New bike

It's been a long timesince the last blog entry. Let's see.... I took the next weekend off and rode a little bit on Monday-- that's Monday, April 28th. I ran for 20 minutes on Tues and Wed, and I felt pretty sore the rest of Wed and into Thurs. I think it was because I pushed the pace too hard. Then Banjo got a stomach virus and so did Christina. Luckily I didn't get it, in my stomach at least. The next Monday (5/5) I ran 20 minutes on the neighborhood roads and did the same on Tues. Thurs I ran for 30 minutes on the trail at 9:00 pace. It was a post-surgery PR. I felt pretty good afterwards and I'm attributing the success to the slower pace. It seems to help, so I'll continue to keep it slow for the near future. But later Thurs I had strange pains in my abdomen, followed by fever throughout the weekend. Did some tests and determined that it wasn't bacterial.... doc thinks it was a different manifestation of Banjo's stomach virus.

I've been fretting over which bike to buy for the last several weeks-- Wed I reached a decision and bit the bullet, bought a new bike and rode it Thurs for 20 miles. Strangely, the bike makes my hip feel better, and this is great of course-- it means that it can help me stay sane through the long recovery. I sunk quite a bit of money in the thing, a reward to myself for slogging it out all these months. I've sorta given up on making predictions with the running thing-- it makes me do things that I probably shouldn't do, and I ultimately get frustrated. Biking mixed with running is looking good. I'd like to shift much of my focus to the bike for awhile at least.