Building Leg and Brain Muscles
16 September 2012 | Lenox, MA
Devi Sharp
We have been doing a lot of bicycling and enjoying the hilly Berkshire Mountains. On Tuesdays we bike with a group called the Tuesday Play Group. The members are mostly retired folks who live in the area year round, and some are working folks who arrange to have Tuesdays off. On the weekend we get an email with the bike route and show up at the assigned place. Often there are over a dozen riders and we ride at our own pace and stop for lunch. Hunter and I are always in the first group of about 5 folks, but I am usually last in that line. My heavy hybrid bike is a lot to push up the hills and I decided to get my birthday present several months early. I bought a light road bike and I love it! It is light and fast! I have to learn a whole new suite of bicycle skills. The shifters are on the brakes and my feet are in bike shoes clipped into the pedals- got to be heads up at all times. I am having a great time and getting plenty of fresh air. They say you light up new portions of your brain when you learn a new sport.