Don't Call it a Comeback

kush

kush

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Well, there it is.

I'm overcoming my fear of commitment, and giving in to some gentle prodding to branch off on my own.

Now I'm going swimming. It's flash updates like this that will keep you riveted to your computer screen.

Yesterday was a 14 mile day, first a 9 mile ride in the morning with the boys on the road, and then 5mi towpath in the evening also with the kids.

My doctor would shoot me. The orders were to stay on crutches, in a brace until next Saturday.

But The Knee and the partially torn MCL feels fine. No pain whatsoever.

My only concern is whether I'm doing damage in terms of the tiny stress fractures they said I got also as a result of the July 4th Backyard Volleyball Massacre. Hence doc wants me to be on crutches. I will fess up my cycling on my appointment next week, see if I'm doomed.

I'm also eating cereal right now. Maybe I'll put that up on my Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, or MySpace. There is entirely too much social media. But I like to try new things. The only network I have no respect for is MySpace. That place blows.
 
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Frustration! They close the pool when there's lightning. Now I'm in the same boat as everyone else. I guess I'll be hitting the weights and core in the basement.

Here's some multimedia from the towpath yesterday.

http://video.yahoo.com/watch/5671199/14865358


http://video.yahoo.com/watch/5671198/14865354

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I'm happy to be able to use this title. This has nothing to do with LL Cool J.

Edit: Your loss.
 
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Norm said:
I'm happy to be able to use this title. This has nothing to do with LL Cool J.
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After some thought, settled on Don't call it a comeback. LL Cool J is alright.

I guess the logic to the thread title, besides hip-hop, is not just about recovery from an injury, but also progression from training wheels to wherever I can get to with the limited time and space I have to train.

In about a year's time, I've gone from an absolute newbie with a low end squishy bike, a BMX helmet, and baggies, to three for three on the podium in Cat2 this season. If I can do it, anyone can.

On a separate note, Tour of Ireland will be on Versus this year, 21st to 23rd August. Been having Tour withdrawals. http://www.tourofireland.ie/
 
I'm there with you. There must be a tour of Pakistan or something before then, no?
 
glad to see you finally started a new thread, people were biting all over your old one...

Tour withdrawl was helped this weekend by the x-games being on. I still have 3 or 4 more recordings to watch.
 
Sunday

In the afternoon after the rain went away, we hit the towpath again for 6miles. Bike riding for the boys (4 and 6yo) is an absolute top of the list thing to do. "Better than ice cream".

They did complain that we should do Allaire. A bit early for me.

Armstrong musings

Preface - I'm not an Armstrong groupie. But he is one of the very few people in cycling that you can follow to get a sense of what's involved in training and going through the biggest cycling events in the world.

As such I follow Armstrong on Twitter. But there can be no dumber species then people who reply to his posts. Read some of this drivel. http://twitpic.com/c4g8g

My wife also ordered his book; it's an interesting read, with a large focus around his fight with testicular cancer. I recommend reading it.
 
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My wife also ordered his book; it's an interesting read, with a large focus around his fight with testicular cancer. I recommend reading it.
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You are such a lance groupie.

Someone gave my wife one of his books. I plan to read it at somepoint.
 
Kush, which book? I'm looking at my shelf and I see 3. Are you referring to "It's Not About the Bike"?

I have Lance as a friend on FB, and it's comical to read some of the things people post. The thing for a while was to be the first to reply, the response would simply be "First!"
 
Gives a pretty good insight into the battle, chemo, recovery. It's pretty bad, as you know.

The other interesting thing from that book is highlighting what a difference the right doctor makes.

On a related note, my mom-in-law recently finished chemo in the motherland. At the end it was successful (fingers crossed).

But not before they managed to give the wrong diagnosis on the liver, giving her essentially 6 months to live. You can imagine my wife's reaction. Fortunately it was wrong.
 
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Kush, which book? I'm looking at my shelf and I see 3. Are you referring to "It's Not About the Bike"?

I have Lance as a friend on FB, and it's comical to read some of the things people post. The thing for a while was to be the first to reply, the response would simply be "First!"
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Yep, It's not about the bike. the one he put out in 2000 right after winning his first Tour.
 
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Yep, It's not about the bike. the one he put out in 2000 right after winning his first Tour.
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I read it,s not about the bike and every seccond counts, both are excellent inspirational reads.

ps. I didnt know you had gotten hurt, get well soon hitting recoupe time hard is a hard thing to do but if you do it right it's like you never had an injury, just talk to Todd you wouldn't know he sevvered his achillies a few months ago (except on the fact that he tells anyone who he ever come in contact with).
 
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Kush

Good to see you moving and back on your feet, looks like you had a nice time with your family. Did the Dr. have you go to any rehab first before you started riding again?

Or there was no need for it? They worried about any scare tissue build up or anything like this?
 
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ps. I didnt know you had gotten hurt, get well soon hitting recoupe time hard is a hard thing to do but if you do it right it's like you never had an injury, just talk to Todd you wouldn't know he sevvered his achillies a few months ago (except on the fact that he tells anyone who he ever come in contact with).
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To quote Norm from over the wknd, my biggest danger will be not realizing I'm about to push too hard. I'm already doing way more riding than I should for 4 weeks out, although it's very low resistance.
 
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My wife also ordered his book; it's an interesting read, with a large focus around his fight with testicular cancer. I recommend reading it.
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Which book? He has a least two that he was directly involved in. Then there is one by his Ex-Wife, 4 from Ex-Teammates, and dozens from French writers that accuse him of doping. 🙄

Edit: I should have read all of the posts before replying.

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Someone gave my wife one of his books. I plan to read it at somepoint.
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It's Not About The Bike was pretty damn good. I hate books but simply could not put it down. My kids likely read at a higher level than me and I read it over a long weekend in Maine. You don't have to be a cyclist to enjoy it. This is the book that every cancer survivor should be reading. It is the reason Lance is so popular in the Cancer Community. They don't care about cycling but they can all make a connection to Lance and his recovery.
 
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To quote Norm from over the wknd, my biggest danger will be not realizing I'm about to push too hard. I'm already doing way more riding than I should for 4 weeks out, although it's very low resistance.
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do you go to princeton ortapedics ? I have been going to them since I broke my wrist the 2nd time they do so much better work than sommerville
 
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