As a Yes men
when I received the invitation to travel to Shikoku Island to do a
pilgrim I just accepted, then I thought a little bit more about it
and realized that only in the fifth day I’ll have to ride a bike
for about 7 0km and that was just after another four days of ups and
downs in the mountains and sea side. To be honest I had toothache for
few days and felt a little bit homesick and I blame me being nervous
about the trip, I haven’t ride a bike for long distances in long
time ago and it was a few times in Taiwan with a maximum of 80 km on a
day, but besides that I have overweight and shamefully out of shape
so I decided to start doing some biking around the city, living in
the downtown means I’ve to ride for about 15 min to get to a
straight road where I can ride without having to stop every corner.
It is nice! Besides
the cold weather and having to use gloves and jacket the sight is
great, biking by the riverside or the seaside is great! We have
trained once and the last Sunday BBQ can count as a short training.
Two days ago I went to a city nearby carrying my backpack with about
10 kg, not a long ride, maybe 25 to 30 km but it was the first time
carrying some weight besides the beers of last weekend.
This days I’ve
been taking care of the morning shift so just some exercise in the
room like jumping jacks, squats and some abs exercise for the core,
hopping that this will help to increase my resistance and to be ready
for the trip, is just 10 days from now.
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