40 mile ride w/ buddy; big climbs. Best part---- no IT pain! I changed a couple things about my fit on the bike. Fingers crossed.
Good!
It was certainly putting power through the knees a bit differently; I could feel it a bit more under the kneecap (patella?) than before, but it never got painful and they are fine now so that seems to be an ok tradeoff. If it fixes the IT issue I can start banging big miles again; a couple years ago at my peak I was doing 50+ miles every other day like clockwork. That was a bit much doing it so frequently, but rides of that length have an epic quality that's just plain fun.
ttd- try a bike for low impact cardio! Find the biggest meanest hills in your AO.... you'll get your fill of cardio!
