Blog!ARU: Archive

It is often said that you get on better in life if you have a fine pair of jugs. With this in mind I've bought another one. I think you'll agree that they're a couple of beauties:

Two months ago I bought a cheap magnetic exercise bike from Argos — I can't recommend it enough (it's near silent, comfortable and has much better resistance than I expected). For someone who used to cycle a lot, but who has done very little exercise in the last few years, it's been a bit of shock to see how out of shape I've gotten.

OK, so my weight is bang on for my height (~72kg @ 6ft) but the first attempt on the bike on resistance setting 4 out of 8 knackered me after only a couple of miles. In the last two weeks though I've been a bit more motivated and after sticking with it a 13.6mile ride in 33minutes on resistance setting 5 out of 8 (allegedly using up 500 ‘calories’) isn't leaving me knackered anymore and I'm finding it fun again! I'm also feeling like I've got more energy and I've also made a start with weights again.

The Trek 4700 is looking a bit forlorn sat in the garage (where it's sat pretty much since my accident) but I don't think it's going to be long before it's out on the road again.