It's fun to be a new cyclist. It's fun to try something new. It's fun to prove to yourself that you are

capable. You've just got to be willing to try.

Hey, hurdlers, Emily Abadi bringing you another installment of Hurtle moment from Hurtle. This week, I am chatting to you all about the lessons I learned in my first three months as an avid cyclist.

I've been getting tons of DMs as I've been posting more and more

bike-filled content on my Instagram. And so I'm bringing it to the feed to answer some of the

questions that I have been seeing on the regular. I thought about bringing some big guns,

so to speak, in for this episode, maybe a pro cyclist, someone that's been doing this for a

long time. But really, at the end of the day, I think sometimes the best thing for other

beginners is to hear someone who recently went through with themselves to explain it to them

in a way that makes sense. And it might not be the most technical. I am by no means a cycling

expert, but I hope that the insight that I can

bring you today is helpful and appreciated. Before we get into today's episode, I do want to explain

the circumstances around how I got into cycling. I mentioned a few months back dealing with

some hip wonkiness. And that ended up being what we think is diagnosed over Zoom, of course,

some pyriformis tendinosis. So to work on that, I was doing a ton of banded exercises and I was

also taking some time off of running, which during a pandemic, I am in my apartment alone.

I'm spending most of my time alone. I'm just

like, a little frustrated with my body and looking for an outlet. And I was having a conversation

with my girlfriend who works at Specialized. And she said to me, do you think now is the time for

you to finally get on a bike? And you know what? I had been hesitant for

some time. I had a bike previously in my apartment. I got a Cannondale in 2015 when I was

gearing up for the New York City triathlon. Since then, just because of the space available in this

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