This Week's Lesson

I got a good reminder this week of something I had forgotten. I did some all out (out of the saddle) hill sprints and they felt great! The next day I could hardly walk and the pain in my right knee (patella) was enormous. During the 06/07 ski season I had a partial patella rupture and was told I had severe patella tendenosis. So I was told by a local orthopod I could race, just don't stand up on the bike. Well this week I got a little reminder about that prescription and threw a good part of the week in the garbage can - training through the knee pain. The result later in the week (Wednesday) was a crash descending the Windsock and a bruised shoulder. So, yesterday evening I got mad and bailed out of a session early to rest. That was a good move. At 40 things take a little longer to heal! Knee is feeling great today after some spinning and I just ripped (ripped for a novice that is) my best 10k on the Erg, 38.37.6. I think I'm going to have to look into a few Erg races in the Seattle area for fun. Looking forward to some solid riding this weekend. The Erg always lifts me up.