Half way through the week, I’ve cycled 25 miles so far – 5 miles each way to work and back. If I can keep this up for the rest of the week, that’ll be 50 miles in 5 days. This must be a good thing.
I do feel a little healthier, but haven’t weighed myself in a while. The endorphins are aflow by the time I get to the office, which is a more efficient wake-up technique than any breakfast cereal I’ve discovered so far.
The only obvious down-side is that I apparently need to either stop cycling, smoking or breathing soon, as my lungs are far from happy with the current state of affairs.
your lungs will get used to it. :-)
and it is a brilliant way to stop smoking, everytime you feel like a smoke, go for a bike ride.
when i cycled regularly i used to find that the run to work (2.2miles) was just not enough, i’d always want to go further…
Well done Barry. I got up at 6am today to go and do a bit of cycling in the dry/warm environment of the gym. Nothing like as hardcore as you cycling out in the real world.
That said, perhaps cycling in London (which is doubtless akin to smoking about 20 cigarettes in exhaust fumes) is not so much exercise as drawn-out suicide.
Anyway, keep it up.
Jim, not sure about wanting to go further, although 2.2 miles would probably seem like a doddle now ;-)
Mike, agreed on cycling in London – I’d have to get one of those little facemasks that would make me look like a member of Altern-8 – and I look ridiculous enough on a bicycle as it is.
Having said that, exhaust fumes are far worse than cigarettes, as someone in the pub explained to me the other day: you sit in your car with a hosepipe from the exhaust poked through the window, and I’ll sit in another car smoking – we’ll see who croaks first…
Apart from all the exhaust fumes from the cars, I said when you have the chance to bike, go for it. I cannot biking around in my hometown here because I have to “compete” with all the crazy car drivers :) I might died from exhaust fumes or hit by a car, either way is not fun. Is it common for people in UK to go to your office by bicycle? I wish I could do the same here.
Eric, the redways keep me far enough from most of the traffic, so it’s just about bearable :)
PS. 40 miles now! One day to go, I hope I can face it in the morning…
Oh, redways is a nice concept. Maybe I have to move there :) So, one day to go, 10miles short. What will happen after 50 miles? Goodluck, Barry.
My legs will fall off…