In control

I was very good today and cycled into work for the first time. I even
made it all the way up Rose Hill OK, which I was very pleased with. But
it reminded me of the reason why I'm never really going to enjoy
cycling, running or other aerobic sport like that.

Put at its simplest, as soon as I begin to work aerobically, I have to
concentrate on my breathing. ( which is not fun )

So yeah, I expect I'll keep cycling to work because I can do it and the
exercise is good for me but I'm just never going to think it's fun -
it's a slog. Which, now that I have options, I'm not going to do in
rain or very strong winds because that just tips it over into too much
hassle.

I went swimming yesterday, by the way, which reminded me that, in
contrast to cycling, it's actually a very comfortable sort of exercise
for me. It's much lower impact aerobically (especially at the speed I
do it!) so it very rarely triggers problems but you make up for that by
the element of resistance work you're doing pushing through the water.
If only I could find a waterproof radio so I could not get bored while
doing it, it would be perfect but Google only seems to know about ones
in the US :( Any idea where I can get one in this country?