Clyde's Comeback!

Nothing planned today. I'm not sure what I'll be able to do in my new current physical state. It seems like if it's not one thing it's twenty with my body lately. 

60 min's on the spin bike later in the day. Decided to try it and just siting stationary doesn't seem to bother the shoulder too much. 

Pretty hard push on the spinner today for 60 min's. 

4 miles of running on the treadmill. Just had to try it. Couldn't go very fast and had to run very robotic to keep from swinging the shoulder too far off. But getting some running it will help if I ever plan on getting out of this free fall. 

X ray on the shoulder this morning. Looks like the AC joint is separated. Somewhere between a grade 3-4 separation. It hurts pretty much around the clock. Some movements almost floor me. But I'll continue to do what I can with the spinner and treadmill. Doc says I really need to take 4-6 weeks off for full recovery. I'm not sure I can do it. I'll just watch it close and not risk anything extensive. 

My wife will not be happy if and when she finds out I ran today... and ran this far. But I just needed it. I needed it more mentally than the pain hurt physically. Put the Hokas on and headed out nice and EZ. Didn't have a plan on mileage just had about 80 min's before I had to get off to pick up Myler. So I basically used my time. At the cut off for 5 miles I just said I'd go to 6.6. Then at the 8 mile cut I just couldn't turn and headed out around the full DC loop. Felt pretty good all things considered. Shoulder always hurts so running doesn't seem to make it hurt worse. But could slow the healing as the goal is to pull the arm up so the clavicle can reattach. But I just tried to keep my shoulder pulled up to my ear while running. IDK. Hip hurt but was runnable. No sharp pain just a dull one throughout the run.

I told my wife and Dr. Prince just yesterday that I'd try not to run on it... and if I did I wouldn't go any more than 5 miles. Oops. 

My wife called me an "idiot" for going on a ride today. But she was home and the weather was nice. I needed to see how the bike was holding up after the wreck last week. So I headed out. The shoulder was so so and there were a few really "ouch" moments when I put too much weight on it or pulled up hard. More than anything I'm super "gun shy" now while riding on the side of the road... especially when cars are passing right next to me. I'm guessing it'll take some time before that fear starts to break down. 

Anyways I road out to the airport and back. Looped the park both directions. 24.3 miles at a 21.8 mph avg. 69F and sunny. I had on a summer outfit and felt good all things considered. 

9.2 mile run after the ride. Got home and wanted to keep rolling out in the sunshine. Mik'L just rolled her eyes as I came in and changed cloths then told her I was going out running. She said I can't say a word about my shoulder hurting because I won't relax and let it heal. But it felt doable... so I ran. Again the Hokas really have helped with my hip area injury. Enough cushioning and bounce to help the foot come through the stride. Middle B-hills loop then extended back around Little Valley. 6:58 min mile avg. Better than I would have guessed.

Kind of a laid back ride today. I was going to look at a few things uptown and just took the bike up. Lots of traffic so going was slow. I'm super shaky on the bike now. No balance and cars freak me out. Once I got done up in town I cycled up the steep Dixie hill and then out the parkway in Washington and back around the fields to home. Harder effort the last 13 but overall a pretty chill ride (it was colder too).