Originally Posted by
hcmom
I'm 50, and wasn't particularly fit when I started riding seven months ago. I get frustrated VERY easily that I don't make daily progress, but I try to look at the big picture. I could ride 3 or 4 miles and be winded in January, today I got done with a 30 mile ride, and I'm merely exhausted, not actually wishing I was dead...
That's where I was in January, my wife and I just got done with two 35 mile rides the past two weekends. I felt like I could do another 35, until I sat down for a half hour LOL. Congrats on progressing so well!
I guess what I meant to say was to take it easy, if my butt was sore from the saddle I would not continue to ride on it making it worse. It didn't take me very long to get used to the saddle where I could ride light 4 to 5 times a week and be ok. Same with my knee's, if they were sore I would take the next day off, taking it slow like that helped me a lot, and I can ride as much as I please without my knees or butt getting sore. By all means, ride as much as you can without hurting yourself!
Scott