A slow start -- but a start nonetheless...

My first real ride of the 2012 season was a 22 mile shake-down ride on Sunday (April Fools Day).  This year has been the longest ever I've laid off the bike since I started riding in 2003 -- and it really felt like it.  Between a broken seat frame, crappy weather and business travel I had basically been off the bike since Thanksgiving week.

Thankfully, riding a bike is like....well... riding a bike. You really don't forget how to do it -- you just get on and go. So... last Sunday I just  got on and went. The ride was uneventful and the weather was pleasant enough. The new welds on my repaired seat frame held up fine, there was no rust on the bike, no flat tires and I returned home unscathed, if a little winded.   This last week I've resumed biking to/from work, too. I didn't realize how much I missed it.  

So, right now I'm not riding as fast as a few months ago, but I am back on the bike -- and that's what counts:  just get back on and go.   I'll also be getting back into the swing of searching for something interesting to write here as I train and raise money for this year's PMC in August.  

Please post here or drop me a line in email if you have any ideas, thoughts or just want to say "Hi."

More to come.
/doug