photo by me

Today started the flagstaffbiking.org bike to work week. I decided to take part in it.

I didn’t ride all the way from my house. That’s too far for me and I’m not in good enough shape for that (it’s about 20 miles each way). Instead, I parked my car at my brother’s house in town and biked in from there (about 5 miles each way).

The ride this morning was beautiful. The air was perfect and the weather was spectacular. People on the trail were smiling, ringing their bells, and saying good morning. However, there are a LOT of hills going there. I didn’t realize how hilly my town is until this morning.

I used to ride this route all of the time but, I think, that in my youth, it didn’t seem so bad. Now that I’m old, I think I feel the hills much more.

The ride home was lovely until the last mile – and omigosh that last mile was rough. It was steep. I didn’t realize how steep it was when I was riding out this morning.

The worst thing about it was that some young men yelled out their window that I had a fat butt. Well, thank god they can point out the obvious. Good for them.

Idiots.

I’m going to do every other day and, hopefully, by July, build up to all 5 days.

By the end of summer, I’d like to be able to ride from my house into town. That’s my goal.