{"id":2309,"date":"2020-03-22T21:15:26","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T05:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=2309"},"modified":"2020-07-14T21:54:37","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T05:54:37","slug":"san-pasqual-valley-raptor-ridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=2309","title":{"rendered":"San Pasqual Valley – Raptor Ridge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well after almost seven weeks off of the bike due to injuring my right knee I got back on the dirt.\u00a0 \u00a0For this first ride back I decided to head out to San Pasqual Valley and do the section of the Coast-to-Crest Trail<\/a> from Bandy Canyon Road up to Raptor Ridge and back.<\/p>\n

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Heading up to Raptor Ridge from the east. I started at the far side of the valley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I decided on this route at it starts out flat then has a very gradual bit of climbing before you have a more significant climb at you approach Raptor Ridge.\u00a0 \u00a0I figured this would be a good opening test of the knee in making the pedals go around.\u00a0 \u00a0If I had any knee issues I could simply turn around and have a mostly flat or downhill spin back to the trail head.<\/p>\n

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Spring colors were out on the trail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This whole COVID-19 virus mess has made it tough to get into see doctors and physical therapy places are pretty much shutdown.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The doctor currently thinks I have inflamed tendons\u00a0 but I’m not so sure I buy that diagnosis.\u00a0 \u00a0I have to do some physical therapy first before they will go done the MRI route but getting physical therapy is tough as they are only seeing “critical” cases right now.<\/p>\n

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The turnaround spot on Raptor Ridge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was so nice to be back on two wheels.\u00a0 \u00a0I was purposely going to take it easy on this ride and not mash on the pedals.\u00a0 \u00a0Spinning was the name of the game here.\u00a0 \u00a0 The knee felt descent for just spinning along but I was aware I had a knee.\u00a0 \u00a0It was not in pain but it was not quite right either.\u00a0 \u00a0The final climbing section up to Raptor Ridge was all done in the granny gear.\u00a0 \u00a0 I was not straining the knee but the knee was definitely feeling worked.\u00a0 While this was an improvement, it is still not right as I was also not really putting much force down on the pedals at all and when I did the knee would complain.<\/p>\n

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It was still a good day to be on bike.<\/p>\n

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