#rambosnap

7am bike ride find.

The world was very green today 💚

Me and Irwin are chilling in the garden.

He has his own pool.

It's another Irwinversary :) my nephews made him cards and he had a feast and a new bit of cork bark to climb on.

I was looking for a mountain bike with suspension and stuff and ended up with something completely different.

I got a 2nd hand Raleigh Pioneer Trail. She's lovely and most importantly...the maximum rider weight is 120kg (whereas I've noticed for most bikes it's 100kg)

I usually clock in at 118kg so I'm at the top end but as long as I don't go thumping down curbs hopefully I won't blow the tyres or snap the spokes.

Anyway on the day I got the bike I took her to the park and I was just...so damn disheartened.

It was HARD. like literally after 20 seconds I was out of chuff and I had to stop every 20 meters or so because my knees burned so bad.

I wanted to cry yknow? Like I spent money I really shouldn't be spending on this bike and I so desperately want to be able to cycle about with my nephews but it was so damn hard.

However, I'm nothing if not a stubborn bastard so I've been taking her out every morning at like 7am (before the park gets busy and I have less risk of running into someone)

And day by day it has gotten a little easier, my legs can peddle for longer, my breathing is steadier (I take my inhaler just in case cause that first day I really thought I was gonna die).

There is this tiny slope near the rose gardens I can now peddle up which killed me on days 2&3.

Then yesterday I managed a few good loops of the park, sure I stopped occasionally but I mostly cycled it.

So today I thought I would push myself.

I cycled up to a supermarket 1.6 miles away (I didn't go inside) and then cycled the 1.6 miles back, stopping only to cross over roads and twice to have a sip of water.

So I cycled 3.2 miles and I'm very damn proud.

And it turns out I've lost 4kg over the week.

I've named my bike Macy and she's lovely.