ceestan
Certified Ski Diva
I'm taking tomorrow off for what should be my last day of skiing for the season. I'm so sad! I'm trying to turn my sadness into something productive and try to discover an activity that makes me even half as happy as skiing does.
What I currently do: Hot yoga, Peloton, occasional bike commuting, even more occasional road cycling. I have a carbon fiber Cannondale road bike that gets tragically little use because I'm honestly just scared of cars. I got hit by a car while bike commuting in 2017, traumatically injured my ankle (broke my fibula in a very bad way), have had 4 surgeries on it since then: initial surgery to fix bone and install hardware, 1 to remove some of the hardware, 1 scope to clear out scar tissue and joint impingement, and a final (hopefully!) surgery to correct a tendon that healed abnormally.
What I can't really do: Run! (see above re: my poor arthritic ankle) I use to LOVE hiking and backpacking, but I really can't do much of that since my ankle injury. I took adult beginner swim lessons last summer, and I'm still bad at that, and honestly didn't enjoy it all that much (pool water kind of grosses me out).
What I'm considering: Mountain biking. Tried it once over 10 years ago, and decided it wasn't for me. But I'm revisiting, since I do enjoy cycling, just hate the cars, and I love the mountains. I can't help but notice that so many skiers also mountain bike during the warmer months. Must be something to that.
What other activities should I consider? What do you enjoy during the warmer months? Do you mountain bike? Any advice for someone starting out in MTB? Especially someone guarding an old ankle injury/is afraid of crashing. I am signed up for an Intro to MTB course in a few weeks. I figure that's a decent start.
What I currently do: Hot yoga, Peloton, occasional bike commuting, even more occasional road cycling. I have a carbon fiber Cannondale road bike that gets tragically little use because I'm honestly just scared of cars. I got hit by a car while bike commuting in 2017, traumatically injured my ankle (broke my fibula in a very bad way), have had 4 surgeries on it since then: initial surgery to fix bone and install hardware, 1 to remove some of the hardware, 1 scope to clear out scar tissue and joint impingement, and a final (hopefully!) surgery to correct a tendon that healed abnormally.
What I can't really do: Run! (see above re: my poor arthritic ankle) I use to LOVE hiking and backpacking, but I really can't do much of that since my ankle injury. I took adult beginner swim lessons last summer, and I'm still bad at that, and honestly didn't enjoy it all that much (pool water kind of grosses me out).
What I'm considering: Mountain biking. Tried it once over 10 years ago, and decided it wasn't for me. But I'm revisiting, since I do enjoy cycling, just hate the cars, and I love the mountains. I can't help but notice that so many skiers also mountain bike during the warmer months. Must be something to that.
What other activities should I consider? What do you enjoy during the warmer months? Do you mountain bike? Any advice for someone starting out in MTB? Especially someone guarding an old ankle injury/is afraid of crashing. I am signed up for an Intro to MTB course in a few weeks. I figure that's a decent start.