Short Streak: Resting

I've got to take a rest day. At least. I hate to do so, I just can't ignore the fact that the surgery site has gotten more painful as the week goes on. I started to do the gorilla workout this morning and there was no way I could get through even two rounds of the exercises, and it was supposed to be 10 rounds! It just hurt too much. I can take ibuprofen to help, but that doesn't mean that I'm not pushing it too much. It's frustrating! I'm trying to get in better shape and this keeps dragging me back. I'm going to give it today and hopefully go for a ride or something tomorrow. I really want to build back up to riding my bike to work again, I don't know how long that'll take.

Streak 3: Warmer!

I'm going to track my exercise streak, renumbering if I miss a day. I do something similar with my writing (I've written every day without fail for the past 70 days). Counting from Monday then, that makes today the third day. Adding the Gorilla Workout exercises makes it more likely that I'll keep the streak going. This morning I did the Gorilla workout first thing in the morning when I got up, and then went for my ride on the trike a bit later.

The temperature this morning was a balmy 34°F! It makes a difference. My layers handled it just fine (actually got a little too warm), it's when it gets down under freezing that I have more of an issue. Particularly my feet. Even with the shoe covers my feet eventually start freezing. Today I went up around through town and tackled the biggest hill there is nearby — not much of a hill, granted. The trike has a 3-speed hub, so I went into the lowest gear and pedaled on up, stopping to take a picture looking down on the town.