Tour de Bangalore!

After four years of hibernation from cycling, during which time my already ancient cycle became a museum piece, I finally got back in the saddle yesterday. I went to the good old shop where I had bought the last one, and got myself a snazzy new dirt bike. And what other color would I choose - it had to be a blue, and a metallic caustic blue at that.

The start was anything but auspicious coz on my way home itself, the left pedal managed to unscrew itself and fell off right in the middle of a busy intersection! After watching a car drive over it, I retrieved it and tried to put it back on. Apparently giving my sweat and blood in the attempt (yeah, I managed to cut my thumb in the process) wasn't good enough coz it fell right off a few dozen yards later.

Finally, I made my way home by alternately kicking off from the pavement on flat and downhill stretches and walking on uphill terrain. And doing all this in the blazing hot afternoon sun is no joke. After getting the errant pedal fixed at the local repair shop, I took it for a test ride this morning. To my chagrin, I realized soon enough that the strength in the legs was long gone, and my stamina also had fallen considerably. Mein kya karoon ram, mein to budda ho gaya!

As a miserable side-effect, I got so tired that I went straight back to bed and slept for a few hours after the ride. That about decides it that my grandiose plans of riding it to college at least once must be shelved until a future date. But how long will it take for me to regain some of my old strength ? I've given myself a target of this month-end to get back into shape. Hoping to pull it off...... God bless!