Wooot!

[Catrin]

My first decent ride in more than 2 months

It was only 16 miles, but I will take it! I paid close attention to how my leg felt, and while there was the occasional very light twinge in both tendons, they behaved and now feel fine, I did my stretches as soon as possible when I got home I did ride in an easy gear, and there weren't many hills in my route although there were a few. I took the easiest possible route and avoided a couple of hills that I thought wise to avoid for a little longer and did not hammer it.

I felt great, though I can tell that I have lost some strength, though not as much as I had feared. It was a great feeling to ride out of my front door - and an even better feeling to return home and find that I was hungry from the effort It felt great to actually be able to DO something with my body!

Still have to be easy and be wise about how I get back into things. The season will help with that.

I did see three deer I think I perhaps had a little too much on for the temps, but I have to figure that out. Ms. Explorer got a full tune-up yesterday and she felt great!