Back in the saddle again!
04-28-08, 06:38 PM
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Back in the saddle again!
It has been an interesting 4 weeks off the bike.
As some of you know I went down on the bike and screwed up my right knee. So after three weeks of icing it doing lots of walking, stretching and the like I got on the spinning bike and did some pretty tough intervals. The knee survived. I was on my way back to training for my next ride .. or so I thought.
The day after the intervals I got sick. Was not sure if it was the flu or what so I decided riding was not a good plan. Well whatever I had lasted almost a week... may just have been my mystery disease that none of the doctors can figure out flaring up because I was trying to eat and drink like a normal person .. long story there.
Anyway to make a short story long. I got back on the spinning bike and did the same set of intervals as last week again. Knee was feeling good, the sun was out and there were my two very lonely bikes whispering ride me, ride me. I had a video to return which involves basically an easy 6 mile ride. So I said what the heck.
Had not had lunch yet so I grabbed a 1/4 of a waffle left over from breakfast, my half full water bottle and headed out the door on the nice heavy touring bike. On the return trip I have to pass one of my favorite training hills. I say to myself I will just ride up it to the first bend to test the knee out on climbing. Three miles and 1400 feet latter I am at the top of the hill which is way past the first bend.
I was pretty toasted from not eating. When I stopped at the top I discovered that I had a gell in one of my bags so I sucked down the gell and headed home. It is now several hours latter and the knee is still good. So I am pretty excited as this means I should be able to get ready for a ride I signed up for in June. Thanks for reading my mindless ramblings.
As some of you know I went down on the bike and screwed up my right knee. So after three weeks of icing it doing lots of walking, stretching and the like I got on the spinning bike and did some pretty tough intervals. The knee survived. I was on my way back to training for my next ride .. or so I thought.
The day after the intervals I got sick. Was not sure if it was the flu or what so I decided riding was not a good plan. Well whatever I had lasted almost a week... may just have been my mystery disease that none of the doctors can figure out flaring up because I was trying to eat and drink like a normal person .. long story there.
Anyway to make a short story long. I got back on the spinning bike and did the same set of intervals as last week again. Knee was feeling good, the sun was out and there were my two very lonely bikes whispering ride me, ride me. I had a video to return which involves basically an easy 6 mile ride. So I said what the heck.
Had not had lunch yet so I grabbed a 1/4 of a waffle left over from breakfast, my half full water bottle and headed out the door on the nice heavy touring bike. On the return trip I have to pass one of my favorite training hills. I say to myself I will just ride up it to the first bend to test the knee out on climbing. Three miles and 1400 feet latter I am at the top of the hill which is way past the first bend.
I was pretty toasted from not eating. When I stopped at the top I discovered that I had a gell in one of my bags so I sucked down the gell and headed home. It is now several hours latter and the knee is still good. So I am pretty excited as this means I should be able to get ready for a ride I signed up for in June. Thanks for reading my mindless ramblings.
04-28-08, 07:29 PM
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I know how you feel. Welcome back, but be careful not to work too hard to make up for lost time. That'll only set you back again!
04-28-08, 09:44 PM
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I know how you feel. Welcome back, but be careful not to work too hard to make up for lost time. That'll only set you back again!
Thanks,That was in the back of my mind the whole time I was climbing the hill.
Thanks,That was in the back of my mind the whole time I was climbing the hill.
