The weather in Göttingen has been absolutely gorgeous, if chilly, for the past couple of days. The sun stays up until almost 5pm now, which is joyful. Even though I had nothing planned for today except a little grocery shopping and my laundry, I decided to dress up a little... I can't really wear skirts in the lab, so dress-up weekends are fun. Maybe that's just me.
I was heading up the hill towards my dorm, though, and for some reason it seemed significantly more difficult than usual. I've biked this hill daily for a few months now, but by the halfway point I was downshifting desperately, huffing and puffing like the big bad wolf. What the heck? I bought maybe 3 lbs of groceries, so it shouldn't make such a big difference.
Then I had spontaneous insight. I was biking like a girl. Y'know, knees pointing across the midline, trying not to give pedestrians a free show. I don't think I usually bike like a bowlegged cowboy, but I obviously had to use a whole different set of muscles this time to get up the hill.
I think I may have to try to do this once a week. Like a fitness regimen, or somesuch. Maybe tomorrow I'll bike somewhere pigeon-toed and see what that does.
Long story short, my butt is sore. But in a good way.
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Yay for inadvertant exercise! I love you sis! ~Kara XOXO
I, of course, have no idea about this, but I always thought biking in a skirt was an instant no-no...
No dear, that's sidesaddle. Recipe for disaster. Biking in a skirt that's anywhere between almost knee-length and almost ankle-length is doable. I wouldn't go too far to either extreme, though. ;)
Ahh, that makes more sense.
By the way, I'm glad to see that you've finally learned how shifting works :-P
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