Rollin With Schwinn And Burnin' Calories

Bike riding is not what I remembered it to be. Last time I went riding (before the last two days) was years. And I believe it was when my age still had the word teen in it. When I lived in Queens, I would ride to Forest Park all the time. I'd ride up this crazy hill and all around the park, barely breaking a sweat. Now....well, you can just imagine. Me and Kane rode out yesterday to give my new bike its first spin. Less than halfway to our destination, Orchard Beach, I was huffing, puffing, and feeling nauseous. Hilarious, I know. But here's the cold facts, a ride from my house to Orchard Beach is 10 miles. I'm sure there's lots of people who can do that in their sleep, but I was just ready to fall apart. If it wasn't for Kane yelling at me to keep going, and singing " Don't Stop Believen' " together, I would have packed in and headed home. We got semi lost and ende up in Pelham Manor, where there were million dollar homes and backyard the size of football fields. (side note: soooo want one of those houses) We finally made it to the beach. I had a pretzel, chugged a gatorade and was good to go.
I'm being really big on the whole biking thing cause I want to lose weight and biking combines alot of things I like: fresh air, the outdoors, traveling, and generally having fun.
My younger sister asked to go with me riding today, and I agreed, provided that she sat through my constant safety briefings. The way to get there (the beach) involves riding along side NYC drivers, and I was uber paranoid to say the least. So we trekked out today and had a blast.

We skinned our knees in the landing of this photo. I haven't skinned my knee in ages. We also happened to skin the same knee which was weird. And my legs and knees also happened to be in great pain from yesterday's ride, so needless to say, landing on them felt like I broke them. But we were rolling laughing afterwards, so its all good.



Making it to the beach is a victory I can't describe. :)
Going home is always tricky cause of all of the loop dee loops in Pelham. But we made it back safe and sound. I'm really addicted to this bike riding business. Especially after all the gadgets I'm buying for my bike. Hello my Hello Kitty rearview mirrorrrrr!!! Thank you Ebay!!

I'm gonna be riding every chance I get. Hopefully I'll see some really cool things and show em to you here. Like......umm......a bald eagle?? We got those in NY right?