Going to be sore tomorrow!

Got up very late this morning...I just didn't want to get up!

After five weeks off my K2, it was time to hit the roads again. It was way too cold to join the numbnuts who went out at 9 am for a ride so I waited until after lunch to get my first ride in while it was somewhat warmer. So at 1 pm it was around 46 degrees F and Michael was at the parking lot to do a ride, too. He had been off the bike for three weeks because of a tendonitis problem in his shoulder so this was his first ride back, too. So we went off together, heading for Frierson and then turnaround at I-49. Our pace was slow as I was keeping my heartrate below 160 to make this a "fat burning" ride. The heartrate indicated how out of shape I was when it would go up to 164 on a slight hill when it usually would read 140-146 while going about 10 mph faster! The fitness will come....you gotta start somewhere and getting back to a decent condition is a pain as it takes a few weeks to even begin to feel fit. I told Mike all about my Oz trip and I think I've got him convinced to take a trip there in 3-5 years (so he can save up the money) with his wife. I'm a good ambassador for traveling to Australia! Anyway, we got in almost 30 miles in under two hours which wasn't bad for our first trip into the fire. It's not fast by any stretch but a good start. I plan to go tomorrow, too, either before or after a visit to see my grandmother at a party at the care center where she lives.

But my legs will be sore tomorrow and my butt will not like the saddle too much either! The second ride back is usually the worse. Tonight is my bike racing team's end-of-the-racing-season-and-Christmas-party so I plan to make up for all the calories I burned off this afternoon!