- Distance 65.81 km
- Time 03:00:00
- Max Speed 42.17 kph
- Average Speed 21.94 kph
- Average Pace 2:44 min/km
- Average Cadence 75 rpm
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June 19, 2009
- Distance 31.14 km
- Time 01:45:00
- Max Speed 38.78 kph
- Average Speed 17.79 kph
- Average Pace 3:22 min/km
Started off with a lot of pain in neck and shoulders which was somewhat relieved after the first hour. Still need to break in saddle - may need a very slight adjustment downards or look for a more comfortable one.
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Eeep! I'm just recovering from a shoulder injury myself, so you really have my sympathies. What happened to you?
I understand the impulse to just get on the bike and go -- I so hate the riding time I've missed! -- but what does your physiotherapist say about riding extensively when you're in that much pain? I was advised against anything putting extra stress on my shoulder, like hills or a low handlebar position, and was told to ice religiously after each ride when I was getting back into things.
Are they advising you to do any specific rehab exercises? I finally got most of the soreness to leave after sticking with just two simple lifts for a few weeks, getting worked on by my therapist 1-2 times a week, and breaking myself of the habit of sleeping with my arms over my head.
Hi: Well, believe it or not, I fell 3x in 1-1/2 months. Totally fluky accidents. With the first one I fell off my trainer onto my left side and injured my left quad. Two days later I fell while on the trails and injured my right shoulder (bruising the bone) and right leg, leaving the impression of the pedal on my thigh. I didn't realize how hard I fell (that was at 7 km) and went on to finish another 64.5 km. A month later I fell off my trainer on the left side. With respect to the trainer I brought it in to the LBS to see if it was defective. Contrary to the instruction manual, I didn't have it secured tight enough, and had to change the nut on the skewer to a metal one. With the second fall off the trainer, I badly injured my left knee which I hit directly on the floor. With respect to falling on the trail, I was going uphill through a metal barrier. My water bottle cage had originally been installed on the bottom of my frame as there was no room in the middle of the frame. While I was riding I heard a clicking sound, not realizing it was the bolts coming loose from the cage. As I was going up an incline through a barrier and just barely coming around it, the water bottle itself shot out, jammed my tire, and I went down. Talk about absolutely ridiculous. I don't even think it's believable myself, but it happened! I've been going to physio and massage therapy for myofascial stripping ever since. At first, the pain with the quads when getting up or sitting down was incredible. I was told to ice everything 3x per day. They also told me not to stop exercising in order to keep stretching the scar tissue. I've also been taking hot baths in epsom salts which helps to bring down the swelling. My doctor drained some of the fluid and blood from my knee and put something in there to soften the scar tissue. But, you know what, gotta keep going. I don't want to lose all the time I had put in previously and start at zero. It's funny how I only learned how to ride a bike 3 years ago and I love it so much...anyway, I'm doing some neck and shoulder stretches, lunges, using an exercise ball and some weights and trying to keep positive. If things really do come in sets of 3, I think I've made my quota this year. Hope all is well with you...I've transitioned from a hybrid to a road bike so that is also contributing to my neck and shoulders being sore. Have to get used to the new position.
OK, you get the official trouper award. Unreal! I fell a couple of times last year, but except for a bit of amusing and dramatic bleeding on the second fall, nothing like what you've gone through.
It was the trivial first fall at an insultingly slow speed, that just bruised my hand and tore my capris, that eventually screwed up my shoulder, because I kept cycling every day for another 2 months before I finally got medical advice.
My physiotherapist told me to keep moving but to back off if I got sore. Except for one awful bout of bursitis, where I was begging ERs for cortisone on a weekend, I never considered the pain bad. I was just concerned about aggravating a moderate injury and making it a bigger, chronic injury, so I did minimal cycling this winter and spring and have slowly transitioned to more this summer.
I just switched a few weeks ago from my hybrid (aka The Armchair) back to my mountain bike and while I LOVED being back -- I feel as if I ride inside my bike again, instead of on top of it -- I was hunching a little on my first few rides. I'm so strict about good posture off the bike now that it was easy to consciously, then unconsciously transfer it to the bike, so I'm feeling much, much better now. I just had to keep reminding myself to put my shoulder blades back and down at all times. I also found that when I wanted to accelerate from a stop, after I started peddling, I would lean down and get my back almost parallel to the ground, like a jockey. I moved faster, felt good, maintained my shoulder blade position and got a nice stretch all at once. See if that feels good for you.
Thanks. That's excellent advice. I keep trying not to hunch my shoulders and I catch myself doing it, just sitting at the computer. It's a very bad habit to break. I have never cycled during the winter months and, instead, started spinning last winter. Since it's raining tomorrow, I may try that again. When you're talking about the jockey position, if you gear down just before you stop, that should help with not putting so much effort into your takeoff. You're very brave to be out there in all that traffic. That's not my favourite thing to do. If I can avoid it, I certainly try. It's a lot easier in a group and a lot more fun as well.
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