Went for a 4 mile ride after work tonight. It was my first ride that was more than just around the block. Rode around my neighborhood and a little bit on the surrounding roads (not too busy though). I went up some pretty decent hills and my legs are feeling it. It's a good hurt, though. Can't wait to go again.

Mike

Well done!

I would to respectively suggest that you perform that route every other day. For most people, a riding everyday schedule is just too much and the feeling of "failing to live up to the schedule" is a sure-fire killer of your enthusiasm. I have found a schedule of 2-3 short local rides and a long ride at weekend is a weekly schedule that I can keep to. I sometimes do more but never less (unless sick). Everybody is different but I know i cant ride everyday with work/family etc.

I think the trick to cycling, in the early days, is to perform a reasonable schedule so that it becomes habit. Worked for me

Cool! Me too! I've got an Achilles tendon that's been barking at me since this past Sunday. It's starting to loosen up finally so I went on two short rides tonight. The first was just about 2.5 miles. My heel felt okay, so I decided to do a second ride. And the second was just a little more than 4 miles. I threw in a few hills to stretch the legs out and it felt pretty good.

Thanks. I'm planning on doing a longer ride on Saturday, so I'm probably not going to ride before then. Tomorrow night is gym night with my trainer so it works out. I think next week, I'm going to try doing 2-3 short rides during the week and one long ride on the weekend. I'm trying to ease into it. Don't want to overdue it and get burned out.
Mike