So we had a break in the heat and on Monday I rode 10.5 miles and totally loved it -- wanted to keep going! Except, my tailbone was aching. I shifted several times and would get a little relief, but then it would start again.

I can't express how much I loved riding that morning! Late in the day I tacked on three or four more miles and wished I could keep going. Sigh.

So yesterday because it was still cooler than normal, I couldn't wait to ride again, except I kept putting it off because my tail was still a little achey --

And that's when I decided to go to the LBS and get my seat adjusted.

Well, the woman there lowered the seat, moved it back as far as it would go (not far enough, I don't think, but as far as it would go) and lowered the nose a bit, and said that should take care of it.

She also determined that the (um) post the handlebar is on? Was too high, way too high for safety, and lowered it. So she ended up making all kinds of changes. I wasn't sure what to think, but just looked forward to getting back on my bike.

This morning I got back on -- tailbone still hurts. (Maybe that's just from the other day, though, not sure. But I'm suspecting the seat still isn't adjusted well.)

And my thighs were just a little when on the first mile or so, which they hadn't been before, so that made me question all the changes that had been made. But they got a little better and by the time I'd ridden five miles, I wasn't thinking about them --

But I had to quit. Instead of keeping going, I had to quit because my tailbone hurt and the riding just wasn't fun. I don't know whether to blame it all on a sore tailbone that hasn't had time to recover, or whether the various adjustments just took the bike out of what was comfortable for me.

All I know is that Monday I didn't want to quit riding, even though my tailbone hurt. And today I couldn't force myself to keep going because my tailbone hurts.

And I still feel like I'm having to shove myself too far back on the seat trying to get relief from it.

Sidebar: I tend to slump in chairs and sometimes find myself sitting on my tailbone and when I get up, it's sore. When I first started cycling I was pretty sure my tailbone wasn't bothering me at all from cycling, but was aware sometimes it did from sitting. I'm going to see if Bed, Bath and Beyond or one of those stores has one of those memory foam cushions for a chair that will maybe remove the chair issue.