Quote Originally Posted by Kano View Post
Like Mimi said, it took YEARS to get it!

If you aren't an exerciser, when you start, it exhausts you. It exhausts you to the point where it's a WHOLE lot easier to say the hill with it and just quit! Last spring I started riding, and I thought I'd go out and ride on my own a bit each morning.
Yes indeed. When I went for years without exercising, it was truly exhausting to exercise- exhausting in a very unpleasant yucky way. It's totally different from the GOOD exhausted feeling I get now from exercising or riding. Now if i'm puffing and burning my way up a steep hill, i feel wiped out at the top but it feels GOOD all over my body, and good for hours afterwards. I used to feel draggy and stiff just getting out of bed every morning. The last thing I wanted to do is exercise and feel even MORE tired. Now I bounce right out of bed feeling great every morning and can't wait to go for a ride.