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Long excuse incoming...
About 15 years ago on a remote shallow reef off a jungle in Indonesia I was obliterated by a thick solid 15ft wave landing on my back, ripping the intercostal muscles of my bottom rib. While mostly healed, this has been a niggle since then. I had a really bad cough the past few weeks, so violent that it feels like I've been put back pretty much back to square one for the injury. Good news is riding a bike is actually ok, as long as I don't pull hard going uphill or whip skid. I couldn't help myself this last Sunday what with the perfect weather and went out to Welwyn to try out a variation of that route. It was glorious. But I was very slow, and feel like those hills are not doing me any good.
Anyways, wish I could be a out there, probably shouldn't in the near future at least.
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