March 2007, temps sneaking into the 70s. Clear skies. No bugs, yet! Time to go play on my bike. Studying is overrated anyways. Finals? Bah.
Background: I used to love biking. As much as I now love climbing. I had to all but stop biking, because it hurt my back badly - i'd be able to go for a short ride, then be in pain, then be in recovery for a few days. (or, in the case of the Trek Across Maine, a bit longer) I've been under the care of a chiropractor for 2.5 years now, and recovery has been slow - but i thought it might be time to "push the envelope" and see whether my body could take abuse again.
So i've been out with my school's new cycling club. The first ride I was nervous - I had tried these trails a few times in the past year or so, with the same result - pain. So I took it cautiously. To my ABSOLUTE JOY!!!!!!, i did ok. The same on the next ride. And the next. I went out three times this past week and remembered, oooooooh, wow how I missed this. Thursday I decided to push a little harder, do some more rocky technical stuff - chasing two boys on full-suspension bikes (my cannondale has a head shock but no rear boing). I did mostly OK for the first few laps. Then a long lap. Then we got back to the car and I felt my back go, "warning! stop or I will hurt you." So i stopped - prepared to hurt for the weekend. Oh well, worth it. Medicated a bit with an ice pack and a few martinis, so much for studying, went to see the chiropractor on Friday morning. And............. no pain. WOO HOO!!!!!
Have I taken a sip from the fountain of youth? Whatever it is, i'm happy to ride the wave :)
Funny note about the first ride of the season (second picture): I was so excited to get out, I forgot my shoes. See the picture above. I was riding, shoes or not. Unfortunately I didn't even have sneakers, I was wearing my Merrell clogs!!! So my friend Ryan tossed me a roll of tape and, well, it worked.... mostly. No yard sale, anyways :)
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