Owch!

Got beat to hell by the bike today. Must ride more, more often, harder and smarter. Looking for intermediate level skills dvd's... I've heard the MSF advanced course is lame, so don't really want to do that.

For anyone keeping track, it looks like between $wife and I we're doing maybe 7500 miles across both bikes in a year, with about 5000 of that basically me being a stubborn ass. I will ride you in the snow!

One of the reasons I'm so sore today is the hammer is just so, so, so heavy. My obliques and abdomen, and my lumbar spine are just completely out of whack, and my knee started showing signs of failing again. Riding wasn't like this when I rode every day, religiously. Granted, you can't ride your bike when you're in the hospital, or if you're having neurological issues.... but I really don't like feeling like an amateur when I get back on the bike.

Loads of fun, though. Even though I drove to and from work in absolutely hideous traffic, there were a few moments where it was just me and the bike and the scream of that motor as it wound up to 13k. I can't stay mad at it long. Besides which, it was my fault all along, wasn't it?


(...getting back on the ankle lifts on three axes, doing tiny little crunch-type exercises for the obliques and abdomen...)