Damnit.
Speed all the way down to Sedalia so we don't miss registration. Have pretty much zero warm-up. Line up without pre riding the course. Five laps in my back tire slides out in one of the many shitty corners. Not exactly sure what happened, heard a crash to my left on one of the left hand turns and all of a sudden I was on the ground sliding. My left side has some good road rash and sprained my wrist pretty good. Tore up my left shoe also.
Britton also wrecked on the last lap. got destroyed with road rash. Also broke a carbon set of bars.
I went to school and played soccer for SFCC in sedalia for a year before transferring and I never really liked that place. Pretty sure I will never return again. I'm also investing in some gloves that have wrist guards built in. Not a way to go out on the road season. Screw that course.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Stuff
Enjoyed a nice vacation last week. Went up to my homestate Wisconsin and saw some relatives, camped up north for awhile, hung out in Madison - awesome city. Got some riding in too. Nothing too tough.
Did the tuesday night crit last night. Felt like crap. haven't worked that hard in awhile. All that traveling and eating like crap from the days previous showed itself that night.
Getting fairly burnt out on road anyway. Looking at doing the Sedalia Crit this saturday as my last road race for the season. Probably skip sunday's road race and not go to gateway cup the following weekend.
On the other hand, just got my cross bike from Britton at Volker Bikes. That thing is so fun to ride - it almost feels illegal it's so fun. I will post pictures soon. Took it out on it's maiden voyage tonight with Jane, Joe and Britton at Gilham park right by my house. Spent about an hour just tearing around and doing mini races. pretty good time. Racing cross will be a blast and very painful at the same time.
Did the tuesday night crit last night. Felt like crap. haven't worked that hard in awhile. All that traveling and eating like crap from the days previous showed itself that night.
Getting fairly burnt out on road anyway. Looking at doing the Sedalia Crit this saturday as my last road race for the season. Probably skip sunday's road race and not go to gateway cup the following weekend.
On the other hand, just got my cross bike from Britton at Volker Bikes. That thing is so fun to ride - it almost feels illegal it's so fun. I will post pictures soon. Took it out on it's maiden voyage tonight with Jane, Joe and Britton at Gilham park right by my house. Spent about an hour just tearing around and doing mini races. pretty good time. Racing cross will be a blast and very painful at the same time.
Friday, August 7, 2009
Appendix
Put in some good workouts the past week in prep for Tour of KC. Was planning on riding Wednesday night hill ride but mid-day wednesday had a bit of upset stomach feeling - combined with other malaise symptoms I opted out of the ride. I didn't think too much of it - I often have a sensitive GI system and just considered this something I may have ate or gas pain...something like that. Went to bed with a bit of discomfort and awoke at about 1 am with increased pain. Being in dental school I've got a decent medical background and noted some tenderness in my lower right abdomen. This discomfort and tenderness continued throughout the night - couldn't fall back asleep until 6 am. The majority of symptoms I was experiencing was classic appendicitis - I just didn't want to believe it. Woke up at about 7 am, tenderness still existed but much of the discomfort had gone. I made the decision not to go to school and see what develops. Well in the next 20 minutes the discomfort returned on an increased level - as well as more pain in the lower right. Made the decision to get to the ER. At that moment had a 90% belief I would be getting surgery that day. There were a few other differential diagnosis, but I was hoping it was just appendicitis - more definitive treatment and it's done.
Long story short they did an abdominal CT, noted a "stone/fecalith/crap" blocking the entrance to my appendix and subsequent inflammation. Went under at 2pm. Spent the night at KU Med, home today at about noon. Pretty sore, obviously not racing tour of kc which I registered for wednesday afternoon- $60 out the window with no chance of refund. Doctors suggestion is no serious workout for 4 weeks. I'll probably be back on the bike in a week soft pedaling and see where I go with that. But this might mark the end of my road season - I don't want to waste money on Gateway Cup in a month and get my ass kicked if I don't retain some good fitness and can't go 100%.
Atleast there is still cross. As we speak Britton at Volker Bicycles is working like a mad man crafting another cyclocross creation. Should be good.
