Return to Cycling: 12 Miles and a Hill
Last night after dinner I was feeling restless and decided to brave the dark and cold for a ride. My route took me south around Lake Union to Fremont where I climbed up the gentle hill of Stone Way to Greenlake. I did have a little soreness during the climb, but nothing that alarmed me. From Greenlake I followed the path of the ill fated Ravenna Creek down to the Burk Gilman trail.
Again it felt fantastic to be on the bike. I’m incredibly wary of traffic and rough terrain and still keeping it nice and easy. My average speed was down around 12mph which is probably about 2/3rds of my pre injury speed for a ride like that.
If nothing else last night’s ride made me even more excited about the coming spring and the bicycle borne adventures it’s sure to bring.
Hi Henry!
Great to hear you are on a bike again. I just had my surgery last Friday and can’t believe how my quad muscle melted away to nothing! I’m doing strengthening exercises, but feel kind of overwhelmed by the amount of work it will take to get back to “normal”. I’m supposed to be able to ride outdoors in a month and I was already peddling in PT yesterday (very slowly, and not much). Boyfriend is borrowing an indoor trainer for my house, so hope to get more time on the bike this weekend.
Bari
Hey Bari. It’s so great to be back on a bike. I’m really pleased with how quickly my quads have come back, but I’m still pretty slow on the hills. The farthest I’ve gone so far is about 20 miles. I’d like to ramp that up to doing my annual century ride on the 4th of July.
hey guys
im 18 weeks post op and have been cycling and hogging for the past 3 weeks and everything is going well so far,even though th ejogging is still only straight line.My quads are still weak though,it is very slow getting them back to full strength.how long did this take you??