With continued stiffness in my shin (and good advice from Jerry), this morning I got out my mountain bike for some cross training.

Now, while the blog title remains “I Hate Running” I can categorically say that I have always enjoyed biking! But its been a really long time since I pedaled farther than to the grocery store up the street.

So over the weekend, I picked up as new helmet (old one was cracked), and a new seat puch so I did not need the backback to carry tools and spare tubes, so I could hit the local trails again.

So I had a short ride today as I needed to be home in time to run an online meeting, but wow! I am using muscles that have sat used for a while! But I had a decent ride along the Arizona canal, heading east acrosss the Salt River-Pima reservation from Pima Road. It’s just so peaceful, quiet, and open out there.

So I hope I am up for Wednesday night run and the Payson 1/2 marathon Saturday.