what to do with downtime

It takes some time to put these on but Nokon cables make a majestic bike even sweeter. It is almost done!

the mental game of injury

A game I seem to be losing currently. It's interesting, the more time I'm grounded from workouts, the more I have idle time to think. It's the recent idle thinking time that seems to be getting the better of me. What I thought was plantar faciitis may turn out to be either tendonitis or worse yet a fracture. I was at the hospital for xrays friday afternoon, and was origonally told I'd get the rrsults Saturday afternoon. No such luck I have to wait till Monday. GRRRR Note to those of you that are not athletes - I know you mean well, but DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT ever tell me I need to realize how old I am and can't be doing things like this because my body isn't as young as it used to be and cant handle it. A note to athletes out there - your mom's mean well, but hardly EVER can say the right things when their middle aged kids are injured. My mom is a case in point. I love her imensely, but do not want to hear she doesn't think I should be doing this race for WHATEVER reason. Bottom line is I'm in a mind funk, foot hurts, playing the waiting game, and the temperature was close to 60 YES 60 this weekend. I probably would have melted or internally combusted since ALL my training has been in the record cold weather so far. I'm going to take advantage of the downtime today and work on completing my new ride. I pretty much finished my ultra WAYYY cool Quad angle last night.I still want a different saddle and pedals though. Pictures are coming probably today - A classic exhibit of BMX porn :)
So I really wonder if the Cycling Gods are frustrated and want me back on the bike where I belong, and did this to me(running injury)? Call me crazy, but some things are stranager than fiction...

nice to see the master has decided to take things into his own hands! I wonder if this is one of Obama's doings?! LOL

time for the doctor

I am wreathing in pain. My left foot is hurting big time. It feels different after a number of days aggressively icing it, but something is wrong. I'm off to the doctors today for some professional advice and more importantly pain alleviation. It's times like this that I need to keep my focus in today. It is easy for me to jump ahead of myself and shift gears (literally) and go right to the bike, cancel the marathon etc. SEE?! That's why I am staying in today. I've worked very hard to get where I'm at right now.Brutal cold, too much snow, complete dedication.... I've been flying, and now this. Wish me luck

interplanetary f....

I believe I figured out what type of injury I have to my left foot. It didn't take long to diagnose thanks to the marvels the net. I have Plantar Faciitis, or an inflamation to the outside bottom of my foot from heal to toes. OUCH KILLS me to walk. My stomach has been bothering me because I'm trying to minmimize the walking pain with some 800mg IBUprofins I had from a while ago. Needless to say lots of icing, stretching and self massage is underway. GOOD NEWS flash - I was able to get on the rollers last night without issue so looks like the cycling gods are smiling upon me and reminding me where I belong :) Nevertheless, I reserved a room for a hotel down in Champaign for Marathon weekend, and as far as I'm concerned it's still on. Temps are going to be warm the rest of the week - figures!?! BUT I may get a ride in to make up for no long run -single speed road ride zone 2 ala base mileage....

ouch

Well the injury to my left foot has become a problem. I'm at the point now where it hurts IN A BIG WAY to walk on it. My plan was to switch gears (literally) to riding the rollers, but I'm questioning if that is doable. It's been ice, self kneading/massage, and 800 yes 800mg ibuprofins a couple times a day... Then there's the mental chater that started -Do I even want to continue the training in what has been L'enfer of a winter. Is my new ride calling me to it knowing that my time on it will be mininmal until April (yeah that one's a stretch...) WHAT is really wrong with the foot and how can I get it mended quickly. UGHHH Injury sucks!

the irony of injury

It's stranger than fiction. My plans were to begin adding more cycling workouts into my training regimen come February. Particularly to take the place of the 3 mile runs I schedule a couple days during the week. Lo-and-behold going into the begining of the month I've come to develop a pain in the outside of my right foot in which I'm currently having pain when I walk. Not good but no time to freak. As of this week (and right on schedule) I will be on the rollers until the pain subsides. The good news is I'm up to 17 miles for the long runs,and quite honestly the runs have been good quality and I have been feeling great, so I have some breathing room. Like I said "stranger than fiction"....