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Thursday Sep 13, 2018 #
10 AM
biking - dark blue bike 1:17:45 10.5 mi (7:24 / mi) +827ft 6:53 / mi
ahr:104 max:139 weight:136.5lbs
A ride with Walter, who is getting back to biking after back surgery. So the plan was for an easy outing.
But it turns out that what riding he has been doing has been in the woods up behind his place, and that has suited him. So he brought his mountain bike. And we headed up in the woods behind my place.
A slow and easy pace, excellent conversation. The only problem with excellent conversation on a bike ride is that you're maybe not paying 100% attention to what you're doing.
And so towards the end of the first climb, the one hard spot, I didn't pick the best line, the bike came to a sudden stop, I didn't unclip fast enough, and down I went. A pretty trivial fall actually. Except it was like if you're walking and not paying attention and you walk off a curb and now the ground is 6 or 12 inches lower than expected. Gives a good shock to the system.
In this case I landed all of a sudden on my butt, and on a rock, and I clearly wasn't prepared for it. My whole back/spine/torso didn't really appreciate it. Things hurt, but nothing seemed broken. So after little bit I got back on the bike and off we went.
Sort of the middle stage of an injury. Not so trivial that you soon forget it ever happened. Not so serious that you stop what you are doing and look for a ride home. Finished the ride, it bothered me some but not terrible.
At some point on a steep and rocky downhill Walter went over his handlebars. But it seems there was no damage done, either in general or to his spine in particular.
And at some point later we were done. :-)
So now the whole back is sore, but not terrible. Someplace between not so good and not so bad. We'll see in a day or two or three how long the mending might take. At this point I'm reasonably optimistic, because I have good range of motion. Keep my fingers crossed.
But it turns out that what riding he has been doing has been in the woods up behind his place, and that has suited him. So he brought his mountain bike. And we headed up in the woods behind my place.
A slow and easy pace, excellent conversation. The only problem with excellent conversation on a bike ride is that you're maybe not paying 100% attention to what you're doing.
And so towards the end of the first climb, the one hard spot, I didn't pick the best line, the bike came to a sudden stop, I didn't unclip fast enough, and down I went. A pretty trivial fall actually. Except it was like if you're walking and not paying attention and you walk off a curb and now the ground is 6 or 12 inches lower than expected. Gives a good shock to the system.
In this case I landed all of a sudden on my butt, and on a rock, and I clearly wasn't prepared for it. My whole back/spine/torso didn't really appreciate it. Things hurt, but nothing seemed broken. So after little bit I got back on the bike and off we went.
Sort of the middle stage of an injury. Not so trivial that you soon forget it ever happened. Not so serious that you stop what you are doing and look for a ride home. Finished the ride, it bothered me some but not terrible.
At some point on a steep and rocky downhill Walter went over his handlebars. But it seems there was no damage done, either in general or to his spine in particular.
And at some point later we were done. :-)
So now the whole back is sore, but not terrible. Someplace between not so good and not so bad. We'll see in a day or two or three how long the mending might take. At this point I'm reasonably optimistic, because I have good range of motion. Keep my fingers crossed.