kinda sorta injured
Nov. 23rd, 2014 10:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ilanaramaI haven't been posting lately (geez, in over a month!) because I haven't been doing much. After the 1-2 punch (or 2-1, actually!) of the Double and the 50K, my right hamstring and ITB let me know in no uncertain terms that they needed a breather. So I have been taking a break from running in the hopes that I'll be able to start training for the Boston Marathon on schedule at the beginning of December.
In the meantime I've been getting massages and doing strengthening and stretching exercises, and biking a lot, or at least, a lot for me. When the weather is crappy I spin on the recumbent exercise bike in the basement, which is seriously boring, so I can't manage it for very long at a time. When the weather is good, though, I go mountain biking. I am not very good at mountain biking, and there are only two local loops I can do without carrying my bike over large portions of the trail. Fortunately, the more I do it, the less I suck at it - but I still suck!
Here is someone who does not suck. I don't think I could make some of these jumps on foot that he does on a bike! But wow, what amazing scenery porn this is. I would love to hike this mountain ridge (without a bike)!
In the meantime I've been getting massages and doing strengthening and stretching exercises, and biking a lot, or at least, a lot for me. When the weather is crappy I spin on the recumbent exercise bike in the basement, which is seriously boring, so I can't manage it for very long at a time. When the weather is good, though, I go mountain biking. I am not very good at mountain biking, and there are only two local loops I can do without carrying my bike over large portions of the trail. Fortunately, the more I do it, the less I suck at it - but I still suck!
Here is someone who does not suck. I don't think I could make some of these jumps on foot that he does on a bike! But wow, what amazing scenery porn this is. I would love to hike this mountain ridge (without a bike)!
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Date: 2014-11-23 06:11 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-11-23 06:14 pm (UTC)I'm actually a bit worried about it. It still feels weird. :-(
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Date: 2014-11-23 06:17 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2014-11-23 07:16 pm (UTC)Oh sure. Just casually front flip over barbed wire on your bike after hours of hard trail. No big whoop.
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Date: 2014-11-23 07:22 pm (UTC)I KNOW, RIGHT?
I cling to the hope that the beginning of this move is shown multiple times because he really did have to try it repeatedly before making it. Which merely demotes him to freakin' amazing, rather than godlike.
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Date: 2014-11-23 08:34 pm (UTC)I'm not convincing you with my attempt to be blase am I.
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Date: 2014-11-23 09:13 pm (UTC)Hell, I'm impressed with him humping the bike UP to that crazy rock.
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Date: 2014-11-24 03:19 am (UTC)Sending serious good vibes for hamstring recovery!!
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Date: 2014-11-25 10:14 pm (UTC)Thanks for the vibes. Things are getting better, but sloooooowly.
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Date: 2015-01-26 04:46 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2015-01-26 04:57 pm (UTC)