Exercise. Work out. Get out.

That’s what I would tell myself when I ran out of breath or looked at myself in the mirror. Or most importantly when I knew that I had an upcoming scavenger hunt that required a lot of energy.

There would be small spurts of running, jogging…but all to no avail. The idea of running…feet pounding the pavement just wasn’t natural to me. I wouldn’t go anywhere. I would run up the hill—tell myself that next time, I would keep going without slowing down. I would keep going and going.

Then the last few weeks I thought…why don’t I just do something that I would enjoy?

Easy. Obviously.

So I am doing my first long bike ride this Sunday!