Well its been 4 months since the surgery and I am now doing rehab, and
have ridin my 29er around the neighborhood a few times but have been
mostly riding my mountainbike trying to get back into a excercise
routine.
I already feel better now than before the surgery and no more pain
when I walk or ride but it is going slower than I planned. I thought I
would just push myself and get right back into it... NOPE the muscle
atrophy in my leg is nuts, the Doc said at 3 months I could go at it "as
hard as my muscles would permit". Now I know why she phrased it that
way... My muscle wont permit much anything, apparently when they
lengthen your achilles they semi cut it loose from your calf muscle
causing it to stretch like a rubber band does when you put cuts in it
and the gap fills with scar tissue and then you have to redevelop your
calf muscle along with everything else.
So last weekend I tried hopping on my bike and put my left foot on the
pedal and proceeded to swing my right leg over the seat when my ankle
gave out not able to hold foot position on the pedal with my body weight
on it and down I went, some of the simplest things are not simple at the
moment including free mounting.
In the last week I have been able to get a short ride in nearly every
night and last night on the 29er I tried to see how far I could ride
standing up, and could only go about 30-40 feet before my leg felt like
it was gonna cramp up, hopefully if it dont rain this weekend I can get
some good riding in this weekend.


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