Thank you all, you all have a lot of collective wisdom.

My New Year's resolution this year was: I will be nice to myself. Sometimes it is very, very hard for me to figure out how to do that.

But I think in this situation (with your help) I've figured out what constitutes being nice to myself. I won't do the ride and risk hurting myself. My real goal is being well enough to enjoy riding in Italy, so I'm keeping my eyes on the prize (and the gelato).

Cinderella will wait until next year