It was an interesting weekend out here in Coco County. Gorgeous warm weather on Saturday and nice, but funky wind thing going on today. I took my new bike out and road it along the Canal Trail this afternoon. It’s much simpler to ride the trails than take your chances on surface streets. I really wish that drivers would follow some basic laws, like stop behind the white line and look and then start into the intersection. It’s unnerving for a cyclist when they don’t. Every single time a cyclist has to determine if they’re going to dump, go airborne or evade collision. See, when a bike hits a car, the cyclist gets hurt. If it’s the cyclist’s fault, the cyclist gets hurt. If it’s the car’s fault the cyclist gets hurt. The common thread is what scares me. Once I got on the canal trail it was a great ride. Strangely, everyone was pretty much paying attention, which is unusual. Only one family stopped on a curve to look at something in the canal. While I understand the need to show children new and interesting things, stopping on a curve and remaining stopped on the trail is dangerous. Just step off the trail with your children and everyone will be safer.

I’m getting to ride again because Dr. Elkind at Integro got my back fixed in record time. The last time I injured myself like this, I was unable to bend over and tie my shoes for over a week. They couldn’t settle my back down enough to make the adjustments for over a week. I had to sleep on my living room floor because the bed was too painful. I was down for a month. This time I was back on the bike a week later, I deadlifted successfully yesterday, only 14 days after the initial injury. I thank Dr. Elkind and Active Release Technique for the remarkable results. It’s nice to have such a gifted practitioner right in our back yard.