Legs Of Jello, Back In The Saddle Again

I bought a bike yesterday and I’m heading out to ride about 10 miles. This will be the first time I have rode such a distance in a long time and I’m really looking forward to the wind in my face and working up a good sweat. I’ve been wanting to get back in to bicycling for a long time but the roads here in NC do not have significant shoulders and it makes it kind of dangerous to ride.

Image: Walmart.com

The bike isn’t what I really wanted, which is a standard road bike with the ram-horn handle bars and narrow tires. I bought an inexspensive Mongoose mountain bike from Wal-mart. I bought a mountain bike because I needed something I could pull off of the pavement if I needed to; plus I might do some trail-riding when I move back up north and this bike will suffice.

I used to do quite a bit of cycling when I was a kid, mainly for playing and later for commuting to work about 8 miles one way. It was probably ther only reason that I didn’t put on a lot of weight when I was a kid. Between swimming and riding bike in the summer time, it’s a wonder that I wasn’t ripped.

If you don’t like running but want some good cardio, buy a bicyle. If you don’t like leaving the house, buy a stationary…but it’s just not the same. The reason for the title is because I know that’s how I’m going to feel after 10 short miles. I plan to work my way back up to 20. That’s my own little Tour De Faux. Oh, and if you ride in the country, try to breathe through your nose. You’ll eat far less bugs that way.

Image: Walmart