Ouchy
Posted: Tue 19 April, 2005 Filed under: Health, Resolutions 3 Comments »Well, the ride home only took about 50 minutes. But shite I was knackered at the end of it. Still, I’ve proved I can do it now.
However, this morning all I can say is “Ow!”. There’s a couple of places where the saddle contacts with my body – no, not those bits – but bloody close – which hurt like a bastard. I knew they would, but still, Jesus Christ.
So today I’ve wimped out a bit, and rather than doing the full sixish miles each way, I’ve cheated and ridden to the train-station, used the train, then from trainstation to work. It’s still about two miles all told each way, but as Herself said last night, now I’ve proved to myself I can do it, and I’ve got a goal, I should perhaps take it a little bit easier than doing the full distance every day right from the start.
So yeah, I’m going to keep on doing it – but maybe just a little bit more sensibly than I did yesterday.
Oh, and yes, Anni, in relation to your comment, I was way optimistic on my timings. I know, I know. Definite faults in the calculations.
Investing in a gel seat is definitely something to think about. I started riding to work a couple of years ago when I the journey was only 9 miles (rather than the 40 or so it is now) and it took me two days before I was off to the local bike shop to get a big comfy saddle.
And stick at it, because it will get easier.
Oh, I know it will – but Herself is right, there’s no point destroying myself early on. Do it in steady increases, and it’ll be better in the long-term. I just have this nasty tendency to have to prove to myself that I can do it…
Well until you get a saddle, there’s always the short-term favoured by moutain bikers of old. You just need some padding in your pants. And a good and thick sanitary towel works a treat. Anything with wings probably best avoided though . . .