on the move again, sort of
Posted by Sherry on January 27, 2007
Since our tandem mishap last April, walking short distances is the closest I’ve come to any kind of workout routine. Up till then I was a fairly faithful user of the treadmill.
Some people long to be outdoors, especially on days like yesterday, when God teases us with a hint of spring in the air. I’m not one of those people. I’m content to look out from my confined, climate-controlled existence and keep doing whatever it is I’m doing. Thankfully, Mauri cheerfully invites me to join him on the tandem and I used to accept — until our mishap, from which I seem to lag in progress toward full recovery.
Enter the Ironman recumbent exercise bike. I ordered it from overstock.com and it arrived while Mauri was out at the coast. While it waited patiently in its shipping box for Mauri’s put-things-together abilities, I made a project of clearing a space for it in the project room. Today I began a new workout routine. Two miles wasn’t all that far to ride (I know, I know…I wasn’t actually riding) but it’s a good place to start. It feels good to be on the move again, even though only my legs and feet are moving. I hope this will get me walking better and back to accepting Mauri’s cheerful invitations to take a ride—outside!
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