What to do? Doing anything that requires two functioning ankles is out of the question. The past couple of days, I’ve had to hobble around without my crutches, and by the end of the day, my ankle has just been throbbing. But, I think that it is on the mend. It’s still swollen, but now my foot fits into a shoe and the bruising has begun. I have pretty shades of purple and blue at various places along my foot. Almost enough to rival the sunsets in Bako :rolleyes:
Right now everything seems derailed. I had been lacking the excitement of riding, which had diminished my drive to ride, but it had all been returning. Over the past few weeks, I’ve ridden some great trails with excellent companions. I’m not as fit as I’d like to be (who is?) but the joy was back. I had been planning out rides for the rest of ‘07, and throughout the early part of next year. As long as I’m in California, I’d be remiss if I didn’t take advantage of some of the riding opportunities, and there are many continuing throughout the year. Now, that’s all on hold again.
In addition to riding, I had also started running again, kind of regularly. Over the past few years, I only run when I don’t have a bike; namely when I’m out of town. Recently, while in SLC, I spent the first couple of mornings just running around downtown, aimlessly. But, with one day left, Mike (friend in SLC) drove me around town giving a brief historical background and layout of the city. During his spiel, he pointed out the Mill Creek Trail (heads up a canyon from the downtown area), so my final run was up the canyon. Probably about 10 miles or so. Now, at one time in my life, I considered a 10 mile run a recovery day, refreshing, just a little jaunt. And honestly, this run felt pretty good. But, by the time my flight landed at LAX later that afternoon, I could barely walk. I resolved that I should run a little more regularly, just so that the times that I want to run won’t hurt so much, and I had been following through on this resolution. Until this weekend. again, now it’s all on hold.
One bright spot is that I can finally perform some maintenance on my Walt. I still need to rebuild my front piston, finally bleed the brakes and trim the cables. Re-Stans my wheels. Lots of little items that I just don’t seem to be able to get to during the week, and haven’t had time on the weekends.
I am reading a good book though. Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky, which traces the importance of salt to many of man’s endeavors and historic events. Of course, it was recommended to me by a geologist extraordinaire..
And, until I am able to return to the ranks of the able-ankled, I can live vicariously through the blogs of my friends. Riding, skiing and boarding (none of you write about running).. Thanks
scott
Hope things get better amigo. You are not the only one missing out on riding right now though, I haven’t done a damn thing all week with the friggin cold.
But if you are looking for a challenge, see if you can beat Jeni’s record of 1-hour on the arm cycle at the local gym. She got the stink eye from all the senior citizens who liked to be on it for 5 or 10 mins….
I’m not an engineer!!
You should come skiing. Just force the ankle into a stiff plastic boot and checkout the early season snow at Whistler.
noted and corrected
I don’t use stiff plastic boots in snow sports, and I can barely stand to force my ankle into a pliable, leather shoe at the moment, I can’t even consider shoving it into my blundstones yet
How’s the mid-season snow at Whistler?
Looks like you’ve been pushing the limits of the “just because I can ride it on a rigid bike doesn’t make it a good idea” envelope. Didn’t you have to watch “Remember Charlie” to get that gas plant job?
Can I get “Remember Charlie” through netflix?