"You're not 18 anymore"

I guess I am Randy's daughter: just sitting here typing with two bags of ice on my knees.

Matt's been kind enough to stop laughing at me from my all time "I'm so proud of myself" talk to "I've never been in so much pain in my life" groaning.

After the bike ride, we stretched (obviously not enough, and we didn't have a foam roller) and went about the rest of our afternoon and evening. That night, my knees were starting to ache, so I iced them then went to bed...

And then came 3 am and my knees were S-C-R-E-A-M-I-N-G. Nothing was going to bring relief and there was no way I was going to continue sleeping. Went to the couch, got ice and read about knee injuries for a half an hour, wondering what in the world had happened (and feeling very foolish). I tried to back to bed but couldn't get comfortable, so, naturally, I woke up Matt. He suggested taking ibuprofen (duh), so I did and slept til morning.

This morning, my knees were back to normal like I had never biked at all (miracle?), but I wasn't going to be fooled by special magical pills. I took myself right to the athletic trainer and he helped me see several things:
A) my knee caps are way too loose
B) my quads definitely need strengthening to keep my knee caps on track
C) I did too much too soon
D) I'm not 18 anymore*

(*I wasn't really offended, but I did bring up the fact that the June bike trip was designed for a range of people, athletic and not. I asked "how are they not crippled by the end of it if I'm in this much pain after 1.5 hours?" He just kept going back to my age. MY AGE.)

So, Jose sent me to the strength and conditioning coach who worked with me and taught me several things. The good news is that there's no knee injury, so I can do these exercises and stretches and get stronger by June. I better. There's no way I'll be ready if I don't do what they say.

Later, I bumped into some other colleagues in the athletic department; they suggested I bring in my bike so they can assess me and make sure my bike is fitted properly. So there you go, the whole building is working on the "Rebekah's knees" project.

Meanwhile, Matt is wondering what color chair would look nice in the apartment.

You wanna play that game? Ok then, go get this, go get that, go make my tea, honey!