The Bicycle Ride

"Life is like riding a bicycle, to keep your balance you must keep moving" - Albert Einstein

On Sunday I was a little crazy.

And on Monday, I couldn't walk.

Here's the story.... 

On Sunday Phillip and I arranged to go for a bike ride to Uijeongbu which is about 40km from Jeongok. After doing this multiple times, Phillip assured me that the ride would be easy and there is not a lot of heals to go up on. I trusted his judgement, organised a bicycle and off we went on this journey. 

The Bicycle path we took runs alongside the river and it's quite spectacular to drive through all the towns. Normally I take the subway and you don't see all the beautiful places that's hidden in sight. The weather was brilliant after all the rain of the previous day, it was windless and there was quite a few birds, wildlife doesn't exist in Korea.

After suffering for a great few km we made a pit stop at a very informal farm stall and ate some Ramen (it's a noodle dish). It's wasn't to bad and by that time I really needed a rest. My legs were getting numb. After lunch we hopped onto the bikes again and off we went to our final destination to go have a lovely cup of coffee. 

By the time we finished the coffee and I had to climb back onto the bike my ass was so sore and my legs numb and tired. 40km is really long if you didn't exercise at all for it. I had to get the bike back home so it left me no choice but getting back on the saddle and taking on another 40km back home. I could've taken the subway but hey that's cheating! 

By the time we reached the outskirts of our town, Jeongok, my legs just didn't want to work anymore. I was in pain, a different type than the pain you get after leg day in the gym. I really suffered and I wasn't home yet. With no car to drive home the only option was to pack in the energy that was left and burn it till I got home. After all this in one day Deep heat was my best friend.

I still have a stiff back and sore legs today but it's so much better than the feeling of walking on jelly.

After a well deserved lunch. 

If you look in the water you would see some nice sized fish.