Back from Injury

Well today was my first ride back after an injury which put me out for 3 weeks. Its still not better but the cycling will aid the healing process by increasing blood flow to the ligament in question.

It was 65 miles through Staffordshire and Cheshire with Tunstall Wheelers/Brian Rourke Cycles who we ride with each week. I did quite a lot of work on the front and contested and won a good number of climbs, as well as being led out by Stu Clark for a couple of sprints (which actually aggrevated my injury so I didn't do any more after that).

I've now come back, had a delightful (sense the sarcasm) recovery drink and a cold shower on the legs so at least theyre not burning any more.

I had been annoyed at the past couple of weeks being mainly beautiful weather and not being allowed to train, but after seeing the physio on friday he said i could ride so long as I didn't push myself too hard. I pushed obviously, but was cautious I promise! So when I saw Adam yesterday we arranged to do the club ride this week, and I texted Stu (who didn't reply till 30 mins before it started) who came along too. The beautiful weather clearly attracted a lot of people to come out as there were a lot of other cyclists about, including the Sigma Sport/Specialized team who we saw just going through Crewe.

Let's hope tomorrow is as nice and i can find time between lectures to get out! Also the club jerseys are due tomorrow and they better be here as we've been waiting for ages and British University National Mountain Bike Championships are next weekend so expect a nice blog about that when I get back.