On the road again

So about 3 weeks ago (I know, I've been lax in posting updates) I finally got my cast off.

I got to the Keiser Hospital to get my cast off and I just could not wait to get it off. I had tried to ride my bike with the cast and it was alright, but I figured it would be so much better to ride with the cast off.

Once they cut the cast off, I realized that the pinky and ring finger of my right hand
were pretty much useless.
It took me about an hour to get my ring finger to move at all. Don't even get me started about my pinky.

When I got home, I tried to ride. But since I hadn't used my right hand without a cast since the accident, I didn't realize how beat up my hand was. My palm was very tender, and my wrist was quite painful. The bumps really hurt my wrist. I rode about 15min before I realize that my recovery was far from over and I was just entering the lastest stage, namely getting my hand working again.

I couldn't ride my bike but it turns out that I could ride my moto. Funny enough, riding my moto actually helped my hand. The suspension sheild my wrist from the shocks and all the twisting and grabbing the brake exercised my hand and allowed it to strengthen.

After three weeks. My ring finger has about 90% range of motion and my pinky still is only about 60%, but my wrist is almost back to 100%. So, I'm happy to say that riding is no longer an issue. It has taken me a couple of weeks till I didn't feel like crap for most of the ride. I'm beginning to finally feel reasonable strong on the bike.

I'm not saying I'm in shape. Far from it. But I don't feel like I've been off the bike for a month.

I rode for a good 3-3.5 hours on Saturday. Pretty easy, but it still left me very tired and sore the rest of Saturday. Yes, I still have a long way to go.

I rode around on the track for about half an hour on Sunday and I felt pretty darn good. The one thing that has really motivated me to get busy training is that Master's National Track Championships will be in San Jose.

FINALLY, Master Natz that don't require me to get used to a complete new state, track, time zone and require a $1000 weekend. I started racing track at Hellyer and got my first upgrade there. It's pretty much the same track as San Diego and the bay area are my old stomping grounds.

I'm pretty stoked to compete there, regardless if I'm really fit or not. I've got 10 months to get in shape and get my speed on. So San Diego trackies, watch out.