Really great to hear you got to ride! It is a wonderful feeling to get out and ride! It heightens all your senesces and awareness. Riding will help to loose weight for sure. It also helps with the serenity for me. I seem to forget the aches and pains and the day to day crap for a couple hours. I can put in the ear buds and listen to some praise songs and come back stronger mentally and physically. I would call that 22 minutes of peace!

I went this past weekend mountain biking and had a blast. Test rode a new bike and fell in love with it.(Of course! LOL) It was a good time. Have started training for a few century rides this year. Want to do this while I still can.

Prayers!
Bill

Bill that is just great you are expanding your boundaries. My husband bought a mountain bike last year, used, but a very expensive bike. He went out a few times and really loved it. Then he just stopped. The man has absolutely nothing wrong with him!

He has been walking a bit up the mountain, so he is working out. I went to again taking my bike to the flats. My hands are really still too flared to ride outside. They thumbs hurt from switching gears so much I had to just stay in one neutral gear. Holding on was hard too. But I also got on the basement bike and rode a few times.

I think I have something seriously wrong with my lungs. I just can't breath when I put any load on them. I am going to need some X-rays or a visit to a specialist. I am worried it is a side effect of Orencia, the biologic I am on. I had to go off Rittuxan for the same reason. I guess that would be better than Rheumatoid Lung disease or the Big C. Not that I am worried about that.

I can't imagine doing a century ride! 40 km is the most I have ever made. I guess just riding at all is an accomplishment with what I have been through the last year or so.