In October 2012, I participated in an organized ride benefitting Habitat for Humanity. It was a beautiful day for a ride, and my friend Jes and I were just going to have a fun time. Unfortunately, about 5 miles into the ride, I fell off my bike and landed, hard, on the curb of a median. After a 4 hour doctor visit, I learned I had broken my tailbone, and it would take 6+ weeks to recover.
Impact (crush) on my tailbone
I was definitely in pain the first week, and could not even sit up for more than about 2 hours that first week without being in pain. In those first couple weeks, I wasn't sure if I would be able to bike the MS150 this year, because I was afraid of not being healed enough to train properly starting in January. But the human body is an amazing thing, and by the time I went back to work after Christmas break, I was able to sit without aid of a pillow. I decided it was time to get back on a bike and see how it wentI started off just going to the gym and getting on the stationary bike; I didn't want to get on my bike and ride out a couple miles, only to find I was in so much pain I couldn't make it back. But the 30+ minutes on the stationary bike didn't cause any pain, so that gave me the confidence to try on my actual bike as well
On January 20th, I arranged with Jes to go on a short ~10 mile ride to try things out. Rather than driving over to meet with her, I decided to bike to her house, figuring that way I could find out if biking was going to be OK while still having a way to get home if it wasn't. Everything went just fine! Other than the fact that Jes' bike pump wasn't the right type, and so she couldn't actually join me for the ride. =( But in the trip to her house and back home, I knew that I was going to be able to train for the 150
So I finally registered for the MS150, and have been working on training since! I'll post my various training rides individually, and I'll TRY to keep it more up to date than just a big burst of posts. ;) Wish me luck this year!
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