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April 30, 2008
Reunited with my bike shoes
It's official--my pes anserine bursa hurts again. I know that osteoarthritis is a risk factor for having pes pain (I guess because you are bearing more load on your joints?) but I am hoping that this is a flare up from something I did, although all I've been doing is biking. In the past, ice and anti-inflamms have helped so I will try that and see where I am next week when I see the doctor and ask him about it.
But I did put my bike shoes on again for the first time in weeks and did not have any problems with my knee when I was clipped in. It is always such a better workout on the trainer so I am glad to be able to do that. I watched the ESPN piece on Alicia and Ryan Shay and enjoyed it, although it was very sad. I thought they did a good job with it, though--I've caught that ESPN show before and liked it. It's great hat someone is telling the world Ryan's story, because as much attention as it got in the running world, non-athletes will be equally touched by it.
I had a busy day today although none of it was spent at the office. First I went to the dentist for a checkup that I knew would result in my having to schedule future appointments. Sure enough, two big cavities. I don't know how I possibly have any more teeth that don't have fillings. But the worst part was the cleaning. I was literally writhing in pain on the chair and practically in tears because I have a gum problem (which needs to be addressed to) that leaves my gums incredibly sensitive. I am cringing just thinking about it. Ugh...it was horrible. After that fun, I went to Georgetown to meet with the faculty members I am working with on this presentation we are doing this weekend. Since we were running out of time, two of us ended up working for about 6 hours straight and just banging everything out. I need to put the finishing touches on it, but we are in pretty good shape.
I dropped the car off at home when we were finally done and then walked down to the gym near our apartment. It seemed really crowded because it is smaller than the one I've been going to near work. It was also uncomfortably hot--the heat might have been on as today was a little chilly--and they ran out of towels. I felt okay on the bike but then I started getting hungry and I didn't have an energy bar so I went through everything else pretty quickly with the goal of getting home to cook dinner!
Posted by becky at April 30, 2008 9:07 PM