Hi guys, thought I'd come back and update since you've all been so lovely.

Pretty pleased with myself today. Managed to ride just over 5 miles in the one go without feeling like I was going to die. Took me 30 minutes at 10mph, with a few stops for some water.

I seem to get an initial feeling of 'I can't do this!' within the 1st ten minutes of my ride, I think it's just a psychological barrier from being sedentary for so long. Once I get past that I feel like I could ride forever It's funny that my first trip out only 9 days ago took me 15 minutes to do 1.5 miles at 6mph.

Is this a significant improvement? My mood, energy and general wellbeing has improved at a surprising rate!

Oh, and I almost got run over for the first time today too by a young girl coming out her driveway head on, didn't see me. Scary!