Skip to main content

Driving to ride

One reason I like riding my road bike is because you can ride right from your front door. However today I wasn’t in the mood for stop signs and stoplights, so in order to get away a bit I drove to Vinton parked at a elementary school and accessed the parkway.  I love riding the Blue Ridge Parkway.  I had a goal in 2018 to start riding sections of it with the goal of riding its entire length eventually.   That plan is on hold for now.

Driving to ride is ok with me for now. It will eliminate some of the annoying hills that tire me out or would be impossible at the moment.


I turned around at Route 460 today.  Seemed like heading back was easier than going out. Maybe because my hip loosened up a bit.


I have to be patient and remind myself I’m pretty much climbing with 1.5 legs.  My hip muscles appear to have reattached where they are supposed to be, but will will take a long while to build up the strength again. I knew this and I know this, and I will get stronger and stronger.  I think I’m going to add some gym time to my routine soon. I need to get some more core strength and targeted strength training for my hip.  I’ve about reached my limit on what I can do and want to do in my basement, but we will see.

Anyway. It was another nice day on the bike.  I’m still smiling that I’m a year out from my crash and I’m able to ride.  This could have gone so much more sideways than it did.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Busy, but haven't forgotten that I owe ya'll a post or two

I've been busy with holiday stuff... Let's see in the while I've been away from my blog.. I painted 4 rooms in my house, replaced 7 mini-blinds... I've been to Knoxville and back for the Garth Brooks concert.  Overall, it was ok.  I've seen much better Garth shows, but it was cool to be in Neyland at night with all of those people. UT needs to figure out it's ADA plan post show though - that's a joke and a long story.  One that is longer than I have time for right now. Decorated for the Christmas - I'll have to do a separate post about my Lego village. Been to Richmond, VA and back to pick up cakes for my birthday and holidays. Did a birthday bike ride for the first time in 2 years. Hoping to do the annual Christmas Light Tour ride in Grandin on Wednesday - weather permitting. The rain and cold and probably wind will return this week. Anyway, I'll be back to post more soon as oh ya, I signed up for The Appalachian Journey - ...
Post a Comment
Read more

The ER. Xray and introducing Builder Bob

In walks the ER doctor, “hey, what did you do, where are you from?” I crashed my bike, I probably broke my hip, I whacked my head but never lost consciousness ma’am. She, of course looked at my helmet - a few scratches, small dent but otherwise intact. Yay Giro for making good stuff and yay for a hard head. No headache so that was good. She checked other parts, nope nothing else just hip pain, some road rash on the same, both knees scraped a bit and a scrape on left elbow. During our meeting the doctor shared with me that she was a graduate of VCOM (the DO school in Blacksburg) and that she had done a brief rotation at CRMH where I worked for many years. Her name was familiar but we saw so many residents and students it would be impossible to remember them all unless they stood out for good reasons or bad. My old ER friends may remember her - Jessica Flinchum. She was super nice and friendly. Soon I was whisked away to X-ray by my ER nurse. I expressed to the nurse that I w...
Post a Comment
Read more

Post op...

So I woke up from a fog around 7pm feeling like I got hit by a truck. I reach down to my right leg because something is stuck to it. Ugh, Foley catheter holder. Well at least I don’t have to worry about how to pee for a while. I gently move my left leg. It’s there. A tad painful, but not nearly what it was earlier in the day. Mom was beside the bed. We talked for a short while before she left to make the 20 or so minute drive back to the campground. I drifted back to sleep. Rubber chicken!!!! Between the Dilaudid PCA, the scheduled Norco, Toradol, etc my pain was well controlled. Upon waking to the blood fairy Sunday morning it was time to start planning how everything was going to work to get home, but first there were goals to getting out of the hospital. The foley was taken out early in the day. That was weird. A first that I really could have went a lifetime without. I managed to eat some pretty decent food. And I laughed as I looked at the dry erase board on the wa...
Post a Comment
Read more