My new bike is awesome, but I still have to use it. Between a trip to and from Berkeley on Friday and family plans this weekend, I will have to wait until Tuesday to really ride it.
When I picked it up on Thursday afternoon, before one my physical therapy sessions, I was a little nervous. My knee had been acting up the day before, and I didn't feel as good as I had recently.
But I had to try the bike around the block and it was perfect. The Treck 7.5 FX WSD 17, model 2012 is so light that I wonder how I could bike on my old one. A little like using my MacBook Air the first time when I had been using a good old Acer for years.
You grow wings on such light machines and since my husband already has a pretty decent bike, we are planning to bike together at least three times a week.
I'm pretty disciplined by nature so I can stick to this program. I will have to make sure I don't end up solo.
Besides biking and doing my therapeutic exercises, I have started to work out, focusing on abs and arms. It feels so good to be me again.
My left knee is looking good and the extension has returned to normal or very close to normal. Since I have focused on it for a few weeks now, I must return to flexion exercises to make sure I'm not stuck with a 120 degrees flexion.
So more work is still needed although I see the end of the tunnel getting closer day after day.
Cannot wait to be at the top of a mountain.
Or at the end of a twenty-mile path even if it is with a bike.
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