Well Craig and I have really been trying to get ourselves in some sort of routine where exercising is a part of every day. How we keep ourselves so busy I don't know, but finding the time is hard to do. So last weekend we decided to kick start this new and improved lifestyle with a nice "little" bike ride. We decided to conquer this trail that goes across the bay and all around the refineries. So we jumped on our bikes and started on our journey. It was 1 minute into our bike ride when we realized that getting to the trail meant going downhill about 400 feet or so. This is when we discovered that we aren't used to hills...at all! Thinking back, we never encountered a hill during our Texas bike rides. At first it was pretty fun, until I heard this a Screeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeech! At that moment Craig goes jetting by me yelling...."um...my breaks aren't working!" So there he goes, trying to push on the little breaks he had (Thank God we had helmets on!). We both made it down the hill in one piece...of course with our hearts racing. Our Walmart bikes might not be cut out for this place. In any event we went on our way. Crossing the bay we had to dodge huge clam shells. The birds fly over and crack open the shells right along the trail. They are pretty sharp and can pop your tires. So we continued on and eventually made it all around the refineries. This part took us about 2 hours. When we finally crossed back over the bay, we were both exhausted and decided to stop and eat dinner before we went home. After eating, all we wanted to do was to lay down and sleep. This is when the realization of having to go uphill about 400 feet hit us. Hmmmm....what is the best way to do this? Our legs were so tired that walking was even painful. Our bottoms hurt to sit on our bikes and we had quite the trek home. Slowly (and I mean slowly) we made it home. We walked some and biked some. Our legs were numb when we finally got home. After we got home, we mapped the trip to see how far we went. It turns out we went about 30 miles. Now that is long way considering the last time we even touched our bikes was last summer. I think we need to break ourselves in a little slower. All night we felt like we had restless leg syndrome :)....we now think we know what that might feel like. Since then, we haven't exercised a whole lot unless you consider mowing, vacuuming, and chasing Maverick around exercise. We're doing our best to get going...but I think we are going to park the car at the bottom of the hill before we leave the house next time...and of course get some new breaks on Craig's Huffy! :)
