365 Group
Posted: Dec-29-2016
I fully understand now when I hear people that have had heart surgery say they cant raise their arms or cant do anything. The muscles are shot! It's been a little over three months since the operation and it's a killer to just ride the bike. Feels like I have no muscle tone or control or whatever. The vibration from the handle bars just seems to wear me out. I spoke with a couple of specialists and they said that it was the same thing only different in that mine was mostly in my stomach and that I was most likely atrophied from the months of not riding, Etc.
This morning I packed up and headed out on the first of a program of "exercise" rides to build it all up again. It was a really short ride by normal standards, 198 miles. But I managed to incorporate all the things I normally did when heading to one of my usual travel spots. Packing, pretrip maintenance, camp setup, Etc. The theory is a workout everyday of what I use to do everyday.
Like I said it wasn't much of a trip but I enjoyed it. It was cool last night, but apparently I slept through it. This morning I was a little stiff but that seemed to fade as I got going. Cooking breakfast seemed to loosen me up for some reason? Probably the coffee. Packing up and breaking camp seemed to take a little longer than normal but not as hard as I had expected.
It was a good trip along back roads that went no place.
"catch ya on the road"
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