Have fun, get fit

Inspired by my neighbors impressive transformation the previous summer I decided to dust off my old Schwinn Le Tour and try to lose some weight. I wasn’t exactly looking forward to riding because when I had ridden with her once last year it was a less than pleasant experience. So gritting my teeth I got the old torture machine out. When I discovered that my front tire was the victim of dry rot did I take the easy way out and quit? No! I marched myself across the street and borrowed said neighbors bike. And then I discovered… joy! What a great bike - I could sit up on a seat that was actually designed for a normal butt, the handle bars were within reach and it wasn’t excruciatingly painful to pedal. Thinking “I have got to get me one of these” I headed out in search of a new bike. Within a week of finding my dream bike I had ventured out of my neighborhood and onto the local bike path riding between 10 and 15 miles a day. It was fun and even though I had to walk my bike up some of the hills at first I felt like that skinny young girl again. And that is how I became a biking princess.