Activity: road cycling (on mountain bike)
Location: Washington, DC > Bethesda, MD (Capital Crescent Trail)
Distance: 15.9 miles
Duration: 0:52
Weather: sunny, 63 degrees
Avg HR: 151 (est.)
Type: aerobic

Been a while, hasn’t it?

Well, this is my first official ride since the accident, and it couldn’t have come soon enough! The weather was perfect – it rained yesterday and will rain tomorrow, so timing is everything.

It felt awesome to be back on the bike! Granted, it was my mountain bike – partly on advice of my therapist, partly because the front wheel on my road bike is still in need of repair. So I mounted my commuter slicks on the Marin’s wheels, and voila!

Right now I’m icing the shoulder, as my trapezius is sore. There is still some weakness there, though it’s getting better every day with the litany of exercises I’m doing. Ice and ibuprofen are proven fixes for the pain, though.

But it’s official: I’m back on the bike! Yeah!