Tuesday and today I took my first rides after a two year break. During that time, there was a slow downhill trend in my health and in particular my breathing was getting worse and worse as time went by. Eight months ago I had open heart surgery to repair an internal heart valve that was leaking enough to seriously affect my ability to oxygenate the blood. A little worse every week. Not fun at all.

The surgery worked and finally I've been able to get back on the bike. Five miles Tuesday and six today. Both were good workouts. Lots of sweat even though they were moderate rides in terms of speed on a relatively flat creek side trail. trail. Both rides were wonderful. I'd forgotten how good a ride can be.

I am going to spend the rest of this years riding season getting back to my normal riding program.

Real happy about it at 71. bk