Aug 24 - back from Markham

I will blog about the ride later today.  I did get home last night about 8:30, albeit a little worse for wear.

My left calf was hurting early into the ride.  There was a pharmacy at the first Control so I picked up some ibuprofen, which cleared things up.    This is the first time that I've taken any pain killers on one of these rides.  To my way of thinking, hurting is my body telling me that something is wrong, which is a good thing.  If I mask that, I could do damage.  Now the question is, did I ?

When I got home I could hardly get down the stairs.  That's not unusual in and of itself.  Later, however, I noticed that my left calf is swollen.  Hmmm.  Perhaps a few days off the bike would be a good idea before these long rides coming up ?

I didn't even unpack the car when I got home last night; straight into the shower and then dinner, which Sandy had waiting ... well, she was waiting for me to cook the salmon.

I've got a lot to do today ...

Onward.