I dusted off my bicycle this morning and took it out for its first ride in 2010.

Note to self: next time I decide to ride my bicycle in March when its barely 40 degrees WEAR GLOVES! I nearly froze my fingers off. Granted I had my bike gloves on, but fingerless gloves don’t do a lot when its cold, overcast and damp (yes, I’m whining).

My nose and cheeks got pretty cold too, but it felt so good to be out in the fresh air and in weather that is mild compared to the last several months of nearly constant snow and temps that only occasionally got above freezing.

I might have pushed the urge to ride a little bit since only 5 miles of the paved trail I was on was clear. The rest of it was too snow covered and slushy for my bike tires to handle.

Not that I could have ridden a whole lot further than 5 miles today. My legs could have handled it but my butt definitely has to “toughen up” again and get used to sitting on a bike seat.

Maybe I should have doubled up and wore both pairs of my padded bike shorts….even though people would have probably stared at my extra huge marshmallow butt when I walked into the coffee shop for my yummy pre-ride mocha latte (skim milk, no whipped cream and 4 shots of caffeine laden espresso please).

Next planned bike ride is in 2 days. Temps are supposed be near 50 which would be awesome, but fog and rain may put the “kibbosh” on it.

I am determined to get out and ride at least 2 times a week this month though, because my goal this year is to graduate to a faster (and cuter) bike and to go on at least one “50 miles all in the same day” bike ride.

And not that this has anything to do with bike riding or weight loss, but to the guy who was walking on the side of the road this morning while I was driving to the coffee shop for that aforementioned pre-ride coffee: “It’s really not super smart to walk on the side of a busy country road wearing dark clothes, talking on a cell phone and constantly looking down at your feet when it us FOGGY unless you want to hit by a car!”

Do you have any bicycle riding plans this year?