Puttering Along

Things have been pretty quiet after running Peterson Ridge. I’ve been dealing with some lingering injuries and have been taking some time off to try and let them recover. The pain in my foot disappeared, but unfortunately, I’m still dealing with a slight hamstring strain in my mid left hammy, while at the same time, have been suffering with a case of runner’s knee. I went and saw a sports medicine specialist and am now lined up to do some PT over the next few weeks in order to overcome these problems. The doc said I can still train as long as nothing hurts, so I have been riding the bike trainer for less than 45 mins recently since that’s as long as I can last before irritation occurs.

I have gone outside a few times because the weather is finally getting nice. Last Friday, I took Ry Dog out for a little mtb ride down fire lane 5 and up Saltzman Rd. Rylee has not been getting enough exercise lately due to my injury so he needed to get out. Ry goes balls to the wall every time we do anything so he always gets a better workout than I do. Up to now, the longest we’ve ran together has been 15 or so miles. Just need to find a way to have him pace himself better. I hope to be able to mtb with him later in the summer when I get his (and mine) fitness up. Time will tell.

Also, last Sunday, I went down to Waterfront Cycles and rented a cross bike for a few hours. I have a cross bike on layaway for me (waiting till I get a full time position), but have never really been on a cross bike so I thought it would be a good idea to test it out before buying one. Well… now I’m hooked! I had a blast. My dad and I rode up Lief Erikson to Saltzman road, then I headed back down on skyline to Thompson to 153^rd to firelane 1 back to Lief, while my dad road my mtb back home via Thompson. I will have a hard time not buying the cross bike soon if the PT says I can ride but not run. I cannot bear riding the trainer while its nice outside, and I’d rather add Lief to my training, than solely sticking to the roads on my dads road bike. I’m having a hard time just sitting around.

UNT

Bryan