New Bicycle
Last week I bought a new bicycle, a Trek 4300 with disk brakes. I took it out for a brief spin after putting it together, but nothing too significant, since I wanted to buy a helmet first. It was the first time I had been on a non-motorized bike in years, and I was a bit unstable, but pretty quickly figured it out.
Fast forward to today… I went for the first real ride on the new bike. Let’s just say it kicked my ass. I probably only rode five or so miles, but there were a lot of hills. When I was climbing the main big hill on my chosen route I thought my heart and lungs were going to explode. I’ve been exercising a lot more regularly since I had heart surgery a few months back (usually doing cardio six days a week). But all that cardio just wasn’t enough to prepare me for that hill. At the end of my ride my legs were just burning and rubbery. I cam home and basically went straight to a nap.
But now I’m feeling better, and certainly glad I bought the bike. It’s going to be great exercise and a good addition to my workout routine to break things up.
