A few months ago I hurt myself while running. It turned out to be an injury to the Achilles tendon at the insertion (insertional achilles tendinopathy). It was difficult and painful to even walk normally for a long time, but it’s been feeling a lot better lately. It’s still very tight and I don’t dare run on it yet, but I need to do something outside. I stretch it several times each day to keep it from getting too tight. And today I got to warm it up by riding my bike.

I haven’t ridden my bike for a long time. It felt really good to get back out there, although I wasn’t quite ready for 2 hours in the saddle. I guess that will get better over time. Let’s just hope the air quality doesn’t dip back into that “dangerous” zone again this winter. Side note: Utah has some of the worst air quality in the entire country during winter. It’s really pathetic.

They have paved over the canal from Provo Canyon all the way to Thanksgiving Point and turned it into a great bike trail. Well, a lot of the trail is multi-use, but once you get up along SR-92 there are 2 trails; one for walking and one for biking. I was very impressed with the trail.

After getting to Thanksgiving Point we headed south to Utah Lake then east to Pleasant Grove and then back home. It was a great little loop. My only complaint is that there was almost no elevation change. Maybe we’ll add in a jump up through Alpine or Cedar Hills next time to keep things interesting.