Woo Hoo! I didn't pass out!

As many of you know, a few weeks ago I went on my first bike ride in about 13 years. After only a mile, while going up a very short, not at all steep hill, I almost passed out. Vision blurry. Hearing fuzzy. Couldn't move my legs. Lips were white. Timmy went into paramedic mode, and after a few minutes I was okay. Later he went into husband mode, and he wasn't so happy. He sadly refers to that bike ride as "the day I almost killed you." He didn't almost kill me. I am completely out of shape and I think I strained myself and held my breath while trying to go up that slight hill.

But today, we gave it another try. I put on all my gear. Since our last outing, Timmy has bought me some toys: a hydration pack, a helmet, and gloves. All in a pretty light blue - my biking color :) Then we went on a ride around our neighborhood, and I didn't pass out. Not even close! We did hit one hill that I didn't especially like and I thought about stopping 3/4 of the way up. But I kept going and kept breathing. I was really intentional about breathing. I still couldn't go very far. We did 3.3 miles together, a lot of it was downhill, but still today was a very big step.