Well, I'm finally out of the leg hardware I'd been married to for the last three and a half months and back to a matching pair of shoes. It truly feels odd. Bones are more or less repaired, and now the focus is on getting the muscles in my left leg back to 100%, which, with all of my work obligations, has been harder to do than I expected. That, and the fact that I get extremely lazy after work, hasn't helped. Mentally, I am more fired-up to go and "give 'er" than I ever have been since getting back on a squishy bike last year, and have quite a few things I need to prove to myself (not to mention the bulk of the WSFR/WTF crew, that have heard me talk and talk and talk some more). I've been visualizing being back on the trails almost constantly for the last month or so.
Yesterday, Jamie extended me the invitation to tag along down to Black Rock and fart around. I just put new pedals on my bike, and am pumped to start riding it again, so I took it out and did a few laps around my apartment complex last night to get used to the feel of being back on the bike. Unfortunately, my left knee and ankle weren't feeling as robust as I'd hoped they would at this point. My cranks also felt a tad weird, so I'm wondering if I may have slightly bent my crank arm or the splines on the left side of the bottom bracket. It's probably just the fact that I haven't been on the bike in almost four months and am not used to the pedals, but I'm going to pull the crank arm off and check it just to be sure before I go ride it again.
I REALLY want to start riding my bike again, so here is hoping next weekend is better. In any case, back on the trail full-time by Christmas!
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