In the theory that everything is better on a stick, I'm putting this last week on a stick. My ankle doesn't seem to be making any progress. I tried rolling on some uneven terrain and doing some dismounts. The result was not happy. While I can make good power in my pedal stroke, when I hit the rough stuff the tendons don't have the flexability they need to absorb even the most basic off road shock. Dismounts were worse, at least the cyclocross style dismounts were. I've always put my right foot through to the left side if I've got any speed, but again, tendon strength and flexability isn't up to snuff.
So yesterday I put on a mellow 6 hours east to Watertown, south to Fort Atkinson and then home through Cambridge and Cottage Grove. Spinning along in the 39x15 at 18mph is no big deal, although I was getting a bit hungry by 4 hours in. Since I'd left my wallet and phone in the kitchen I had to tough it out. A peanut butter and cheese sandwich once home fixed everything until dinner.
While I was out Rick Walls called to invite me to ride Standing Rock. I returned the call later to wish him luck today at Iola. Didn't actually talk to him, so I'm assuming he's doing Iola.
With so much time in the saddle yesterday I was able to think about next season. With Sephie doing after-school at the YMCA I have no excuses for not working out before picking her up by 5:30. So I should be able to get in some gym-rat behavior at least 3 days a week. Mondays at Zoned 4 Fitness is a 90 minute cycling workout on either CycleOps stationary bikes or rollers with my bike. Bottom line is I'm fat and I need to lose weight. Running at least twice a week wouldn't hurt either.
I took a look at potential races in the south too, well, in Texas and Georgia anyway. Texas has some options but I need to find more in Georgia. Having brothers in Dallas and Atlanta will work for a week or two of dedicated training to get a solid base and build some strenght. Mas O Menos near Lajitas (find Big Bend National Park in West Texas) would be ideal for timing with work and early season timing... and that's only 4 and 1/2 months away.
Turn the knob to 11
Who Dat?
- Tim
- Old road racers don't stop, they just get on single speeds... and drink coffee. Lots of coffee and breves. To avoid expensive therapy and to work on my creative writing, I'll be posting various thoughts here.
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You're welcome to come down and stay with us. Keep in mind we live in a loft, so you'd have to sleep on an air mattress in the middle of the floor. We also have 3 cats who will all want to join you in bed, which I'm sure you won't mind. We also have 4 tarantulas, but they're all in containers that they can't get out of.
Post Properties (our property management company) has a few units that are available for guests of residents to use. I think they're fairly cheap ($5-$25 per night). I'll look into that option for you, too.
I've been thinking about the Mas O Menos event. Give me a call when you get a chance, I've got an idea about it I want to bounce off of you.
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