A couple of months ago, I bought a bike to try to get back in shape. At 5′10″, 200 pounds is just not a good carrying weight unless I played professional football (I don’t). The last few days, I’ve gotten back on the bike and started riding around. Over the next few months, I’m going to try to trim down to 170. If I get there, that will be sweet. In college, I was a lean mean fighting machine. In my 20s? Not so much. Now in my early 30s, I want to take care of myself so that (Lord willing) the 40s/50s aren’t so rough.
One of the odd things about getting back on my bike is my surprise that I am not as nimble as I once used to be. It used to be so easy to ride with no hands and balance. I used to be able to twist and turn my neck with nary a concern. Not so much now…My back was even feeling it after riding about a mile yesterday. But those aches and pains are just giving me more motivation to get back out there every day. I have a beautiful wife and three beautiful kids. I want to see them grow up, so just call me Bikemaster D.
