the knee is coming along very very slowly. last week i was required by work to get into a bear suit [so ironic considering the initial cause of the injury] and perform some dance moves. i know, i know…
this consisted of lunges, jumping, toe in toe out shuffling, moon walking etc. not exactly what i should be doing at all – like NOT AT ALL but its work and i had to do it.

from that thursday through to monday my leg was totally rooted. so sore but come tuesday and wednesday it did seem to lose the pain much quicker than before. this is probably the most enlightening feeling i have had since the injury.

i am still not 100% sure what i did but i am pretty certain it is some kind of medial ligament tear, injury. i am going to stay off the bike for another 4 weeks min but continue doing work around the garden/house to keep it active. with all this i made a wise decision and let churchy know i won’t be riding with him in the mont 24hr next year. i just don’t believe i will be 100% by then and even if i am there’s no chance of a good training schedule to attack it with the same dedication needed to defend the 2nd place for SS.

slow slow slow – to make sure it mends and returns to 99% of where i was before

sadly it will now be a one way conversation due to spam

…and it wasn’t good.

pic by deb

Lachlan’s soccer team had their end of year BBQ today at the regatta centre. We took down the boys bikes, and i decided to complete a full lap on one of them with brent. it was ok riding around but by the end of the day the knee is stiff, sore and still not good.
there’s no doubt it is improving but after today’s short ride it confirms i still have some time before its going to be good to go. i guess also the fact i was on a 24″ bike wouldn’t have helped much.

i took down the 600D for its first full photo only run. the images turned out good but i still need to get my head around the camera properly.

after a fair bit more effort than normal here is the video from blue gum round i was talking about before. i am still not that happy with a few areas but i had to let it go at some point.