Ride 3: Yerrabi Pond

I'm still struggling with health and energy this week and was feeling quite down about it all. A friend suggested we meet at Yerrabi to sit and share the sunshine for a while, so I decided to take my bike along and go for a ride afterwards. I'm glad I did because the sitting and chatting in the sun pulled out of my own head for a bit and I actually felt up to doing a short ride. It is frustrating that I can't do more at the moment, but I'm grateful for what I've achieved so far.

Ride 2: Ride to work brekky

Well, I think I'm finally better now, so time to try and do some catchup. So yesterday I decided I WOULD make it to the Ride to Work brekky team-mate Pete invited me to. Which meant dragging myself out of bed before 8 for the first time in nearly two weeks and doing the cycle/tram thing into the city. That meant two short 2.8km rides with a nice break and some brekky in between. Easy!

Except it was FREEZING cold!! One of Canberra's classic October "surprises" (that happens too regularly for it to really be a surprise anymore!) when the temperature was not far above zero!! And windy! Especially in the city where it whips around all the tall buildings and makes its own microclimate. I didn't even get the benefit of a warm brekky, because when it came to it, my stomach just couldn't face a bacon and egg roll, which was all that was on offer. Anyway, I did the ride ok, but there are no photos. My hands were just too cold! I had to have a shower when I got home just to thaw out my legs!

First tentative steps (oops! Pedals)

8 days in and I finally got on the bike, for a short time! Unfortunately, I got sick last week and am still recovering, so haven't managed to climb in the saddle until today and could only go a very short distance to start with. So it's a very tentative first pedal, but I'm glad to get started as earlier in the week I didn't think I'd be able to ride all week. Honestly, I haven't been able to win trick healthwise this year so to be in the saddle at all is a blessing! So just a quick jaunt around the local suburb to get me going.