My Blue Bicycle

Oct 30, 2021 | Legs!, Sugar, Ah Honey Honey

In the early part of the first lockdown last year, I took to using my bicycle as an exercise bike. When I first used it, I was knackered after 15 minutes. Eventually I set myself a target of 45 minutes at a reasonably high resistance. My resolve collapsed when I hit that target a month later and got bored. After the diabetes tests, it seemed sensible to get back on the bike. I was worried that I’d have to start from scratch again, but I did 20 minutes with no problem yesterday, and 25 minutes today, again with no problem. In a break from last year’s song-based playlists, I simply put Phish on Spotify and let them jam away for the length of both rides. Some of their longer jams are great to zone out to.

I’ve never stopped walking, but could do with extending the length of the walks again. I’m happy to do this, but the weather has been poor.