Free at last !!
So I went to my neurosurgeon yesterday -- Dr. Desmond Erasmus, a really great guy -- and he told me I could finally Lose My Stupid - !@$#^%$! Back Brace and I was free to resume my normal activities!
Yeee - Freakin - Haw !!!!
To commemorate this auspicious occasion, Lee and I went out for a short ride along the Alameda Creek Trail (~ 10 miles, elevation gain about 20 feet ) out to the bay & back. Hey, it's a start. :)
It felt strange being back out on the road on my bike at first, and my coordination felt a bit off, but it felt better as I went along. Where we enter & exit the trail there are very short stretches of gravel path to ride over, which I used to think nothing of, but today I walked those bits. I figure my coordination & confidence will be back soon enough.
It was mighty windy heading out to the bay, naturally, so I took it really easy. Surprisingly enough, despite that I managed a pretty decent clip into the wind. Nice.
Lee told me that all in all I didn't seem to lose too much fitness over my three month-plus layoff (heh, I didn't climb anything though ...).
And the tailwind back was a bonus. Whee!
Well I am jazzed to bits to be back out on my bike.
Not to worry, I'll be building back reeaallly slowly. But at least I'm back!
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3 comments:
Congrats! Its awesome that you're back on the bike. Take it one turn of the pedals at a time, you'll be back into form in no time.
Sean
Hooray! Welcome back Jo. Good to read about you back on the saddle again. Now you have 1 year before tackling the Death Ride.
Hey, that's great. Maybe I'll see you out on that trail.
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