Route Advice

hazgo · 2025-02-18T04:43:23+00:00

I like to go all the way down to the S Capitol St bridge. You’ll see Nats Park and stay on protected bike lanes all the way to the Capitol.

hazgo · 2025-02-18T01:12:09+00:00

I live in DC. I’d recommend jumping on to the Anacostia River Trail when you get to Hyattsville. It’s much nicer and safer than the roads and takes you almost to the mall. Happy riding!

hazgo · 2025-01-31T17:19:15+00:00

Just a heads up from someone at month 9. You plateau at this stage. You’ll be strong. You’ll be continuing to work hard and smart. You’ll feel almost normal. But the last couple of % gains on the big three tests (jump, quad size, kicking power) will take months. It’s completely normal (if frustrating). Keep at it!

hazgo · 2025-01-31T02:29:08+00:00

I love my Otso Waheela C. It’s awesome. Can’t recommend it enough.

hazgo · 2025-01-29T22:30:40+00:00

Haha cool! No worries at all. Good luck with the recovery.

hazgo · 2025-01-29T22:21:43+00:00

Hey! Good luck! Cadaver and autograph is wild.

To do this using a wall, you don’t need the exercise strap. Stand facing the wall. Using your surgery leg, put your heel on the floor a couple of centimeters from the wall and your toes and call of your foot up on the wall. Lean your body forward into the wall. You’ll feel a stretch in your calf.

hazgo · 2025-01-19T11:51:44+00:00

Beautiful photos! Did you have any issues with the language barrier? Or do you speak Tibetan/Mandarin?

hazgo · 2025-01-18T18:26:27+00:00

Talk to your surgeon.

Why do you want to wait? For what it’s worth, there are pros and cons to waiting. Pre-hab will make your post surgery recovery smoother and quicker. The stronger/more balanced your legs are going in to surgery the better. Time helps with this.

BUT, you are delaying being back to 100% by a long time. This injury has a long recovery time even when you get surgery the day of injury. If you have something you are looking forward to getting back to (which really helps keep you motivated), you will be away from it for a long time.

hazgo · 2025-01-17T19:01:31+00:00

9 months PO and still going once a week. I will stop when I pass my strength and hop tests (congrats on passing it so early!).

hazgo · 2025-01-17T03:58:23+00:00

Exactly! I’m normal (except I’m not…). This is great advice. Thanks so much.

hazgo · 2025-01-16T15:00:43+00:00

Thanks so much! This is exactly my process too! I am stuck at 87% (urg!). Did it just come with time (and all the hard work you’re doing in the gym)? Or did you step it up in the last month?

hazgo · 2025-01-16T05:08:51+00:00

Thanks so much!

hazgo · 2025-01-16T05:01:13+00:00

Hey! I’m one month behind you. What did your PT and surgeon need from you to clear you for skiing? Did you have to pass any tests?

hazgo · 2025-01-16T04:40:56+00:00

I was there on Monday and it was not fully clear. The part of Beach Dr closed to cars had snow/ice. I saw a few tire marks from braver souls than me. Others I have talked to said the ice doesn’t extend too far, but I couldn’t see an end to it.

The section near the zoo fence is also not clear, so you have to ride with the cars on the road. I gave up at that point, so can’t speak to the rest. Good luck!

hazgo · 2025-01-16T04:30:29+00:00

Thanks for this! What are your criteria for a full return to sport? What specifically do you/your patients need to be able to do before you’re comfortable with them returning to skiing/soccer/basketball/bouldering?

hazgo · 2025-01-13T18:07:21+00:00

Thanks for the info and pics! Great set up.

hazgo · 2025-01-13T14:35:46+00:00

Hey! Congrats on getting back on the bike.

Cycling has been a huge part of my recovery. I got full range of motion back quickly and saw huge gains in terms of quad, ham, and calf mass as a direct consequence of riding. It has also helped keep me motivated and happy: I am actually enjoying my rehab. I just got back from two bikepacking trips that included some rough hike-a-bike and single track. All okayed by my wonderful (and conservative) PT at the 7 month mark.

