Back on the bike

Well, yesterday I finally did it.  Got my rapidly expanding backside back in the bike seat and pushed off to explore the hills and dales of my new home in Newfield.  Mostly hills.  Really big, long, nasty hills.  After waking my bike computer (which has been "sleeping" for many months"), I realized that I have ridden almost 1700 miles on this bike in about three years.  Which doesn't seem like a lot for real athletes, but for slugs like me, it is quite an accomplishment.  Most of those 1700 miles were ridden with my now ex partner.  I know that not getting back on the bike sooner than now is due in some part to my inherent laziness, but mostly due to the trauma of riding without her; the inevitable memory scrolling, the pain of no longer being with someone that I once deeply loved.  But, I love riding too much to give it up, so yesterday's ride, was hopefully a rebirth of some kind, a throwing off of the gloom and sadness of the last few months, and a turn towards better things.