The downfall

So I decided to ride my bicycle yesterday for the first time in several years (when I say several...I mean 4-5 years) on my way to and back from work. It's not a far distance, but the heat and overbearing sun convinced me ultimately. I would've started riding sooner but one of the caps on my tires was broken :\ I finally stopped my laziness last week and looked up a bicycle shop to go to. Apparently they give you tire caps for FREE o.o I only asked for 2, but they handed me like 6! Haha...I love free stuff...even if they're just tire caps.



So after bicycling yesterday, I found out two things: I'm still out of shape even though I've been running the treadmill 2-3 times a week, and I now fail miserably at the sport of cycling (like I do at most sports...). I try to avoid uphill cycling...cuz that's pretty much impossible for me at the moment ><" and I'll probably look like a retard attempting it...just imagine someone straining to pedal on their bicycle as they barely move at all uphill...I'll probably just fall over. My steering needs the most work though. I can't seem to go straight...always swinging left and right, and I can feel the wobbliness (word?) of my movements.

I did get the hang of steering as I went faster, but I became a bit too overconfident unfortunately. My friend called me while I was bicycling and I didn't think steering with one hand while my other was holding the phone would be too difficult. WRONG! I ended up falling off my bike (and in public no less) and scraping my knee. The way I fell was embarrassing too. Initially I found my balance and managed to catch my bike sideways before it hit the ground, but then, by doing that, I lost my balance again and was flapping my arms like an idiot as I fell sideways..........我觉得好委屈 T_T. By this time I was pretty much annoyed at how this whole bicycling experience turned out. I was seriously hoping nothing else would happen...but THEN, as I was going down one of those gradual slopes that connected the road to the sidewalk, I accidentally went over a small stream of water and got mud splattered onto my legs and shorts. Why the heck is there even water on the road on a hot, sunny, and DRY day?!

Well, this concludes my horrible experience yesterday. I hope these aren't signs or something telling me to stop bicycling around. For now, I'll just consider these moments as signs that I need to practice more. So, RAWR for motivation!