Cycling

Day 1-July 10th
 My first day of cycling was a little bit discouraging. First of all, i had to use my brothers bike (which is a little bit too tall for me) and it had been quite some time since my last bike ride. Within the first five minutes of the ride i could feel it in my legs and by the end of the ride they were fairly jelly-like, but i managed. To be honest, i felt very out of shape, i managed to only take 2 breaks of less than five minutes, but compared to where i was last year, it was still a bit of a downer. The nicest part about the ride was that it was morning and i was alone, so i didn't feel judged when i needed to slow down or took a drink, but since it was a bit chilly and the bugs were terrible (unless you were moving) i still had plenty motivation to keep going. I started off easy by biking 4.8 km in 30 min, which is approximately 300 calories burned. It wasn't as easy as i thought it was going to be, but these things never are. So, i guess i can only hope that my next bike ride (which will be tomorrow) will be better than today's and some improvement will eventually show.

Day 2-July 11th
Unfortunately day two was not easier like i'd  hoped. In fact, it was a lot harder since I went about 1 km farther with more hills and i was still somewhat recovering from yesterdays ride. Today i biked 6 km in 50 minutes which is approximately 450 calories burned.

Day 3- July 12th
This morning i was extremely tired, so i only went for a very short 20 minute ride of 2.4 km (200 calories burned). So far i've realized that it really does take a lot of commitment to wake up two hours before work to go for a bike ride, especially on those exceptionally tiring days. I haven't really felt much improvement yet, but it has only been three days and these things take time.