Muse back!
June 21, 2009 / Sunday
Spazzy Back Week 3
Week 3 went a heck of a lot better than week 2. I kicked off last Monday with yoga, went mountain biking Tuesday and Wednesday, played pickup hockey Thursday, got my butt kicked at yoga on Friday, went mountain biking again on Saturday, and did a ~25 mile spin on the road bike on Sunday.
The back is continuing to heal. The injury still hurts if I push on it unflexed, and it's the first thing to feel sore or tight when I get tired, but given that I can ride and play mellow hockey again, I'm not complaining. Sideways range of motion has improved, but I still have a ways to go on that front.
I'd been afraid that my two weeks off would result in really sore muscles upon resumption of activity, but I've fared pretty well for the most part. (They were actually just fine until Friday yoga's slew of butt-busting Warrior and Chair poses.) Amusingly, the things that have gotten soft are my biking and hockey callouses. Those ached, fell off, and are now regenerating.
Can I just tell you how cool the Stevens Creek Trail is? I rode it in its entirety on Sunday, from near the Grant/El Camino intersection in Mountain View. It's beautifully paved, goes under El Camino, over 85, over Central, over Moffett, under 101, and all the way to Shoreline, which has its own set of nice multi-use trails. You can use it to get through all the hard-to-cross "walls" without having to worry about cars. What a great facility for pedestrians, skaters, and bikers. :)
And finally, one of my best moments last week: Sneezing without pain. Phew! And achoO!
We now return to our regularly scheduled programming.