Training, whats been happeneing

So, as you might have read in my previous post, I recently lost my bike (well.. a little more complicated, although not necessarily less stupid. Read the previous post) so, as one might guess, training has been a little slack. I have this nasty feeling I might have done something to a muscle in my leg, I think its called the IC band. The scientific name is iliotibial band, and its a large muscle that runs down the outside of your leg, pretty much from your butt down to your knee. Its been rather sore, and it *almost* feels like I pulled it, possibly from not lowering the seat on my loaner bike enough. I put this muscle rub stuff called biofreeze on it last night, and it actually helped, so hopefully its just soreness, and not a pulled muscle. Anyway, back to my training. Due to the previously mentioned reasons, I had about a week off the bike. I enjoyed it, but as the week wore on I realized more and more that I really missed biking (not the stress from a strict training regimen, but just the thrill of going fast and being competitive :) and I was starting to get concerned about how much fitness I was losing. After talking to Travis, I was able to get a loaner (Lynskey Cooper CX with Campy Athena), so am now able to resume working out, even if it is with substantially smaller gearing than I'm used too. But, beggars can't be choosers ;) I just don't feel like so much of a beggar tho.. the Lynskey has such a smooth dream-like ride, that I actually really love riding it, even with it as heavy as it is, and with 28c tires. (I usually ride 23c, significantly faster on smooth pavement) Point is, I'm actually somewhat glad that my bike got trashed/stolen. I had been wanting a new bike for a while, but haven't had the funds or the reason too. So now, dealing with the hassle of getting an insurance check is about my biggest ache, because I'm riding the best riding bike I have ever had the luxury of riding, and one that I can get for much cheaper than the retail of my old one. Nuff' said.