<p>Cozy campsite, idad. Glad you ad a good time.</p>
<p>MomWC…they call you momWC for a reason, don’t they. Glad WC is okay, sending the race mojo your way!</p>
<p>Dadx3 - I walk a lot and have a trick knee. Seriously check your shoes – get fitted – and do the other great stuff recommended. If your knee is arthritic at all, a magnesium supplement might also help.</p>
<p>Funny “Mobo” report/update:</p>
<p>…my h is a well-meaning, if sedentary, sweetie, so as you will recall, he picked up this one-speed trike thing for me while I was in San Francisco, likely because:</p>
<p>A) he’s worried about my neck issue lately and isn’t optimistic it will heal
B) he’s always been secretly convinced I’m too clumsy and osteo-compromised for mountain biking…you will recall his opposition when I bought one last year 
C) he won’t feel silly if he joins me on HIS recumbent, (mind you, its a seriously fancy and fast recumbent)
D) he knew this thing wouldn’t top 4 mph and thought it would be a good way to slow me down ;)</p>
<p>Well, we finally had a family ride last night, and as he put it, it was like something from Benny Hill. I was about to load the crazy thing into my car and it started rolling down the very steep, long, front hill our house is on (different than back hill that I walk) that terminates in a fast country road. I ran like the dickens to catch the thing and let me tell you, it goes faster than 4 mph when nobody’s in it! I had to essentially tackle it, which somehow meant it and I were in a tangle rolling down the hill towards traffic. I managed to stop just before the road :)</p>
<p>Somewhat of an in auspicious start…</p>
<p>So we got to a flat, paved, safe 5k park trail that goes along the river and through a beautiful wetland - about 5 min. Up the road from our house (no shoulder to ride to get there, hence taking the cars).</p>
<p>So the steering on the thing is independent rear wheels. Right at the beginning of the ride, I’m giving er to see how fast I can make it go and somehow I lose control of the steering and topple the dam thing over in the weeds a few feet away from a creek ;)</p>
<p>At this point, mcson and mch don’t trust me on the damned thing, so they flank me going over a bridge, fearing I’ll end up in the water.</p>
<p>But once I got the hang of it and slowed down a little, it was terrifically fun. With only one speed, its great work on the legs, but no back/spine/neck discomfort at all. Granted, it took me damned near an hour to make the whole 5k loop…my son was impressed that my “hill legs” could power those little wheels without pause (no coasting as it is chain less…if you stop pedaling at all, you stop…unless you’re on the hill Maybe its the hill walking that helped me have the legs for it, but the airdyne helped too ;)</p>
<p>At any rate, its actually a fun little contraption and despite the majorly hilarious beginning, I love that I now have something I can use whatever my spine condition of the moment!</p>
<p>But I did also prove, unintentionally, to mch that there’s just no protecting me from tumbles 
that’s just how I roll!</p>
<p>In other news, though I’m afraid almost to say it, my neck has suddenly unlocked the past few days and feels awesome! So I might be up for the “big girl’s bike” next time…but then again, this little trike is a blast, so maybe not!</p>
