First World Problems

I was scrolling through past blog posts and saw pictures and race reports i wrote from last season, i saw pics of me winning, my old broken bike, and a strong hope to improve. I feel like a learned so much last season. I did a lot right, and i did even more not so good. Thankfully i learned a lot from doing both. But, i'm at risk for not being able to apply bike lessons this season.

I'm working on overcoming a knee issued called Plica Syndrome. It appeared back in early to mid NOV. Its hard to know what the direct cause of it was, or there even was a direct cause because at the time there were so many variables. I did weight lifting, changed my bike position a bunch, went from not riding a ton to riding a decent amount, never stretched, had a couple falls on the injured knee, never addressed a couple of long standing physiological issues, etc.

With that said, I'm slowly but surely recovering. I'm up over an hour and can avg north of 150w for that period of time. I 'm almost confident enough to try and join my teammates on their recovery rides. This has been a very difficult period for me due to my inability up till now to even pedal softly. But again, i've learned even more through all of this. I'm lighter and fitter, and hopefully when the knee pain is gone i'll come back strong.

we'll see...