"I rose out of the saddle and felt a shift, the pain moved up my ankle and changed from a sharp pain that must be provoked to a duller throbbing constant."

My life lately, it's been a bit unexpected. I've been getting a few hours at the coffee shop where I work as a barista and have filled the rest of my time with odd jobs and yard work i.e. splitting and stacking wood for fifteen hours. My ankle which has not recovered well from a nasty sprain in the fall managed to get sprained again...while riding my bike. Suffice to say jumping your chain while sprinting combined with a weak ankle does not turn out well.

Since getting home for the summer my on going unidentified health issue (UHI), has gone downhill a bit, which makes things like working a lot harder. Thankfully, I was able to get into a doctor a couple weeks ago and am now on a dairy-free, gluten-free, tomato and potato-free, citrus-free, peanut butter-free, sugar-free, and not least of all caffeine-free diet. On top of that I'm doing genetic testing and taking about twenty supplements. All of this is in hopes that one of these plans of attack might be the solution to my constant fatigue.

After I sprained my ankle Wednesday night, I waited until today (Saturday) to try riding on it again. Going up a four hundred foot 12% grade gives a great opportunity to analyze the damage and get an idea of what my ankle can handle...not to mention you can go 50mph on the way back down.

That pretty much sums up life, so until later.