Its just like riding a bike

I'm sure everyone has either said this or heard this at some point their lives. It is what we tell someone to imply that whatever activity or adventure they are about to encounter will not be a challenge, the skill will come to them immediately.

Well, the next time someone uses this analogy to me. Whatever activity I was contemplating...I will not be doing it!!!

It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon. Blue sky, warm with a nice cool and refreshing breeze, perfect for a relaxing ride around Mission Bay on a beach cruiser. I was trying to be supportive, helping someone begin training for a 150 mile bike ride. So I think, "sure I'll ride with you to help you train." Now, to get you up to speed, the extent of my bicycling experience involves riding my beach cruiser a few blocks from my house, usually either to the beach or Starbucks. What can I say, I'm a simple girl. So, oh, maybe ten minutes into what I thought would be a leisurely ride, I became very aware of, oh how do I put this gently... MY ASS!!! To be more specific, those two bones you sit on (ichial tuberosities, for all of my colleagues). So, being only one mile into the eleven mile loop (that's right, 5 mph, go ahead call me a slowpoke, you won't offend me) you can imagine how my butt felt as I rolled over every minor crack and bump in the sidewalk at mile eleven. I was sure I would look behind me and see a trail of blood as the bones punctured through the skin. You may laugh, but as I sit here typing this, the pain is almost unbearable. I may have to stand and type the rest. I guess the good news is no muscles in my body are sore so I guess I am not in as bad of shape as I thought last week (suffered from a week of sore calves after walking up about four flights of stairs at a local beach. Actual name of the beach: Stone Steps, my knew loving/hating term for the beach: Steep Steps).

So, as for me, I will be keeping my bike rides functional only! That is to ride to starbucks or the beach. Should I have a lapse in judgement and try to bike around the bay again, be aware, there may be a resulting shortage of Charmin at all local San Diego stores, as I will be requiring extensive padding of the buttocks.