Defeat

I guess I don’t know how to ride a bike anymore.

I was struggling up the Bayonne side of the Bayonne bridge. I mean just pedal, pedal, pedal; then stop and try to breathe and repeat. During one of the at least four breaks I took, an old woman, curly grey hair and all, rolls along side me and says, “Don’t stop on the bridge!” She was practically laughing at me. As she pulls away, I see the GoPro strapped to her helmet. Just great, this moment will also be captured on film, or whatever we call it now, forever.

I guess I need to learn how to ride a bike . . . .