Rehab Rides

So, it's been two weeks of couch surfing for me since the "accident"; the rumour is going around that Joe pushed me in order to make sure that he was going to be team captain on his return to the team.... The pain is receding in the hip, but still causing me enough trouble to make life difficult. The pain is centred on the outside and front of the hip and seems to come and go as the muscles stay limber or tighten up.

A couple of days ago I did my first ride, if you can call it that, after the "accident". I was on the rollers for half and hour at zero resistance riding my smallest gear, kind of pathetic. At each pedal stroke there was a pull in my hip. On getting off I could hardly walk and thought that things might take a lot longer than I thought.

Today I tried the rollers again and wow, things are improving. Today I was able to ride on the big ring and push a decent tempo. It actually felt better on the hip with a bit more resistance. Again, I only rode for half an hour as at that point the hip started to get sore and I'm not looking to push too hard. Riding today made me more optimistic about getting back out on the road.

The problem there will be "getting back on the horse", so to speak. I'm a little worried about the road conditions being a little slippery and the chance of falling again. I figure it will be OK, but I'm sure I will be a lot more ginger in the corners.

Keep the rubber side down.