Bought a very important piece of clothing from MEC the other day - bike shorts. The $59 price tag is going to be well worth it from what I hear from my friends.
I got on the bike yesterday for the first time in, well, ever! The only bike riding I've ever done to this point in my life was on my bmx kuwahara in jr. high school. Since then, I can honestly say that I've never really done much of any riding whatsoever.
Now, my training regiment consists of an hour a day on the "saddle". For the first week, I'm just trying to continue peddling (with a short water break every, say, 5 minutes) for the full hour. Next week I'm going to do 10 minute intervals of hard riding and spinning the tires as it were. I'm gearing up for a ride into Lethbridge in a couple of weeks. Hope I make it.
Tonight I got online to check into some cream for the sensitive areas of my body. I'm going to Lethbridge tomorrow. I'll be sure to pick some up, along with some Ibuprofen...
Way to go Jon. The adventures only get better - just wait till you turn 50!
ReplyDeleteMy tip of the day: use cornstarch to reduce the affects of friction.
A check is on the way so get out there and enjoy the ride.