Got a nice vacation planned though - leaving next weekend to see family in Wisconsin for a couple days and then Jane and I are heading up to Door County, Wisconsin to camp for a week. We're bringing the bikes.
Long story short they did an abdominal CT, noted a "stone/fecalith/crap" blocking the entrance to my appendix and subsequent inflammation. Went under at 2pm. Spent the night at KU Med, home today at about noon. Pretty sore, obviously not racing tour of kc which I registered for wednesday afternoon- $60 out the window with no chance of refund. Doctors suggestion is no serious workout for 4 weeks. I'll probably be back on the bike in a week soft pedaling and see where I go with that. But this might mark the end of my road season - I don't want to waste money on Gateway Cup in a month and get my ass kicked if I don't retain some good fitness and can't go 100%.
Atleast there is still cross. As we speak Britton at Volker Bicycles is working like a mad man crafting another cyclocross creation. Should be good.
Got a nice vacation planned though - leaving next weekend to see family in Wisconsin for a couple days and then Jane and I are heading up to Door County, Wisconsin to camp for a week. We're bringing the bikes.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Good read
thought this was funny. I suppose you could substitute any name in there.
Waldo can’t be found because Jens dropped him on a hill training ride… on K2.
Jens doesn’t spin or mash the pedals… he kicks them into submission.
Jens Voigt climbs so well for a big guy because he doesn’t actually climb hills; the hills slink into the earth in fear as they see him approach.
If you are a UCI ProTour rider and you Google “Jens Voigt,” the only result you get is “it’s not to late to take up Football, Fred.”
Jens was a math prodigy in elementary school, putting “Attack!” in every blank space on all his tests. It would be the wrong answer for everybody else, but Jens is able to solve any problem by attacking.
Eddy Merckx was actually a neo-pro at the same time as Jens, but Jens dropped him so hard that he shot backwards in time to the 1960’s, where he became a great champion.
Jens once had a heart attack on the Tourmalet. Jens counterattacked repeatedly until he kicked its ass.
If Jens Voigt was a country, his principle exports would be Pain, Suffering, and Agony.
If Jens Voigt was a planet, he’d be the World of Hurt.
Jens Voigt doesn’t have a shadow because he dropped it repeatedly until it retired, climbing into the team car and claiming a stomach ailment.
Jens Voigt once challenged Lance Armstrong to a “who has more testicles” contest. Jens won… by five.You are what you eat. Jens Voigt eats spring steel for breakfast, fire for lunch, and a mixture of titanium and carbon fiber for dinner. For between-meal snacks he eats men’s souls, and downs it with a tall cool glass of The Milk of Human Suffering.
The first time man split the atom was when the atom tried to hold Jens Voigt’s wheel, but cracked.
Jens Voigt doesn’t complain about what suffering does to him… but suffering constantly complains about getting picked on by Jens Voigt.
Jens Voigt can start a fire by rubbing two mud puddles together.
Guns kill a couple dozen people every day. Jens Voigt kills 150.
Jens Voigt rides so fast during attacks, that he could circle the globe, hold his own wheel, and ride in his own draft. At least as long as he didn’t try to drop himself.
Jens Voigt nullified the periodic table because he doesn’t believe in any element, other than the element of surprise.
The grass is always greener on the other side. Unless Jens Voigt has been riding on the other side in which case it’s white with the salty, dried tears of all the riders whose souls he has crushed.
Waldo can’t be found because Jens dropped him on a hill training ride… on K2.
Jens doesn’t spin or mash the pedals… he kicks them into submission.
Jens Voigt climbs so well for a big guy because he doesn’t actually climb hills; the hills slink into the earth in fear as they see him approach.
If you are a UCI ProTour rider and you Google “Jens Voigt,” the only result you get is “it’s not to late to take up Football, Fred.”
Jens was a math prodigy in elementary school, putting “Attack!” in every blank space on all his tests. It would be the wrong answer for everybody else, but Jens is able to solve any problem by attacking.