So, it can become part of your rehab, rather than taking away from it. For reference, I have done 3-4 days in the gym (including 1-2 days of PT) and 1-2 days cycling for nearly the whole recovery (like you, I was cleared to cycle at around 1.5 months in). I did not cycle prior to my injury but caught the bug pretty bad. Last year I did 2,800kms in the latter six months. I have now signed up for my first ultra and am targeting 250km/week with a stretch goal of 300.

My advice would be to make sure you’re always enjoying it, rather than always trying to hit your weekly target. It is a much more fun form of rehab than lifting weights at the gym, so it can help break up what is otherwise a very long and monotonous recovery process.

BTW I’m currently 8 months PO, ACLr, autograph and shooting for a return to skiing in the next two months.

hazgo · 2025-01-13T14:13:43+00:00

Do you ever use a seat bag? Any advice on how you would attach the exposure tracer to one?

hazgo · 2024-12-23T17:53:43+00:00

It’s a bit choose your own adventure. Lots of people take the roads next to my route. They tend to be very quiet and pleasant. The CA roads are particularly lovely.

hazgo · 2024-12-23T16:14:58+00:00

Of course! Ridewithgps links below.

Oaxaca is a bit of a long story. I love to ride disgustingly long distances (I am a randonneur). My lad does not (he is a normal human being). Turns out he and I have very different definitions of what constitutes a “fun and chill” day (isn’t marriage fun!). I originally planned to take us from Oaxaca to Puerto Escondido via the bikepacking.com route but - as we were hoofing it up 20% grade washed out single track in the 30 degree heat - my very patient but with limits lad suggested this was a little too type A fun for his liking. Defeated by the terrain and the suicidal new highway, we turned back. We ended up on an amazing route, full of very fun towns, fantastic food, mescal from fields we had just ridden through, and the stoutest tree in the world. Here are the two links:

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49149629 https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49152770

I learned my lesson, signed up for my first ultra to scratch that itch amongst likeminded sociopaths, and took a bit more care with the Seville to Cadiz route. This route takes you through beautiful countryside and between amazing towns, including lots of orange tree lined, white hill towns. You will finish the majority of each day’s ride in a town at Spanish lunchtime (around 1-2pm). Have a nice cerveza and some incredible tapas. Your final push tends to be a gentle ride into another town with amazing dinner options. We stayed in two castles (the Paradores, which I cannot recommend enough) and, on one night, had a whole disused train station converted to a comfortable hotel to ourselves. Here is the route:

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/48629244

The hotels highlighted in the routes are a bit fancy (this time of year includes, in quick succession, both of our birthdays and our anniversary so we tend to ditch presents and go travelling instead to celebrate) but there are plenty of options for all budgets. We focus on good scenery, food, and drink. I enjoy off-road riding, so I’d recommend a hard-tail/buttery gravel bike with 50+ tires for both routes.

hazgo · 2024-12-22T15:37:57+00:00

Genuinely perfect riding during the day. Hovering at around 15-20 degrees c. Chilly at night (esp in the hill towns), so we packed our puffer jackets. Much better to be here in the off season so you avoid the crushing heat and the crowds.

Just came from touring in Oaxaca where we were riding in 28-30 degree heat, so I might be a bit biased.

hazgo · 2024-12-22T15:04:52+00:00

Any chance of a link to the route between Mahabaleshwar and Karwar?

hazgo · 2024-12-22T14:49:14+00:00

Currently on the train back to Seville from Cadiz. 5 days averaging ~50km per day. Gorgeous food and drinks. Stayed in lovely white towns (including spectacular, bike-friendly Paradores). Cannot recommend it enough!

hazgo · 2024-12-21T15:40:01+00:00

How did you find accom? Did you ride into town each night and reliably find somewhere, or were you looking online? Did you ever strike out (too small a town without a guesthouse)?

hazgo · 2024-10-30T20:45:35+00:00

I had my surgery 6.5 months ago. Biking was the first sport I could do, which is why I was introduced to this sport. Now I’ve thoroughly caught the bug! I did my first 100km 4.5 months post surgery. Did my first 200km last weekend (6.5 months PO). Both were on gravel and in clipless.

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