Back home after surgery

Back home from the hospital today in alot of pain but glad to be finally on the mend, not much I can do right now just keeping it elevated and letting it heal. 

Plenty of time watching the telly and on my computer I guess, the Giro d Italia is hitting the big mountains now so that will be good to watch, Gross Glockner today and Zoncolan tomorrow. Looks like Contador will blow them away. Well into my biking at the moment after watching the ski team boys in the Etape Caledonia, also my new frame just arrived, pretty poor timing coz I wont be able to use it for a while ....... My dads building it up now though so I'll get round to check it out soon.

Date for surgery

I have a date for surgery!!!!!! YES!!!!

It's been a bit of a wait but I will go under the knife on the 19th of May to reconstruct my ACL. Mr Finlayson initially wanted me to wait a while and work on my extension to get the quads firing well, which they are doing now but unfortunately he couldn't fit me in anywhere in the last couple of weeks so its been a frustrating wait. On the plus side I have really been able to build a good bit of a base fitness on the bike and I also started back in the gym with a few upper body and core exercises. I did get a bit of a scare last weekend when my mate Donald batted the softball towards me, when I stretched to catch it my knee gave way and I collapsed in a heap on the field, however it was a good wake up call to take it easy and not push my luck by trying to do to much.

Looking forward to getting this surgery out of the way so I can REALLY focus on the road back to full strength!!!!

A few nice pics from Scotland in Spring time

Bridges over the river Findhorn at Tomatin

Cullen

Cullen beach

Loch Ness- Where's the monster