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!

[Roadtrip]

NICE job. Glad your feeling good and hope the next ride is stronger still!!

Doing a happy dance for Catrin!!!

Shannon

[Catrin]

I have, however, forgotten what 17mph winds feel like when I get on the edge of harvested fields. There was one downhill that is generally protected from the wind, but the wind just happened to be coming from that direction. I have typically gone 20-25 mph down that hill - but the wind was pushing back so much that I was going down the hill at 14!

Love the new BMX pedals. Since I can't go clipless until at least spring, I sprang for a set of Sun Ringle ZuZu pedals as they have more pins, the pins are adjustable, and they have sealed bearings. My original pair of BMX pedals were quite beat up and only had 4 pins - I think in winter conditions the more the merrier.

On part of my route there is a VERY rough patch of pavement that I avoided as my feet always slid around with my older bmx pedals. Today I didn't ride around it but over it - and my feet stayed right where they were supposed to. Wasn't sure my TEETH would, but my feet did

Looking forward to it being cold enough to try out my new gloves that someone at TE made possible and giving a review on this.

[Melalvai]

Very cool about the gloves! I hope they're awesome. Congrats on the ride! Feels SO good after a forced absence.

[OakLeaf]

Gotta love that feeling.

[Bike Chick]

Awesome, Catrin!