Recovery requires using it… gently kind of. Use it to the near edge of pain. Yesterday I pedaled. I rode out paved Verde Valley School rd, which became Sedona dirt road, down to its end at Baldwins crossing of Oak Creek. No jarring on the pavement, on the dirt small painless bumps. I was able to fully inflate my lungs overcoming rib pain. 11 miles pedaling for 1 hr 4 mins. average bpm was 125 which indicates, to me, my loss of conditioning.
However, sneezing is still painful what with reflex inflating my lungs, the ahaa, against the hurt ribs then the choo. I sneeze several times a day. Anticipation ain’t the ketchup oozing from the upturned bottle, it’s the upcoming pain, I know how I will hurt for several minutes. My body needs to sneeze for its health, to deny the sneeze is to keep something inside that the body is getting rid of.
Yes, I write about my pain. I hurt still 2 weeks post crash. My lifestyle of physical activity has been severely curtailed. I have been on a 2 week vacation. There is a choir of cracked or broken ribbers who know of what I express. Red line pain prevents me doing crunches and bridges. Range of motion in my shoulder appears to be the same suffering no damage.
So, I made today another vacation day.
Forecast called for 20% showers. I saw running sheep clouds during my drove to west Sedona meaning precip. Later the skies darkened as now yet hardly a dribble has fallen. Clouds said yes but here’s what I will give you.
Yesterday evening parked out at MP4 conditions of temp and wind were favorable to leave the side door open until around 8 PM. Only in the early hours did the furnace light.
I left the cultural park just after 2PM today heading N on main drag 89A. Traffic was flowing until 1st stoplight then backed up. Then finally stopped just short of Airport rd where the Worm is located. Traffic was plugged all the way down the hill. Way many minutes to be spent in backup. Pulled into the Worm lot for people get to where they are going. Or, at least leave the road.