Miracles and money
Family has returned to points south and everyone survived. I think three days of entertaining that particular set of family members is just about the right amount. We did the Duck Tour and wandered around the various battle fields in Concord and finished the visit by making lobsters for everyone who'd eat one. (Gram Does Not Do Seafood!) So, yeah, good visit.
Of course, I got no exercise while they were here and ended up deciding that, knee be damned, I was going mountain biking after they left. I'm tired of fricken rail trails.
I spent about two hours out at Great Brook Farm, plowing my way through the mud and trying to remember the proper timing required to bounce down a rocky hillside trail. Lets just say the bouncing skill did not return as quickly as I had hoped. I did the Acorn Trail and Acorn Trail North loops, then finished with the Lantern Loop, which is fairly flat. I figure when I can navigate Blueberry Hill with stopping/crashing/falling over, then I'll be ready to expand my hill trail set. I am now covered in bruises and I am sore everywhere. Hopefully I'll get to go back and try again sometime later this week.
My knee survived just fine. It even held up to playing a couple hours of sand volleyball last night. In fact, my knee feels better than my shoulder does. It was not happy with how much bike carrying I had to do (much of the trail I choose was underwater, so there was a lot of "bike on shoulder, now play leap frog" work on Sunday) and did not like spiking last night, not One Bit. I guess I just need to keep timing things such that I don't do too much of any one activity on the knee.
edit - My manager just stopped by to give me a bonus for the What Were We Thinking Project. Yay, bonus!
Of course, I got no exercise while they were here and ended up deciding that, knee be damned, I was going mountain biking after they left. I'm tired of fricken rail trails.
I spent about two hours out at Great Brook Farm, plowing my way through the mud and trying to remember the proper timing required to bounce down a rocky hillside trail. Lets just say the bouncing skill did not return as quickly as I had hoped. I did the Acorn Trail and Acorn Trail North loops, then finished with the Lantern Loop, which is fairly flat. I figure when I can navigate Blueberry Hill with stopping/crashing/falling over, then I'll be ready to expand my hill trail set. I am now covered in bruises and I am sore everywhere. Hopefully I'll get to go back and try again sometime later this week.
My knee survived just fine. It even held up to playing a couple hours of sand volleyball last night. In fact, my knee feels better than my shoulder does. It was not happy with how much bike carrying I had to do (much of the trail I choose was underwater, so there was a lot of "bike on shoulder, now play leap frog" work on Sunday) and did not like spiking last night, not One Bit. I guess I just need to keep timing things such that I don't do too much of any one activity on the knee.
edit - My manager just stopped by to give me a bonus for the What Were We Thinking Project. Yay, bonus!