It was a very silly time to start cycling with the onset of winter weather, my feardie-cat nature & my complete lack of skills and fitness (any excuse really!). So apart from a few 3 or 4-mile rides round the back lanes (an achievement in itself - for me!) have done next to nothing over the winter.
Then this week the weather changed dramatically and it was time to start…
Tuesday past, we loaded the bikes on the trailer & set off for a forest trail just north of where we stay. Was super-brave & raised my saddle - as many on the marvellous bikeforum.net and my husband had suggested. What a difference, not as scary as I thought, until it’s time to stop, (but that’s another story - please tell me someone else was once as hopeless…?!)
The track was wide (thankfully) & dry but loose & gravelly. That was OK, but the thing that got me was the hills (little inclines most people would probably sail up). It really sunk in that I should have worked more on my fitness & weight-loss over the winter. It was hard going at times – had to get off a time or two and walk (particularly when I’d made a mess of my gear changing, very much the beginner) but I felt less of an eejit than I thought! We managed about five miles, but this time last year that would have been beyond my wildest imaginings. More soon...
The track was wide (thankfully) & dry but loose & gravelly. That was OK, but the thing that got me was the hills (little inclines most people would probably sail up). It really sunk in that I should have worked more on my fitness & weight-loss over the winter. It was hard going at times – had to get off a time or two and walk (particularly when I’d made a mess of my gear changing, very much the beginner) but I felt less of an eejit than I thought! We managed about five miles, but this time last year that would have been beyond my wildest imaginings. More soon...
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