Not having been on a bicycle for a number of years (apart from the few times at the gym on the stationary bicycle) I decided to take a leap of faith and purchase a flat-bar road bicycle to get myself out and about.

Not having ridden regularly, and losing a lot of my fitness from when I left school, I have to start slowly before going out for a 50km bike ride.

Since getting married and moving out of home , finding either a gym or a cycling partner to exercise with hasn’t really happened as all I have to travel to meet up with them, it isn’t exactly motivating to travel to exercise.  So what I have been doing is attempting to motivate myself by going to a short ride after work twice a week, with the possibility of a weekend ride, or a weight-based gym session.

Unfortunately my motivation hasn’t driven me to cycle twice a week, with a gym session as well, however I am a least attempting one bike ride a week for about 25 minutes, so far from my first ride, I have increased my ride distance by 50%.  It sounds amazing, but when you know the actual distance ridden, it isn’t actually impressive.

Assuming the increases the distance continue, I will be at a respectable distance by the middle of the year, the only problem is the lack of daylight hours, but we will see what happens when the time comes.

I’m curious as to what other cyclists do with the reduced daylight hours in winter.  Let me know by leaving a comment or contact me by email.