I started building up my new wheelset. King hubs laced to Reflex CD Tubular rims via Sapim CX-Ray spokes. Aww yea baby.
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Wheel Building
There are few things more awesome than building a wheel. I am not sure why. It's just damn cool.
I started building up my new wheelset. King hubs laced to Reflex CD Tubular rims via Sapim CX-Ray spokes. Aww yea baby.
I started building up my new wheelset. King hubs laced to Reflex CD Tubular rims via Sapim CX-Ray spokes. Aww yea baby.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Phoenix
Blogging is like training- You have to slowly get back into it if you have been away from it for a while.
It has been 3 weeks since the surgery and I have started to ride again! Here I am on my first time back on the bike this past Monday. Like the Phoenix, I am rising from the mother f'ing ashes a new man.
I rode for a 2nd time on the trainer today. Just 30 minutes, but damn it feels good. I feel amazing on the bike. KNOCK ON WOOD. Seriously. Everyone knock on wood right now. 3 times.
I'll explain the Cervelo logos taped on to my bike later. So, perhaps the surgery is going to work. Feels promising so far.
That is all. There is much more to update and the updating will increase (linearly, so don't get too excited) with the increase in training.
Peace
It has been 3 weeks since the surgery and I have started to ride again! Here I am on my first time back on the bike this past Monday. Like the Phoenix, I am rising from the mother f'ing ashes a new man.
I rode for a 2nd time on the trainer today. Just 30 minutes, but damn it feels good. I feel amazing on the bike. KNOCK ON WOOD. Seriously. Everyone knock on wood right now. 3 times.I'll explain the Cervelo logos taped on to my bike later. So, perhaps the surgery is going to work. Feels promising so far.
That is all. There is much more to update and the updating will increase (linearly, so don't get too excited) with the increase in training.
Peace
Saturday, June 02, 2007
Might as well update
I have so much to talk about. Graduation, Collegiate Cycling Nationals, and surgery.
We'll start with the surgery since thats what I am currently dealing with. I am sitting in a bed at the UVa hospital. It turns out that many of the problems I have been encountering this year with my training have been caused by narrow Illiac arteries. So basically, I just have not been getting blood flow to my legs. I heard that Bobby Lea had this surgery done so I came down here and did a stress test and the found that during intense efforts, the blood pressure to my legs actually dropped!
How about that shit. So, they cut me open and cut open my arteries and made them the correct size. They also cut a grove in my inguinal ligament to allow the artery to pass though without being pinched. You see, because of being on the bike, the ateries get stretched, and that causes them to narrow (imagine stretching a staw).
It turns out that they think 1 in 5 elite level cyclists are affected by this. Well, thats all I got for now. Will update about Nats and all that stuff next.
We'll start with the surgery since thats what I am currently dealing with. I am sitting in a bed at the UVa hospital. It turns out that many of the problems I have been encountering this year with my training have been caused by narrow Illiac arteries. So basically, I just have not been getting blood flow to my legs. I heard that Bobby Lea had this surgery done so I came down here and did a stress test and the found that during intense efforts, the blood pressure to my legs actually dropped!
How about that shit. So, they cut me open and cut open my arteries and made them the correct size. They also cut a grove in my inguinal ligament to allow the artery to pass though without being pinched. You see, because of being on the bike, the ateries get stretched, and that causes them to narrow (imagine stretching a staw).
It turns out that they think 1 in 5 elite level cyclists are affected by this. Well, thats all I got for now. Will update about Nats and all that stuff next.
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