Commute 6/11

Greetings Readers!

As I eluded too in my last post ride thread, I went to see the wobblenaught fit specialist to discuss my all of a sudden, outta nowhere, problem knee. I found out very little, without actually seeing me on the bike and doing an actual fit, all he can do is speculate. Who knows? The body does things, I’ve obviously tweeked it, I just don’t know how? If I did, I’d avoid doing it in the future.

I’ve been trying to put off getting fit as I don’t have the scratch that it requires. I suppose if the knee doesn’t recover that’s what I’ll have to do. Not to mention, see a doctor and have an MRI. I’ve been fit on another bike, and I’ve tried to copy my measurements as close as possible, but I could be off, just a little. That might be enough to have caused the damage. It might be just enough to manifest on the longer rides, but not show up on the shorter ones. I noticed the knee bothering me after the Historic Hwy ride. On the other hand, I could just be over thinking this and just tweeked it. The good news is I was able to commute in to work today and although the knee is sore, I’m not limping. I was pretty apprehensive. I took it real easy, no out of the saddle riding, and I spun the easy gears on all the climbs. No mashing. That will be my plan for the next two days as well.

One thing is for sure, it’s either going to get better, or get worse. The coming days are going to tell the tale. I’m hoping to ease my way back, and not have to spend time off the bike. I plan to ride in to work the next two days, and get some decent, but not long miles in on Sunday. By then I hope to know at least which way the knee is headed. I don’t even want to think about having to contend with a bad knee injury at this time of year, that could really put a damper on my cross training. I’m supposed to be finishing up my base training by mid July and headed into high intensity interval work come August, not to mention running. So the timing is not good, can you tell I’m stressin’ just a little?

Miles ridden today, 21

Miles ridden 2008, 1762

Cheers!