Who said biking was a good idea???

My success of yesterday with the bike went to my head... and has quickly gone to my aching body this evening! I needed to go visit a church member this afternoon, who lives about 2.5 miles from our house, and I- full of (as it turns out false!) bravado - decided it would be an easy bike ride, and far better for me than driving. Of course, what I didn't take into account in that thinking was the fact that the route is far, far, FAR more hilly than my little route to & from work! I made a valiant effort, though, and only ended up walking the bike for about a third of the round trip distance... Needless to say, though, I am both pleased to have done it (and got through it!), and am tired and aching from having done it!

But the best part of it is that before I got on the bike, I was HUNGRY - even though I'd had a perfectly acceptable portion size of chow mein hot dish and salad for lunch not an hour earlier. I could quite happily have devoured every warm / hot thing in the kitchen (and was doing my best to avoid doing so...). Yet when I got home from the ride, I was thirsty, but my hunger had pretty much gone. What was left of it was quickly dispatched with a couple thin slices of home-made banana nut bread - far fewer calories than everything else I had wanted to get my hands on before the ride!!

Tomorrow it's back to work. There is a strong wind blowing tonight that is forecasted to continue blowing through tomorrow - and which did not help my ride this afternoon by any stretch of the imagination! - so it will depend on the weather in the morning whether I ride to work or not. Watch this space for more details!!