Saddle Sore
Today was a long, interesting day.
I woke up and stumbled about, trying to get ready for school. Even when my first class starts at 10:15 and I don't have to get up until 8:30, I'm a lethargic zombie in the morning. After bumbling through my shower, I checked email grabbed my backpack and headed for school.
As I've mentioned previously, I ride my bike to school every day. At first this was a difficult chore as I haven't exactly been maintaining optimal exercise habits. By now however, the ride to school is an easy trip and a pleasant bit of activity to help wake me up in the morning.
As usual, I arrived a few minutes early for class. As I was sitting waiting for the class before mine to exit so that I could claim a seat, I realized that I had forgotten an important assignment for my second class at home. The paper was due and if it wasn't turned in I would receive a zero score.
I raced back out to my bike and headed back to the dorm. forty five minutes later I was back. I scooped up my paper and raced to school again. By the time I reached my class I had spent more than two hours on my bike.
After my classes, I had to return home again. When I got home I realized that I didn't have any food in the house so I once again mounted my bike this time heading for the grocery store. I missed my turn and ended up exploring a whole new area. Not a waste of time but it streched my bike trip out to a half hour each way.
When I got home I found a note directing me to run a vital errand (more on this tomorrow). Once again I hopped on my bike. This time I raced down to the station, usually a 7-8 minute ride but the Friday afternoon crowds extended the time to a good fifteen minutes each way. Upon arriving, I was told that I was at the wrong location and that I would have to go to another place 45 minutes away.
I went home, ate a snack consisting of a chocolate bar and an English muffin and headed out on my errand. Almost two hours later I arrived back home and collapsed in front of my computer.
So here I am. I have spent a little over six hours today riding my bike. I'm tired.
I woke up and stumbled about, trying to get ready for school. Even when my first class starts at 10:15 and I don't have to get up until 8:30, I'm a lethargic zombie in the morning. After bumbling through my shower, I checked email grabbed my backpack and headed for school.
As I've mentioned previously, I ride my bike to school every day. At first this was a difficult chore as I haven't exactly been maintaining optimal exercise habits. By now however, the ride to school is an easy trip and a pleasant bit of activity to help wake me up in the morning.
As usual, I arrived a few minutes early for class. As I was sitting waiting for the class before mine to exit so that I could claim a seat, I realized that I had forgotten an important assignment for my second class at home. The paper was due and if it wasn't turned in I would receive a zero score.
I raced back out to my bike and headed back to the dorm. forty five minutes later I was back. I scooped up my paper and raced to school again. By the time I reached my class I had spent more than two hours on my bike.
After my classes, I had to return home again. When I got home I realized that I didn't have any food in the house so I once again mounted my bike this time heading for the grocery store. I missed my turn and ended up exploring a whole new area. Not a waste of time but it streched my bike trip out to a half hour each way.
When I got home I found a note directing me to run a vital errand (more on this tomorrow). Once again I hopped on my bike. This time I raced down to the station, usually a 7-8 minute ride but the Friday afternoon crowds extended the time to a good fifteen minutes each way. Upon arriving, I was told that I was at the wrong location and that I would have to go to another place 45 minutes away.
I went home, ate a snack consisting of a chocolate bar and an English muffin and headed out on my errand. Almost two hours later I arrived back home and collapsed in front of my computer.
So here I am. I have spent a little over six hours today riding my bike. I'm tired.
5 Comments:
Kudos to you!
That's good! Plenty of excercise
But you got the paper turned in.
I am impressed. I think I would really like riding bike again (that was my mode of transportation throughout my college career)once I get past that posterior ache from such wonderfully designed bike seats.
That and the fact that it has been almost 20 years since I was in college. ;)
Well, now you can justify watching movies and eating snacks all weekend. that is what i feel like doing.....:)
I'm telling ya, the next Lance Armstrong in the making.
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