swampdonkey90

So Im headed to NC on thursday to go ride up and down Emerald Isle. I normally ride 30 miles four times a week. Over the holiday weekend I decided to go for a longer weekend ride. I went 55 miles on Sunday with several stops and I was going slow ( like 14.5 mph ) and it took me 3.5 hours to finish. Mostly flats with an occasional climb but nothing remotely difficult.

Felt great Sunday. hell, felt great monday until the evening when that sick feeling hit me that my knee was sore. I had a possible Bakers cyst in the same knee that I sought medical help for in April. This time the swelling is in the front of the knee.

I never have had knee trouble in my life and rode multiple 50 milers last summer without incident. Now everytime I get above 40 miles I swell. Now the obvious issue is not following the 10% week rule. I foolishly doubled my usual ride. I figured since I had done 400 miles/month the last 2 months that I could do it. Wrong.

So now I am swollen and my bike is on the Suv awaiting me to drive it to NC. Do I wrap the knee, take motrin, ice it and ride gingerly and see how it feels or do I play it safe and not ride at all ?