3 posts tagged “biking”

I went for a fantastic bike ride this afternoon and it was a pretty far distance for me.  I'm making some good progress there, mostly because I'm having a lot of fun riding a bike.  I never really got into it but now I can see why it's so fun.  And I feel that I'm helping the environment because I'm not adding carbon emissions to the atmosphere.

Riding a bike is fun.  'Nuff said.

Bros

Last night after work was a nice leisurely bike ride on my new Trek 7.2 FX.  I went back and forth from our Metra stop and was there and back in about twenty-five minutes.  It was fun.  A lot of fun, to be exact.  My butt muscles a hurting pretty good right now, too -- man, it's been forever since I've been on a bike.

I was always a skateboarder in my younger years, and I've even thought about re-incorporating that into some of my day-to-day.  As I see it, I'd probably need to lose about 20 pounds to make that even close to a reality.

This morning at 6am was the start of a nice leisurely jog along my 5K training route, and I'm feeling much better progress-wise.  I think the music helped me out -- this new Panda Bear album is unbelievably good, and it was a nice start to the day for me.

Training-wise, I'll be increasing distance each day this week to try and be back at two miles of unstopped running at a good pace.  Looking ahead at the calendar, I'm going to try and convince a few friends that we need to run a 5K in the next month or so.

My New Bike: Trek 7.2 FX, originally uploaded by Justin Ward.

I went out and bought myself a bike yesterday -- and wow, it felt great. I can't believe I've been putting this off after living in the city for as long as I have. I think I'm just uber-scared that I'm going to pay some money for something that'll get stolen right away. It's all in the locking. And it's all in the understanding that it's Chicago and there's a stolen bike trade here and if someone wants that bike, they're going to get it.