winterbadger | this can't wait for the new year

It's been far too long since I had a regular exercise regime. Looking back at what records I have, the last time I was exercising regularly was the winter of 2010/2011 and the last time I was cycling regularly was 2009. Ugh. I used to do 2-5 miles 5-10 times a month in the old neighbourhood in VA. Here I used to do about 2 miles once a week at least. Then it fell to about once a month. I switched over to jogging for a while and was doing that 2-3 times a week.

So, Rupert and I went out for a bit of a spin. Because I dawdled and did other things, it was getting dark and actually started to rain a little as I headed back, but it was a nice ride. I only did about 2 miles, but I didn't have any shortness of breath or lead legs the way I sometimes do when I start back exercising again. The burn in the lungs, but that's pretty much normal for me every time I've gotten real exercise from age 12 onwards. Had to detour off the bike trail for a bit as there was a medical emergency; first time in a while I've ridden in traffic (OK, hardly any traffic, but still). Not wild about it, especially as I found that my rear bike light has a dead battery (and is probably screened by my rear pannier anyway). Need to fix that and find a secondary light to mount if I have the pannier on.