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There are also touring shorts that look like regular shorts, have a zippered rear pocket and have a chamois.
People here have already said it might be the gel saddle. Here's why they said that qand it holds true for any overly padded saddle. As you ride the gel or padding gets compressed under your butt and sometimes moved forward. Either way the lesser weight towards the front of the saddle 9compared to the rear) means that the area does NOT get compressed as much and thus it can feel like that area is like the edge of a 2 x 4 board.
Other possible saddle issues can be !. it's too narrow and thus your sit bones aren't on the saddle with the result that after a short time you feel like you're being split in two. 2. The saddle might be too rounded transversly for you with the result that you're sit bones are constantling trying to slide apart.
When building miles you start slow with a few miles and as your muscles adapt you can ride a bit further.
You can sit on a piece of cardboard or heavy paper for a number of minutes then get up and trace an outline around the indents left by your sitbones. tHen you can trim the carboard or paper close to those two marks and lay it on your saddle to see where the sit bones are actually contacting the saddle. A lot of shops now have a piece of 'Memory Foam' that they use for measuring your needed saddle width.
Another thing. What kind of bicycle are you riding? A bicycle where you sit mostly upright puts a LOT more pressure on your butt than does one where you lean forward.
An image of your bike especially with you on it would be a great help in allowing us to trouble shoot possible causes of your discomfort.
Cheers