Hi,
Had been cycling a little with the kids, nothing too far or too hard. But as I approached 40 (both age and waist) I decided it was time to lower my fatness and raise my fitness.
So I took up running and now regularly manage 10k, I'm 4 stone lighter and feel lots better but it's still a big effort to drag myself out of the house to run. I need a new challenge to mix things up a bit.
So bought a road bike and have recently started cycling up and down the hills in the south of Leeds (which to me seem like mountains right now). I'm working up to a 50 mile round trip and have currently got to 23, I can average about 13mph, no idea if that's good or bad but I'm pleased with it and it gets me where I'm going.
This forum seems like a nice place to hang out and ask a question without too much fear of being shot down in flames so here I am.
Cheers
Dongo
Had been cycling a little with the kids, nothing too far or too hard. But as I approached 40 (both age and waist) I decided it was time to lower my fatness and raise my fitness.
So I took up running and now regularly manage 10k, I'm 4 stone lighter and feel lots better but it's still a big effort to drag myself out of the house to run. I need a new challenge to mix things up a bit.
So bought a road bike and have recently started cycling up and down the hills in the south of Leeds (which to me seem like mountains right now). I'm working up to a 50 mile round trip and have currently got to 23, I can average about 13mph, no idea if that's good or bad but I'm pleased with it and it gets me where I'm going.
This forum seems like a nice place to hang out and ask a question without too much fear of being shot down in flames so here I am.
Cheers
Dongo