Living to fight another day

And hopefully sooner than later. This year has been an up and down ride for me. Travel and work have been getting in the way of feeling like I have a consistent base of great fitness, but nothing compares to the last two weeks. I've been lucky to not have had any major injuries in my cycling career, sans some broken teeth and a bruised kidney. However, I've learned just how lucky I've been when I found myself struggling to walk from one end of the house to the other last week. I have some serious issues in my back right now that have caused more pain than I've felt before. Not really knowing what it is may be the worst part, although the preliminary diagnosis is somewhere between a pelvic rotation causing sciatica and a herniated disc. It's hard to believe that my big workout for the day has become stretching for 10 minutes. I would wish this on no one. Here's hoping for a quick recovery so I can get back to doing what I love outside. Until then, I'll be on velonews.com catching up on all the dirt.