Week ending 1/9 and thanks to Judy.

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Hi everyone,My ITB pain seems to have gone away. I'm so happy. Big thanks to Judy, because those bike fit videos and articles helped so much. Last week I spent several hours adjusting shoe cleats, saddle height, and fore-aft saddle positions on all three bikes. It was tricky! I added clipless pedals to my heavy bike, so now only the foldie bike has platform pedals.   I also made sure I was using smaller gears and " spinning " while riding, as opposed to mashing the pedals on the bigger gears. I avoided lower body work this week, but I did add wall squats. The clipless pedals really help my knees, though. I can really focus on making those nice, round, pedaling circles while I ride.

I also found started doing tai-chi style warm ups several times a day. Knee circles and hip circles helped immensely. The relief is almost miraculous. I was really worried for a couple of weeks because the pain had been increasing, so I'm absolutely amazed at how much this has all helped. I kept my standard stretch routine.

My bike commutes added up to 35 miles this week. I added short KB intervals to my warm ups before my morning rides. I also started picking up groceries on my commute home. I work about a mile away from Berkeley Bowl, and their produce department is absolutely heavenly. Such abundance and variety! It's completely worth the time and effort to stop there after work. 

This is good. I can work with this!! Work was really super busy this week, but the rides brought balance to my days.Happy workouts,