On the road again

Whoops! Hadn't realised that it was so long since I'd last posted. Nevermind, to be honest not a lot has happened in the last few weeks except lots of physio exercises and a lack of sleeping due to shoulder pain. BUT..... I am now back on the road again. On the 2nd August I risked a couple of hours on the road bike out on the road... and not attached to a turbo! P and I headed out on the local lanes for a gentle sunday morning ride to see how my shoulder would cope. We minimised hills out the valley and covered about 25 miles. By this time I was a bit sore and P bullied me into not going any further. After a rest the soreness eased and I took that as a good sign!!

On thursday I saw the physio again and after an acupuncture treatment (!) I was allowed out for a month with the instruction to get back into it. I promptly drove up to Wasdale and headed up Scafell Pike in the evening, walking and not running, managing to get my self involved in the tail end of a rescue (2 guys falling off Broad Stand in 2 hours!).

P and I headed to a small limestone outcrop on Saturday afternoon to see if the shoulder would cope with climbing. There are two 3+, a 4+ and a 5 here as well as other short routes in the 6 and 7's so enough for me to have a go and P to tick! I managed the 3+'s and the 4 without too much discomfort but that was definitely enough for me in that session!

This week I've managed to ride to work on Monday and today and last night under the cover of almost darkness I headed out for a 2.75 mile trot on the lanes and tracks to see how that would go. Apart from feeling terribly unfit, heavy footed and stiff, it wasn't as bad as I was telling myself it would be. My shoulder was stiff and didn't want to swing freely but it didn't give me too much pain and I seemed to be running smoothly - not hunchback impressions! I had the added bonus of seeing the barn owl in the barn owl hole in the barn by the Ratty station - beautiful sight!