Back on the bike

[pegkerr]

Today marks three weeks since my operation, so my restriction on lifting weight over ten pounds is lifted. I have no immediate plans to move a lot of furniture, but I am moving back to more of my usual activity, which means that instead of having Rob drive me to work today, I pulled my bags together and got the bike out of the garage.

I didn't ride it all the way in. Instead, I rode the bike to the rail station, took the bike on the train, and then rode from the downtown stop to my office. Everything went just fine--no pain or strain. The only discovery is that the weather has shifted enough in the three weeks I've been off the bike that I need to pull together a riding outfit that is much cooler than the one I've been using (T-shirt and knit pants).

I'll probably continue to take the bike on the train this week and will not attempt the full ride until next week. It is a relief to get moving again, though: I was afraid that I would lose too much stamina and muscle tone if I waited much longer.

Comments

[jbru.livejournal.com]

Good for you! Glad to hear you're healing tolerably well.

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Three cheers for healing!

[johnridley.livejournal.com]

Good job. This is my third summer riding in the heat, and I've switched to long sleeve wicking poly shirts. I buy ANSI lime ones from alertshirt.com. They're cool and they keep the sun off my arms. I don't think there's much difference between this and bare arms as far as cooling, but I don't wind up with burned arms. I guess I'm at the age where I'm really starting to think I want to minimize my sun exposure so I don't wind up with associated health issues in 20 years.

[tesla-aldrich.livejournal.com]

Bravo for rehabilitating yourself intelligently. I hope you're back to 100% soon.