Quote Originally Posted by jelee1311 View Post
I'm not a health care professional but I do have an overuse injury on my achilles tendon I have been nursing for seven months. I just kept pushing and come to find out I didn't give myself enough down time so I rode hard enough to really hurt myself. I would take it slow and talk to a doctor, coach,or physical therapist so you don't end up off your bike.
Good point - it IS better each time - and I am taking a break from my long rides until this resolves so I am just going out there and spinning relatively easily for about 20 miles rather than 65 or 70. It is frustrating. Of course there is one experiment I can try to see if it is really related to my being clipless...and that is to go for a ride and use the platform side...

Today was the least amount of discomfort in the last two weeks - just a little aching in a specific spot on the outside of my thigh - two weeks ago it was like little aliens were trying to erupt from my quad (to steal a line Cataboo's post) for the last 10 miles of my ride.