We traded in our hiking kit today for bikes as Misty was really jonesin' for a ride. I am still working my way up to longer rides after the RTSA (reverse total shoulder arthroplasty) surgery in May. I have done many short rides without much discomfort, but leaning on handlebars, even for a short ride like today, can cause some achy discomfort. My previous ride here, a mere 18 miles, caused some minor discomfort, and this short 20 miler had about the same level of achiness. So my plan is to increase the distance on these rides perhaps 5 miles each time just to test the limits, if there are any, of what I can do. I need to get back to riding my and my friend Carl's birthday (he's 8 years older than I am so we ride his birthday) since I had to scotch it last November. We shall see.
Beautiful day, a little on the warm side at 77º, but Misty said it's so much cooler on a bike than hiking down here, because it's so dry. And it wasn't bad.
Saw a few riders, macho gear mashers on their corporate lunch breaks at the beginning, during lunch hour, and way fewer on the way back. All-in-all, a nice outingThanks for the suggestion, Misty.
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Yes, one hand on the bars, one on the camera so I could shoot these pics. Dumb.
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| The original loop trail around Tucson, with later auxiliary routes out to the burbs, all now part of The Loop. |
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