So you might be asking yourself why I am already getting ready for Halloween. Actually, this is the gear that was loaned to me by a friend here in Dallas. I have been wanting to start biking for exercise for a while, and just have not had the money to buy the gear to do it. So I decided to ask Don if I could borrow his bike to see if it would even be a worthwhile investment.
So today I decided to go ahead and see how my body would like/ dislike this type of exercise. Here are my thoughts 30 minutes after my first ride:
1) I am out of shape. I was doing really well by going to the gym 4 days a week before I hurt my shoulder and I was in pretty good shape. Not so much anymore!
2) I am not sure if it is the shorts (again borrowed) or what, but I would say that the nether regions were not doing so hot about 5 minutes into the ride. This can be damaging to the motivation to keep going, but I did anyway (11 minutes total for first ride time).
3) I like this much better than running. For one thing, I can't run because of my herniated disk in my back. I tried it, but wound up walking home after my second run from my back giving out. It is low impact, and I feel like I could go much longer without pain. We will see if this is the case when I wake up in the morning. I am curious if I will be super sore, sore, or not at all sore. I will let you know.
Over all, first day not to bad. Not great, but am looking forward to doing it again, which I guess is a good sign. I will continue posting to let you guys know how it goes.
P.S. Since I am borrowing the gear for only 2 weeks, I am also keeping my eyes and ears open to anyone not riding their bike that wouldn't mind me using theirs for a while. I need to talk with Jill about money and where we are to maybe start saving up for one of my own (along with everything else we are saving up for :-) ).
So today I decided to go ahead and see how my body would like/ dislike this type of exercise. Here are my thoughts 30 minutes after my first ride:
1) I am out of shape. I was doing really well by going to the gym 4 days a week before I hurt my shoulder and I was in pretty good shape. Not so much anymore!
2) I am not sure if it is the shorts (again borrowed) or what, but I would say that the nether regions were not doing so hot about 5 minutes into the ride. This can be damaging to the motivation to keep going, but I did anyway (11 minutes total for first ride time).
3) I like this much better than running. For one thing, I can't run because of my herniated disk in my back. I tried it, but wound up walking home after my second run from my back giving out. It is low impact, and I feel like I could go much longer without pain. We will see if this is the case when I wake up in the morning. I am curious if I will be super sore, sore, or not at all sore. I will let you know.
Over all, first day not to bad. Not great, but am looking forward to doing it again, which I guess is a good sign. I will continue posting to let you guys know how it goes.
P.S. Since I am borrowing the gear for only 2 weeks, I am also keeping my eyes and ears open to anyone not riding their bike that wouldn't mind me using theirs for a while. I need to talk with Jill about money and where we are to maybe start saving up for one of my own (along with everything else we are saving up for :-) ).
