2010 pics

I found a picture of my favorite ride that i did last year. I remember the whole day, how i felt during and after, and just how i enjoyed being on the bike that day.
I also remember it was around 100 degrees. I went home and shaved my head. way too hot outside.

A couple days later i raced the Air Force Cycling Classic 1/2/3 on my birthday and got my best result to date. 6th (i've gotten better results but its also about the quality of the event as well.) And like the fan boy i am, i got a couple autographs.

I raced really well for a few weeks after that and then things started falling apart. (i rode that home with one leg and my roommate pushing me).

Before that picture i had a string of bad racing weekends. Its a shame that's all i can remember from the end of last season to dealing with my current situation. Hopefully things will progress and i can enjoy riding bikes again.

First World Problems

I was scrolling through past blog posts and saw pictures and race reports i wrote from last season, i saw pics of me winning, my old broken bike, and a strong hope to improve. I feel like a learned so much last season. I did a lot right, and i did even more not so good. Thankfully i learned a lot from doing both. But, i'm at risk for not being able to apply bike lessons this season.

I'm working on overcoming a knee issued called Plica Syndrome. It appeared back in early to mid NOV. Its hard to know what the direct cause of it was, or there even was a direct cause because at the time there were so many variables. I did weight lifting, changed my bike position a bunch, went from not riding a ton to riding a decent amount, never stretched, had a couple falls on the injured knee, never addressed a couple of long standing physiological issues, etc.

With that said, I'm slowly but surely recovering. I'm up over an hour and can avg north of 150w for that period of time. I 'm almost confident enough to try and join my teammates on their recovery rides. This has been a very difficult period for me due to my inability up till now to even pedal softly. But again, i've learned even more through all of this. I'm lighter and fitter, and hopefully when the knee pain is gone i'll come back strong.

we'll see...