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[ornoth_cycling]

Biked today; 60 miles. It was quite painful, actually.

For the most part, I’d say my injuries from last weekend’s pileup didn’t really impinge.

My thighs are stiff and extremely sore, but I guess that can be explained by the fact that I’ve been working on my seated climbing after a year when I’ve tried to do most of my climbing out of the saddle. Oh, and then there’s yesterday’s running up forty flights of stairs (two at a time, of course). I’m a firm believer in “active recovery”, but I suspect that the unfamiliar stress of stair-climbing has a lot to do with the pain in my thighs today.

My back hurt a bit, and I suspect that’s partly from the bruising I got. My neck was really very painful, and I’m sure that’s related to the whiplash-style stiffness that followed the crash. My wrists hurt too, but that’s pretty normal for a lengthy ride.

As for my knee, yeah, it hurt, but not really from the road rash. I had been watching that (my right) knee for a couple months, as I’d had sporadic pain in it throughout the year. That’s the knee that I had bursitis in back in 2001, and which provided a lot of pain on the 2002 PMC ride, so I’m sure it’s just something chronic.

But overall, things are healing. My elbow is pretty much okay. My back has a bruise that’ll last a while. The minor road rash on my hip is healing well. And the knee is coming along, but that’ll take more time, since that was the most severe injury. Still, even that’s only a flesh wound at this point. I still treat it pretty gingerly, but it’s functionally fine.

I’ve made some progress on the fundraising this week too, which is always encouraging. I think I’m around $1200 at present. Although that’s not even half of what I need to raise, it is getting close to putting me over the milestone of having raised $10,000 over my four years’ participation in the PMC ride, which is something I feel pretty good about.