This year I have been hammered by various viruses. It seems I would just get back on the road riding for fun instead of just errands and I'd be hit by a new one. I'm okay with that, since the source is my adorable grand-daughters who come play with me twice a week while their mom is in class, but it has meant a ridiculously long time between tandem rides (my wife has had the same viruses).

Having finally recovered from what I hope is the last of these little bugs, today found my wife and I riding a trainer and rollers in the back yard in spite of the beautiful 70F sunshine. Baby steps are the way I prefer to restart things and painful experience has taught me to not push until all the joints agree the time has come. Even then I usually wait a bit longer.

If you've got nice places to take those baby steps outside, get going. If not, you can always get some rollers or a trainer and use it to get your legs back. The nice thing about training devices is they really make you appreciate the open road.