KiwiPhoenix

whoever said that Chch is flat obviously hasn't ridden a mountain bike through the city!

So let me explain.....

... as you know I borrowed a friends mountain bike to get get back in the saddle, which was fantastic. I have been down to McLeans quite abit and I'm getting faster! So anyways, I decided that since I was going to a work course, which started at 7am, I would cycle into work. DF dropped off DD at pre-school so I didn't have to worry about that, hence the reason for the decision to cycle in.

So I left at 6.20am, had on my orange hi-vis vest and switched on my lights and away I went.

So about 15mins in I realised that it was harder than I thought and I had no choice but to keep going and get into work!

Thankfully I work at a pool as a swim teacher so I didn't have to worry about being all sweaty as I could just jump into the water.

The coach got us started and as a warm up said to do 6 x 25m I just put up my hand and said "but I cycled in! I'm already warmed up!" he laughed and then said to do just what I felt comfortable with. 4 x 25m was good for me!

So after 2 hours of swimming I had to jump back on the bike to get back home! I certainly have lots more respect for cyclists than I ever had! The ride itself was cool and generally the motorists were good!