New workout

With my running days officially behind me, I’ve needed to come up with a good cardio workout that’s easy on my joints and that I can do outdoors for much of the year.  I do live in the Pacific Northwest, after all.  My next choice would be bicycling.  So, I decided to tune up my Diamondback Voyager I that I purchased back in 1999.  I rode that thing quite a bit the first few years I had it, but lately it’s just been sitting gathering cobwebs.  Funny how my disuse of that bike coincided with my weight gain.  Here’s a picture of my ride; it’s amazing I was able to find a picture of it on the net.  Same color and everything.  Anyway, I’ve taken it for a couple of spins now, and so far so good.  I’m using different muscles than I was running, but my CV endurance is definitely there as a result of my previous workouts. 

I’ll do this for the rest of the season, until the weather turns cruddy some time in October/November, then I’ll figure something else out.  Until then, though, this will help me keep my weight down as I turn to maintenance in the next few weeks.