BIKE 20 miles in TGP, 3 intervals
Met up with BE for will likely be our last week of riding TGP this year. The forecast was for 34F at 6:30am, it sure didn't feel that cold. I was happily overdressed, unless you ask my fingers and toes. They might disagree.
All of the beauty from fall colors of TGP last week is gone. We had wind and rain over the weekend, most all leaves are downed and now it's what I call really November. Browns and oranges and dead-looking trees.
While Puppy was at BS for the lever repair, I got new bar tape (didn't like what SOs mechanic put on 2 years ago), a tune-up, and a bottom bracket overhaul. I reported a "creak" in the BB that my mechanical and care skills couldn't alleviate.
I'm super happy to say, it's fixed! Along with the half-shifting bull shit I was dealing with! Yay for Puppy!
Great ride, great conversation, a slight bit faster than last few weeks. Maybe because by bottom bracket was overhauled.
And speaking of bottom brackets, my hip. I did full rest this weekend. Just walking and some mild stretch and strength. Just movement. I can feel the quads and hammies tightening up and I feel the urge to foam roll and stretch. The muscles and soft tissues in the actual hip and pelvic region feel tight and uncomfortable. So I've got that to focus on -- get the hip loose -- because simple movements shouldn't feel tight!
And the bones of the right calf still feel awful. I know this isn't what it really is, but it feels like they are about to break. They ache and hurt and feel pulled on. But the actual knee pains, or the pain surrounding the knee to be more accurate, seems to be better.
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