reality hurts

This past week I've been out for a couple of rides that were 10-15 miles and was feeling pretty good about the trip. Today I made the time to get a longer ride in..a 32 mile loop from home to Justin and back..rediscovered that while getting back on the bike was easy, getting my legs and lungs back in shape is hard;) By the way, if you ever find yourself in Justin I can now recommend Mom's Cafe as they served me a great lunch despite my half-dead appearance.

Today's ride made it clear I have some more training to do before starting the trip but the details are starting to come together. For example my rode bike is 37 years old and (mostly) still going strong, so I plan to use it for training. The same can't be said for things like bike shorts that have mysteriously grown smaller over the years and will need to be replaced.

I also have a box full of broken bike computers which gave me a great excuse to buy a new Garmin Edge 205 GPS-based bike computer to help with training. The claim is it will also allow me to upload my trips, and depending on how bad they look, I may share my progress here.