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Last Wednesday was my 23rd birthday, thanks to all those who sent me cards and best wishes.
A week ago I went and stayed at Tim’s house in the lakes, and had some great riding with the EUCC chaps. Nice weather, crazy steep climbs and good company.
Last up on this mini update, is my niggling knee injury. I took November off the bike almost completely, then started training again in December. Early on during a 4 hour ride in horizontal snow, I started to get a sore knee. I’ve been to the physio, and now almost 3 months later, it appears to be making progress. Taping and careful checking of my bike setup seems to be keeping it under control.
Racing for the next two weekends, so will be interesting to see how it holds up, and if I keep up after all the time off.
Last monday I had a bit of a nasty crash at Grizedale in the Lake District. This crash resulted in me losing quite a bit of skin from my right leg, and stretching the tendons in the back of my left hand. This prevented me from being able to grip anything with it, as it had no strength, and was painful to move.
By the thursday it was OKish again, so Adam and I decided to ride the Black Route at Glentress, before cycling down the Tweed Valley a bit to ride the XC at Inners. Pretty mad, especially as they are the two rockiest trail centres in the UK.
In total it took 5hours and 20minutes, included an hour wasted for lunch, collapsed on top of Minch Moor, and Adam having two punctures . Not too bad. I did have one over-the-bars on the big rocky section at Inners, but the worst that gave me was a cut elbow, two bruised palms, and cramp in my leg meaning I had to lie on the ground for several minutes.
Despite my crash on the monday, I had no demons on the thursday, and even cleaned the ’shore at Glentress with the saddle still up my backside. Was a great day out (25C, small breeze), and despite the odd tan lines from wearing a tubey-grip on my wrist, it was great pre 10 Under The Ben experience. Bring it on!
The gallery for this trip will return once I sort out a new gallery for it.
