We have bikes, yep, we're quitting the gym and cycling everywhere instead, like some smug middle class yuppies who have discovered a brighter way to exercising than running indoors. The truth however is that the reason we enjoy this type of exercise so much is because we know it so well. Going to the gym became an unpleasant chore, in fact 'became' may be pushing it, there was no sense of excitement joining the gym, not like with the bikes. Last night I was positively jumping up and down with the endless possibilities of where we could go (I had apparently completely forgotten that I posses a driving licence and could get twice as far twice as fast). I even have a helmet, it's white and pink and I look about 12 in it, which is ironic because at 12 I would not have been seen dead in a helmet (and it's probably a miracle that I wasn't), but now I am terrified to leave the drive without it on! And so have begun our cycling adventures, noticeably wobblier than I ever remember it all being and it turns out the saying is true, you don't forget, but your confidence certainly goes a little, we cycled almost non-stop around the little villages near the town we live in and we found ourselves passing through a wooded area as the sun was starting to set and stopped to admire the view, before setting off on our journey again and having to shut out the urge to play knock a door run on our friend as we cycled passed his house! So maybe the adult in us cannot be suppressed at all times, but it's sure good to let that inner kid in us out for a while, even if it is just to do wheelies on the drive!
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