I Want To Ride My Bicycle...

Danny and I haven't ridden regularly since August. Though we both crave it - with my crazy (short lived) school schedule, the kids soccer games, karate, and everyday routines we haven't made time to knock out 5 miles, much less the 22 we WERE knocking out in the height of our pre-work rides. We've had a tandem we've wanted to get on for over a year. It's been collecting dust in our garage and taking up a lot of space! (Have you ever seen how much space a tandem takes up??)

Last night we decided to do something daring. We let Michiah cook the hamburger meat for the spaghetti while we threw the tandem on the trainer. For thirty minutes we were in the garage practicing our communication and rhythm. It's not easy to get two head-strong adults to pedal in the same direction without taking a break for 30 minutes. But - we are a success! And of course the girls enjoyed watching us leave sweat droplets on the garage floor so they had to jump on the bike as soon as we got off.

We are really looking forward to getting back out on the bike in the early spring. If we keep up our cadence - we'll be in tip-top riding condition by then!




Until then...