{"id":13499,"date":"2026-01-14T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/g-wie-gerry.de\/?p=13499"},"modified":"2026-01-11T12:16:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T11:16:47","slug":"fides-1-radfahren-in-der-freizeit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/g-wie-gerry.de\/en\/fides-1-radfahren-in-der-freizeit\/","title":{"rendered":"Fides #1 - To go for a bike ride"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The beginning and the excuses<\/h4>\n

I\u2019m going to tell you something a bit shocking: I\u2019m a couch potato. (Yes, really.) I\u2019ve had a bike for over two years, but apart from the day I got it, I haven\u2019t really used it\u2014for a variety of reasons. Depression, weather, you name it. Who wants to cycle in 30+ degrees or at freezing temperatures?<\/p>\n

Still, I always intended to ride, and yet I found new excuses not to. One big reason was that I preferred riding with others rather than alone. So the bike just sat there.<\/p>\n

The first ride \u2013 challenging and special<\/h4>\n

A few weeks ago, however, I had to move the bike from my old apartment to my new place. Someone was supposed to bring it over, but they were shorter than me, and my saddle is set so I can just touch the ground with my toes. That wasn\u2019t going to work. We didn\u2019t have a van either.<\/p>\n

So I had to do it myself: drive to the old place, bring the bike back in the rain. You can imagine how soaked I was when I finally arrived. But something felt\u2026 different.<\/p>\n

As long as the ride was flat, I was completely relaxed. No music, cold and wet, and yet I genuinely enjoyed \u201cgliding\u201d along and breathing in the air.<\/p>\n

The inclines and the effort<\/h4>\n

But as soon as there were even slight inclines, the relaxation vanished. I\u2019m simply not fit. Even the smallest hill had me gasping like crazy, and those spots left me exhausted at the end.<\/p>\n

Still, there was a drive within me that made me get back on the bike two days later, heading again to my old neighborhood to pick up a helmet from a good bike shop. I took a small break there and then rode back home. About 13 kilometers in total, and I realized maybe that was a bit too much\u2014my body was numb, and I had to rest for a long time. Yet, I was as relaxed at the end as I had been during the ride.<\/p>\n

The routine and the trust<\/h4>\n

I kept going for several days, enjoying every ride, though on shorter routes. Surprisingly, each time, small inclines bothered me less and less. The rides slowly built my confidence, showing me that maybe I wasn\u2019t as unfit as I thought. After more than 20 years of not cycling actively, I began feeling more capable with every ride.<\/p>\n

Why Fides \/ Trust?<\/h4>\n

Why does this belong in the \u201cFides \/ Trust\u201d category? Regular cycling isn\u2019t just about physical exercise\u2014it\u2019s also about trust\u2014Fides\u2014in yourself and your process.<\/p>\n

Pushing through fatigue or low motivation requires trust that you\u2019ll stick with the routine and that your body will cooperate. It\u2019s about knowing that small, consistent steps lead to progress, even if the results aren\u2019t immediately visible. Staying consistent isn\u2019t a chore; it\u2019s an act of self-discipline and a recognition that you can achieve your goals and maintain control over your life.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s exactly the area where I\u2019ve always struggled\u2014trusting myself, especially in sports and physical activities.<\/p>\n

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Der Anfang und die Ausreden Ich erz\u00e4hle euch jetzt mal etwas Schockierendes: Ich bin eine Couch Potato. (Was bitte habt […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[165,160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fides","category-virtutes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/g-wie-gerry.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/g-wie-gerry.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/g-wie-gerry.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g-wie-gerry.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g-wie-gerry.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13499"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/g-wie-gerry.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14017,"href":"https:\/\/g-wie-gerry.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13499\/revisions\/14017"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g-wie-gerry.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/g-wie-gerry.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g-wie-gerry.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g-wie-gerry.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}