"You would be so good on a bike" "Why don't you ever ride a bike?" "You should really be training on a bike"... I've heard this stuff for like 10 years. I never gave into the pressure before. Don't get it wrong I've ridden a stationary bike, even borrowed a bike and rode a few times. But I've never actually had my own bike and trained on it consistently...UNTIL NOW
So, I finally buckled and went out and bought a bike. Step one, go to the store.. talk to some guy who's explaining 100 things, only problem is he might as well be talking Chinese b/c I don't understand anything. I just say yes, have a bike and I'm on my way. So I spent the first few days riding around, practicing clipping in the pedals, to try and avoid being that guy falls down when he stops. The other major problem i had to get over was trying to drag race every single car that goes past me. I get really competitive and assume the car is going to get tired and let me win. That never happens...
So after a few days of getting ready and preparing I was ready for my first hard ride. Well not too hard, I was planning on going out to a local park and riding like an hour and a half. Before I start you have to realize in my head with everyone telling me "how good I would be", I had pretty much anointed myself the next winner of the gold jersey in the Tour de France, if not 2013 at least by 2014(Yes, I realize it's yellow, this is the humor.. you gotta be witty to read my blog). So I'm off.. and being the adventurous person that I am, I decide I'm going to jump on this bike trail and go. By the way no one ever told me bike trials sometimes are just roads with a sign pointing the direction you should go. And sometimes, apparently, you can miss those signs and what was planned on being an hour and a half ride can turn into around a 3 and a half hour ride. Yes, I got lost in a city I've lived in forever. Also, I was unaware that oddly enough I live in an mountainous region, always seems so flat in a car.
Good news is, I made it home and didn't fall over one time at a stop light trying to clip out.. Those were about the only points for me. The bike pretty much won the battle though. My legs are wrecked, and I think I've decided that I might not be ready for the 2013 Tour. I don't have a GPS or anything on my bike, but I'm pretty sure that I traveled at least 300-400K today, so that was good. End of the story though, I can't believe how addicting riding is. It's only been a few days, but every time I get finished I want to jump back on the bike(well mentally, my legs aren't working great right now). Hopefully that last for a while, b/c I'm really enjoying it....
***quick notes.. I just wrote 2 blogs in 2 days.. that will prolly never happen again, so don't get used to it...also, not all of my posts will be silly, but they all won't be serious either(obviously)... and finally, in like one day people from 11 countries read my blog.. this internet things is pretty cool, who knew....
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