One of my two rides Saturday was 22 miles on clipless pedals. I had an "ah-hah" moment

I did not have any pain. Anywhere. Nothing twinging. Zip. Nada! Whoooo hoooooo!

That is the way it is supposed to be - so why is it even worth mentioning? I've been blaming going clipless last August for my series of over-use injuries last year that eventually took me off the bike for most of the fall and all winter. People here, and elsewhere, told me I was probably mistaken & while I didn't disagree given my lack of experience, I never quite believed it because of the timing.

Back to the lack of anything uncomfortable on Saturday's ride - and it was my second ride of the day. I finally realized that when I moved to clipless pedals last August that I NEVER had a ride on clipless pedals without pain or discomfort of some kind - which means the damage was done earlier than I realized. I was just stubborn and ignored it.

Just saying everyone else was right - and it seemed a good idea to post this to point out the folly of stubbornly ignoring pain on the bike as I close the book on last year and look forward to many good rides this season!