{"id":13295,"date":"2025-02-14T22:59:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T15:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=13295"},"modified":"2025-02-14T22:59:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T15:59:17","slug":"from-desert-to-rain-bionicoldguy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=13295","title":{"rendered":"From Desert To Rain \u2013 BionicOldGuy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-12404\">\n\t\t\t<!-- .entry-header -->\t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>I got back from Phoenix on Monday. Great trip. I was able to ride my recumbent on two sunny days after that, then the \u201catmosphere river\u201d started up again, with two inches of rain overnight Wednesday to  Thursday morning along with a lot of wind. There was a brief interlude of lighter rain Thursday morning so I snuck in a little over an hour\u2019s riding on my upright, and did about 30 minutes of upper body training.<\/p>\n<p>I had seen my doctor Tuesday about the <a href=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/2025\/01\/28\/water-on-the-elbow\/\">Olecranon bursitis<\/a> and got the OK to do upper body strength work, just don\u2019t overdo repetitions that affect my elbow, so arm-cycling is out for now, I\u2019ll stick to low-rep high-resistance band work. She also has put me on a low dose of Prednisone to hopefully make the elbow swelling go down, and I\u2019m wearing a compression sleeve on the elbow. If this all doesn\u2019t fix the swelling in a few weeks, I\u2019ll get referred to a hand surgeon.<\/p>\n<p>The rain started back in with a vengeance Thursday afternoon and is expected to continue to about noon today. No complaints, we need the water! There should be quite a few sunny days after that so I\u2019m looking forward to lots more pleasant riding.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12409\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/2025\/02\/14\/from-desert-to-rain\/image-358\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-11.png\" data-orig-size=\"575,458\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-11.png?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-11.png?w=575\" width=\"575\" height=\"458\" src=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-11.png?w=575\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12409\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Gloomy and drizzly Thursday with just a hint of blue<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12412\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/2025\/02\/14\/from-desert-to-rain\/image-360\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-13.png\" data-orig-size=\"853,652\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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This blog chronicles my adventures in staying active despite these bumps in the road.\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/author\/richardking2213\/\" rel=\"author\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tView all posts by BionicOldGuy\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><!-- .author-bio -->\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-auhtor --><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<strong>Published<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-02-14T07:15:00-08:00\">February 14, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-02-13T15:33:41-08:00\">February 13, 2025<\/time>\t\t<\/p>\n<p><!-- .site-posted-on -->\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;appId=249643311490&version=v2.3\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bionicoldguy.home.blog\/2025\/02\/14\/from-desert-to-rain\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got back from Phoenix on Monday. 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