10K!

I am very grateful for friends who take time out for me in their very busy schedule. Today I went biking with two people who have become friends over the last 6 years...Charlie McCordic who was my faculty adviser and his lovely wife. I love these two as though they are family. So we biked a beautiful trail today, which was quite the treat to my hilly neighbourhood. While riding along, the husband noted that my knees were coming up to my ears and that my seat should be adjusted. I assumed it was perfect all along. So we stopped and he re-adjusted it for me. He stated that there would be less strain on my knees with having my seat higher and he was right. I was getting tired after just five minutes and then my seat was adjusted. So 1K later once my seat was adjusted we kept going, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. I honestly didn't think that it was that long, but was. At this point we figured out what we wanted to do. We could bike back and then go for lunch somewhere or we ladies could keep going and he would go back to the car and drive on up to the restaurant that was around the 10K mark. So we did the latter, it certainly didn't seem like it was 10K, it was the perfect day to go for a ride like this. It was much cooler than it had been in probably over a month! However, I now realize and see the benefit of a few key things to have for my new bike and will work on doing these things. A new seat is going to be top priority as the seat that bikes come with are not made for comfort lol. Then repair kits and air pumps will be important to get as well to help with the maintenance of keeping my bike in good shape and continuously ride able.