There’s a post that I need to do, that is fast becoming overdue. Hah, that rhymed.

Anyway, I moved into a new office for work. We moved from an old dodgy box office in Maroochydore into a nice new tiled office in Mooloolaba. The beach is only a 30 second walk away, there’s restaurants and bars galore, and most importantly, I have a leather executive chair. Oh yeah, the comforts. I will blog about it in detail later, I just need to take some proper photos of the new place so I can really show it off in all its glory.

I rode my bike to the new office for the first time this morning, and uh, HOLY CRAP. From our place there’s one big hill to ride up that takes you to the main road to Mooloolaba. After that, there’s just one small hill but the rest is downhill. Since the old office was in Maroochydore I rode in a different direction, which was generally pretty flat (and easy). When I thought about riding into Mooloolaba, I knew this first hill would be tough, but I didn’t realise just how tough.

I had to stand up on my pedals and pump, and pump, and pump for about a minute or two. Doesn’t sound like much right? Well, let me assure you that in those 2mins I was working my body HARD. So hard that lactic acid began to build up. The next ten minutes of the ride were much easier, but then I had to stop and wait for some traffic lights to change before I could cross the road.

It was then I felt like vomiting.

I got light headed, felt a bit gross, and willed myself to pull it together. The lights changed so I jumped back on my bike and rode the rest of the way to work. I was never so glad to lock that bike up and leave it behind.

This afternoon I couldn’t face the prospect of riding home. All the way to work I had recovered from the first hill by riding downhill, and I didn’t want to face those hills home. Instead, I asked Mat to pick me up, we threw my bike in the back of the truck and drove home.

I will ride again to work tomorrow morning, and hope that my body handles the hill a bit better. I know it won’t happen immediately, but if I keep trying then I know I will conquer it. I might possibly even try the ride home tomorrow as well, we’ll see how just how energetic I’m feeling.

One thing is for certain though – I’m going to have a kick ass butt in a few months!