It's been almost 2 weeks since I've ridden, and I'm doing an 80 mile MS fundraising ride next Saturday. As far as I'm aware, this is not the recommended training regimen, but I've been injured. This is one of the things that actually sucks about getting older. In many ways I fell better than I ever have, but it's so much easier to hurt yourself and when it happens it takes longer to heal. I sustained this injury at the end of August, and it felt like nothing at the time, but it ended up really hurting and only now is it beginning to feel somewhat better.
One of the things I like about biking in general is how it sharpens your awareness of your surroundings. I feel bad when I pass someone walking down the street wearing headphones and looking down at their phone. Why are you even out of your bed, if that's what you need to be doing? Why go outside and walk if you're not even going to experience walking?
It also makes me think about the hordes of people in health clubs pretending to run or walk or even climb stairs. Why would you pretend to climb stairs? Who had that brainstorm? "Okay, well people can now pretend to run, walk, ride bicycles or row. What else can they pretend to do? I know! Climb stairs!" I just don't see it. All of those other things can be pleasant when you do them for real. I don't even like climbing stairs when it gets me to where I want to be, so why in the world would I want to simulate that experience?
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