Post by Tweetiepy on May 2, 2007 19:58:23 GMT -5
I've been biking in to work for quite a few years now - probably 10 or more now. It's a pretty long ride - takes me about an hour or so to get in, it's about 20 km (sorry not sure what that is in miles - close to 10 I'd guess). Last year I didn't bike much since the weather channel kept predicting thunderstorms or electrical storms most days, so I'd take the bus and be standing on the bus on a hot, HOT day and swearing the whole time - but then again, I swear the whole time I'm riding my bike too - asking myself what I was thinking.
Well I gained some weight with the kids over the years - I still have some baby fat (my baby turns 7 this Friday).
So last night after a quick check that all was in order and that I had all my gear, I decided to bike it in this morning... We moved last October and now live further away from work by about 1 mile - I hadn't even gotten to that point yet when I wanted to quit & return home, got my second wind: that lasted about 5 minutes, then HAD to push on and get to work. Swearing the whole time going and being hot/cold, hot/cold - got in to work and felt dead tired but somehow energized (that's what I told my self as I slid into my chair)
The ride in to work was okay, I have a padded seat, padded bike pants, padded bike gloves and a padded butt - my butt will now be sore for the next week or so until I get my bike butt (which looks a lot like my regular butt but without feeling in it) - the ride home was very, VERY painful - couldn't find a spot on my butt that wasn't sore. I plan to ride to work most of the summer, a bus pass is $85/month, so I'm saving on that. Hopefully we'll have nice weather so I'm not stuck on the hot smelly bus because someone got the weather wrong.
Sorry for the long post, I'm trying to get my mind off my butt...
Well I gained some weight with the kids over the years - I still have some baby fat (my baby turns 7 this Friday).
So last night after a quick check that all was in order and that I had all my gear, I decided to bike it in this morning... We moved last October and now live further away from work by about 1 mile - I hadn't even gotten to that point yet when I wanted to quit & return home, got my second wind: that lasted about 5 minutes, then HAD to push on and get to work. Swearing the whole time going and being hot/cold, hot/cold - got in to work and felt dead tired but somehow energized (that's what I told my self as I slid into my chair)
The ride in to work was okay, I have a padded seat, padded bike pants, padded bike gloves and a padded butt - my butt will now be sore for the next week or so until I get my bike butt (which looks a lot like my regular butt but without feeling in it) - the ride home was very, VERY painful - couldn't find a spot on my butt that wasn't sore. I plan to ride to work most of the summer, a bus pass is $85/month, so I'm saving on that. Hopefully we'll have nice weather so I'm not stuck on the hot smelly bus because someone got the weather wrong.
Sorry for the long post, I'm trying to get my mind off my butt...