Tendonitis, Shmendonitis

Shortly after my last post I started to develop some weird pulling sensations in my Achilles tendons, particularly the right one. Turned out to be a little bit of Achilles tendonitis. I'm not sure if you guys have tried hammering on a bike with inflamed tendons, but if not I'd suggest that you give it a try sometime. For those of you that haven't and don't plan to take my suggestion, let me give you a visual that might help you understand what you're missing:


Yes, that is a monkey head. If you have any idea what is happening to that monkey head, please let me know because I don't. However, I am pretty sure that whatever is happening to it is hurting it, and (this is where it comes full circle) tendonitis hurts, too. After being poked and prodded by the trainers at the school athletic medicine room for a while - much like the monkey head above is being prodded by the jerk in the white gloves - I've decided to fork out some cash and head up to Peabody, MA to a place that specializes in bike fitting. From what I can tell these people actually know what they're talking about when it comes to fitting, so keep your fingers crossed for me. (Tape, nails, and Krazy Glue should help you keep them crossed for the relevant period.)

I'll let you know how it goes (and by you, I mean me, since nobody actually reads this anyways).

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It has been brought to my attention that this also probably hurts: