It has been really boring and I have been trying to come up with something to liven this thing up...little did I know!
Last week I managed to 35 miles, 23 Saturday and 12 on Sunday. Pretty lively, huh? Tuesdays & Thursdays still reserved for short 'training/conditioning' rides.
Then there was this week! I had followed the bike route of the Over the Mountain Triathlon. Twenty seven miles with a start near our home and heading south through both the Kings Mountain National Park and the Kings Mountain State (SC) Park. In order to get home, I would easily be pushing forty miles. I had planned to do this Labor Day weekend.
How about a warm up today? Guestimating I could cover about eighteen miles of the total and then if I felt good, press on to Waco on the return trip to give me a thirty mile trip for the day.
This was not to be. Somewhere around the eighteen mile mark, the front tire slipped off the pavement to about a two inch drop off to the shoulder.
Instinct told me to just whip it back on the road. NO, in the future I will brake hard, hold it steady, reduce speed, and if necessary, completely stop prior to getting back on the pavement.
Oh yeah, we were talking excitement, right? Well, the attempt to return to the pavement sent me down to kiss the asphalt. Glasses were smashed and I had several abrasions. The glass lens was deeply scratched in a one by one inch area. I was bleeding slightly somewhere above my eyebrow.
I got up and checked everything out, all bones seemed functional. I grabbed my cell and called BB to come get me. I got back on the bike and began peddling. In no time she was there. We loaded the bike and headed for the emergency room in Shelby.
Eight stitches later and a cat scan, determining a mild concussion resulting in temporary disorientation (the doctor had no prior history to judge this against so how would he know), all abrasions cleaned and bandaged, we departed the hospital.
I do want to recognize Dr Paul Pinedl and his wonderful staff! I wish I could name them all but i forget...hmmm. Not that a care to give them any more business but should the need arise, I do hope they are all there again.
I am being told I need a new helmet. Doesn't appear to be damaged that badly but seems to be a rule of thumb. No way to evaluate the structural integrity after a crash. SO I suppose I will be down a few days, until I can get a new helmet anyway. Wonder how I would look with one of those full face helmets like the NASCAR guys wear?
Keep pedaling
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
August 2 The Mall
Back to the mall...just to see if I could cover more ground or what. Nothing significant to report. Maybe I need an on board computer or something. I really feel as if I am flying in the dark.
Just thinking of what to do Saturday & Sunday. Which day do I take the long one, blow it out Saturday and rest Sunday or what.
Just thinking of what to do Saturday & Sunday. Which day do I take the long one, blow it out Saturday and rest Sunday or what.
July 31, Tuesday
another dull day in the neighborhood. seemed very hard and I blamed it on the hard ride on Sunday...until I looked down and saw I was riding in low gear the whole time! Wow that shift feels good!
Check in with the doctor. BP 140/80, weight 253! 'TWO FIFTY THREE, you have lost some weight!', the nurse exclaimed as she logged it into the chart and saw what it was twoo weeks ago. 'What are you doing?'
Bicycle I replied.
Stationary or real she asked
Real
I hate those you ride and never go anywhere she said. Looked ot me she was not a big fan of exercise of any form!
Tellme about the BP numbers I asked. She said the 80 was great but they did not want the 140 much higher and it should begin to drop as I continue. All I remember from college physiology was, the greater the distance between the two, the longer the heart was resting between pumps...or something like that. Anyway, I left with a huge smile on my face.
Where to next?
Check in with the doctor. BP 140/80, weight 253! 'TWO FIFTY THREE, you have lost some weight!', the nurse exclaimed as she logged it into the chart and saw what it was twoo weeks ago. 'What are you doing?'
Bicycle I replied.
Stationary or real she asked
Real
I hate those you ride and never go anywhere she said. Looked ot me she was not a big fan of exercise of any form!
Tellme about the BP numbers I asked. She said the 80 was great but they did not want the 140 much higher and it should begin to drop as I continue. All I remember from college physiology was, the greater the distance between the two, the longer the heart was resting between pumps...or something like that. Anyway, I left with a huge smile on my face.
Where to next?
July 29, Sunday
Okay, pay attention! New Camp to left on Oak Grove to left on US 74 (now I know why I never see cyclist on four lane roads with 65 mph speed limit!) off 74 to Cleveland Ave (right) up to King Street...all the way home to New Camp. Travel time, 2 hours including 3 breaks. Distance, 18 miles!
What a ride!
What a ride!
July 28, Saturday
12 miles to Waco this time, I went all the way to the stoplight. Yes, they have ONE! Added miles but still got r done n one hour. Must be doing better.
July 22, Sunday
Another ride around the 'block', New Camp to Stoney Point to Oak Grove back to New Camp and home. 5.4 miles, one hour, two badazz hills. One hill from bottom to top is one long mile. Any ideas what we can name 'the hil'?
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