Here I go again!

Blehhhhh
No running - very swollen left knee caused by... hang on.... this one is for real, no joke... ANOTHER bike accident.
Yup. This time a lot less serious, and for a good reason. Yesterday, we went out past Alexandria on the Mt. Vernon trail, made it to Mt Vernon and were on the way back to the car when a group of pedestrians was walking up the hill on my side of the bike path while I was going downhill... Tried to break and move further to the right but got off trail, tried to get back on, something didn't work out, and I fell. It seems my helmet hit the ground first, protecting my forehead, and then my nose and my chin sort-of slid on the dirt. I think I hit the dirt and not the pavement, so it was softer... My left knee did hit the pavement very hard, it was so swallen, scary. But nothing seemed to be broken - and thankfully Will was with me to hug me and help me feel better. We biked about 1.5 miles to his car and went home to ice and laugh. No trips to the hospital this time, thankfully. Boy am I going to get sooooo many jokes from my co-workers tomorrow!

I hope all of you readers always wear a helmet, even if you're not as clumsy as me.

So now my left knee has a big bruise and my right leg has a swollen tendon above the ankle bone. The swimming pool is calling...

Knee swelling went down and hurts a lot less - but the wound is still open so no pool.

My face looks like crap but I went to the gym anyway... did 10 minutes on the elliptical and 10 minutes on the stationary bike, core work that didn't require me to bend the knee, and some pull-ups/arm exercises. The tendon seems to be OK when I do that, as long as I don't put a lot of weight on it, but I can feel it still very inflamed and still hurts when I go downstairs so I don't want to risk running on it.

Very cold here... 20 and feels like 10 cause it's really windy... I know, most of you live in even colder places, so I won't complain. Very sunny at least!

Happy Tuesday!

Weight back to normal this morning... 10 lbs from my perfect weight, but I know I'll never get there. Evidently 138 is where my body wants to be for now. I wonder if I lost muscle since I'm not running and that's why the difference...

Biked to work in the cold but sunny day. After work I dropped off the bike at the shop for a tune-up and went to the gym, 30 min elliptical,  20 min bike, 10 min arms, then went home and did some abs.

I always thought me and my sister(s) didn't look alike at all, but today I saw a picture of my younger sister and I'm thinking maybe I see some similarity... what do you think?

Gloria, 24 years old, on your left, and Lucia, 30 at the time, on your right...

Picked up my bike from the shop after work and biked to Bethesda. Left knee, where I fell, hurts when I walk, not when I bike. Right tendon still hurts. I think next week I really really really need to stick to the pool, no running, walking, biking, elliptical, nothing but the pool... Hopefully the weather will cooperate (and by that I mean it's going to be cold and rainy and windy so I don't feel the urge to be outside).

The weekend is here! Woohoo!

Biked to the office on the Capital Crescent trail. I absolutely love this commute. I should move to Bethesda. It's a straight shot on a bike trail the entire way, very few stops to cross streets, so you can fly down. The best part is when I pass biker dudes on racing bikes, the serious bikers, with my mountain bike with hybrid tires and running shoes... I ring my girly bell that says "I heart my bike" every time I pass a guy like that on purpose so they feel less manly... hahaha! Of course then I fall and they're the ones that get the last laugh...