Eddy Merckx was actually a neo-pro at the same time as Jens, but Jens dropped him so hard that he shot backwards in time to the 1960’s, where he became a great champion.
Jens once had a heart attack on the Tourmalet. Jens counterattacked repeatedly until he kicked its ass.
If Jens Voigt was a country, his principle exports would be Pain, Suffering, and Agony.
If Jens Voigt was a planet, he’d be the World of Hurt.
Jens Voigt doesn’t have a shadow because he dropped it repeatedly until it retired, climbing into the team car and claiming a stomach ailment.
Jens Voigt once challenged Lance Armstrong to a “who has more testicles” contest. Jens won… by five.You are what you eat. Jens Voigt eats spring steel for breakfast, fire for lunch, and a mixture of titanium and carbon fiber for dinner. For between-meal snacks he eats men’s souls, and downs it with a tall cool glass of The Milk of Human Suffering.
The first time man split the atom was when the atom tried to hold Jens Voigt’s wheel, but cracked.
Jens Voigt doesn’t complain about what suffering does to him… but suffering constantly complains about getting picked on by Jens Voigt.
Jens Voigt can start a fire by rubbing two mud puddles together.
Guns kill a couple dozen people every day. Jens Voigt kills 150.
Jens Voigt rides so fast during attacks, that he could circle the globe, hold his own wheel, and ride in his own draft. At least as long as he didn’t try to drop himself.
Jens Voigt nullified the periodic table because he doesn’t believe in any element, other than the element of surprise.
The grass is always greener on the other side. Unless Jens Voigt has been riding on the other side in which case it’s white with the salty, dried tears of all the riders whose souls he has crushed.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Jane Adams - killing it.
In her triathlon debut, Jane pretty much did as well as she could have. Putting on a clinic, she finished 5th overall out of a field of 534. She placed 2nd in her age group of 25-29 years. She has a decent swim background from junior high and a bit in high school. At the peak of my swimming fitness, she was still faster than me in the water (not by much-ha ha). Her swim went well, passed a few, got passed by a few, got out of the water pretty much where she started - about 15 deep. The event was using timing chips and sending swimmers off in 3 second intervals instead of a mass start. So eventhough she was the 14th starter of 500+, she could still get beat by people who never pass her.
Got on the bike and headed out, 10 miles. not really far at all. The way she was accelerating out of the gate I knew she could chase down the people in front of her and be back first for the run. The only rider to pass her was on a TT bike with what looked like a 404 on the front and full carbon disc on the rear. Considering jane was riding without aero bars on a standard road frame she did well. Passed everyone and only got passed by that one lady. Apparently she said she blew her doors off, going about 3 mph faster when she passed. Got back second from the bike, had a fast transition and was off in less than a minute for the finishing 5k. The rider with the full carbon disc had 2 minute gap.
The run is her weakest leg and she ended getting passed by one other racer. She crossed the line 3rd overall, but after they factored start times, she lost 2 more places. Still very impressive and I'm so proud of her. she might have a future in triathlons now.
On a side note, I finally got back to riding my bike. I had to take the majority of this past week off. turns out in my crash last sunday I got a bit of a bone bruise on the side of my knee. It was swollen after the crash but didn't really give me trouble until I tried to ride on tuesday. A few days off with some ibuprofen and ice has gotten me to a point where I can put in bigger efforts without pain. I'll try to salvage this last week of training before tour of KC next weekend.
Took my oldtime loop down south this afternoon and for the first time in awhile was catching a lot of crap from drivers. Had one driver near paseo cuss me out for not riding on the sidewalk. I told him to F off and when he stopped at the next red light I took the opportunity to tell him to check the laws and remind him of what a piece of shit he was. Later in the ride I was asked by a drunk homeless guy "what the f are you looking at," he seemed like he was provoking me into a fight. Still fired up from my last encounter I gave serious thought to throwing down. But then the light turned green and I rolled on. Just one of those days.
I will finish off the season as a cat 4 and upgrade after Gateway Cup in St. Louis. There will be some fast 4's at that race and I'll attempt to podium.
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