| Wednesday,
July 25, 2007
I
really have been taking my health for granted. Hobbling around
sucks! I can't ride, swim, run, and can barely walk at some times.
This injury has made me realize how blessed I am to have my health.
Current
Flat Pedal Odometer
1171.3 Miles
Saturday,
July 21, 2007
Hit
the East
Macon Trail with a few other Flat Pedal riders today. Jason
K, Glenn, Bill, and I went straight for the BMX track to try
it out. The Red Clay on the BMX track was just damp enough to
stick to our tires. My bike weighed 20 lbs more after just one
lap around. We hit the trail expecting plenty of downed trees.
The Trail is in very poor shape (a shambles). I again was embarrassed
to say that my club maintains this trail. We did the normal race
loop stopping often to lug our bikes over downed trees. We had
fun riding as a group on the fast twisty downhills. 3/4 way through
the lap I was attempting to bunny hop a small branch and my rear
tire cased it and threw me forward on the bike. I put my right
foot down and then my bike lunged forward and slammed the chain
ring into my calf. I have had this happen several times before
with just a minor scrape. When I looked down I expected to see
just that, but it was much worse. I had a huge flap of meat and
skin dangling. I quickly took off my shirt and tied it around
tight then rode the rest of the way out. Glenn poured a gallon
of water over it before we drove home. Bout 1 hour later I was
getting 23 stitches at the Med Stop in Kathleen, GA. I will be
wearing Shin guards when I ride trails from now on no matter how
hot it is.
I
have been ramping up my saddle time lately. Last Thursday I did
the commute to work/lunch/home thing again. I ended up with 56
miles and 4+ hours on the bike for that day. I have reached my
weight goal as well. I am now down to 195
lbs. Just when my training was coming together I had to
get injured. Now I am stuck on the couch for at least a week.
No riding for a week?! OMG!
Tuesday,
July 17, 2007
Well
we are finally settling in at our new house. We still have a few
things to unpack and organize but feeling right at home. We are
really enjoying the pool. A full size, in ground, vinyl bottom,
salt water pool with a diving board. I have been swimming some
laps but have not made it a regular routine yet. I do not like
the small swim goggles that barely cover my eyes. They make me
feel claustrophobic. I bought a larger size of swim googles that
are tinted. EXSL vortex water sports goggles. They make swimming
laps much more enjoyable especially in bright mid-day sun.
Although
I have not been posting much as of late I have been putting in
some serious saddle time on my HARO. Last Thursday I commuted
to work and took the long way, then rode home and back during
a long lunch, then rode home after work, then drove to Thomson
and did a lap there. I ended up with 48 miles and 4+ hours on
the bike for that day. Sunday I went to do a few laps at the Pig
Trail. I had to cut out half way into the first lap because I
bent some cogs in my rear cassette somehow and my bike would not
stay in gear. I had been there doing some recon with the usual
suspects that volunteer. We were scoping out problem areas that
needed to be worked before the Georgia
State Championship Final Race that is to be held there August
5th.
Have
I mentioned that I'm a very lucky man? I'm Engaged!
Natural
AquaMarine, my birthstone. Not your average engagement ring.
Saturday,
July 14, 2007
Sorry
about the Delay in Action......... I'm still learning this web
design thing. When I started this blog I just used some space
in my Drafting Services Web Page, www.thorntondrafting.com.
I have a regular 8-5 job but do some drafting in my spare time
to make ends meet. I have had that page for over two years now
and have never generated any business from it. Most all of my
extra work is generated from word of mouth. Now I am attempting
to Separate my blog from my drafting web space and just drop the
Drafting Pages. I am moving everything over to www.georgiamtb.com.
I had no problem redirecting to that address but when I tried
to copy all my pages over to the new domain the links got all
hosed. Any way I'll figure it out soon. But just a FYI my Blog
address has changed to www.georgiamtb.com
and soon will no longer be accessible thru old links. Any links
or references to any of my information that was under the old
thorntondrafting page will be broken. Enough about that NERDY
stuff on with the TRAILS!
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