ride the streets with cars buzzing by me. I bought my first entry level road bike in 2017-a Trek Domane AL 2 from Helen’s Cycles in Santa Monica, California. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play

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