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Knee pain, slow your role and riding inside....



This week was one of those weeks that fretted me too much.  Was walking at work and had a sharp, stabbing pain in my left knee.  It was painful to take a step, but managed to finish the inside loop at work.  Sat on the couch that night and iced it.  After that I took a slow, deliberate walk at work then very, gently spun on the trainer (Wednesday).  Friday walked from my office to the outer edge of the parking lots.  This is where I watched 4th of July fireworks from last summer. 

Was really hoping this three-day weekend would bring nice weather so I could go outside and ride; but nonetheless - we live in the rain zone.  It's Sunday, 34 degrees, we've had rain, snow, sleet and freezing rain on/off all day.  It rained yesterday too.

Zwift has become my obsession this weekend.  I found a "rehab" ride to do on Saturday that is designed for people recovering from injury or new to Zwift/riding.  I really enjoyed it.  I stayed in a gap for a while then rode with two guys from Canada before I finally tired and dropped back.  I was trying to stay ahead of the sweep and barely did.  Got inspired on the flats and along with a few others chased the main pack down, got in front of the leader for a few minutes then that was the end of me. I ended up riding about an hour total yesterday.


Today I couldn't find a group ride that suited my abilities around the time I wanted to ride, so I did one of my custom workouts.  It was enough to work up a sweat and keep my heart rate up for a bit.  This is good for me right?  :)  The distance sucked because my route went up a mountain.  :(

I don't supposed y'all care about my Zwift character, so I won't share those pictures.  I did rewrap my bars on my bike that I keep in the trainer.  I've done a better job with this, but it's been a while.  Hopefully this stays in place for a bit.  My old tape had worked it's way loose and I had bare bar on the left side.

Maybe tomorrow will bring decent weather - have to make trip to the store tomorrow, and it will be too muddy to go hike anywhere.  I really have no idea what the forecast is.  They never get it right, so why listen?

Meanwhile...  getting close to time to fix dinner....  Hope everyone is finding plenty of adventures and fun!!!  I'm incredibly bored; but trying to focus on enjoying Zwift and getting my exercise in. I really look forward to adventuring outside again.  I did get some flat pedals to consider using on my road bike.  I'm thinking I might put them on my cross bike and try it soon on the road since it's a bit smaller frame than my road bike - might be a good idea??  Dunno!  We will see. 
 

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