This afternoon, starting from my driveway, I rode 9.8 miles in the neighborhood on the Nimbus, averaging a blistering 12.9 mph. Why bother blogging about such a short and slow ride, you ask? It was my first ride since losing the upper half of my left lung to surgery on December 20th. They removed 40 staples from my side yesterday, and after a few minutes trying out the stationary bike, I decided I could ride. It felt great to be back on the bike.

I’ll be going back to work on January 18th, but I’m not supposed to do any lifting until February 1st. I plan on just riding easy for a while, and not pushing it until I’m a lot further along in the healing process.