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Recovery Week
With my big mountain adventure behind me, and a few other adventures in front of me, this is going to be a week of taking it easy. One of my cycling mentors warned me about training too hard and either...
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Alone in the Fort
Even though it wasn’t planned, this was a quiet week for me. With around two weeks to go before my first big mountain ride of the season, the plan was to amp up the training and punish myself a little...
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This One Goes to Eleven
Over the last two weeks, my volume has increased dramatically. That’s why I have been neglecting blog updates and have pretty much abandoned all social networking activities (Sorry Twitter, Facebook...
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After the Bridge
“The Bridge” ride was a killer. These mountain rides always seem to affect me in different ways. Sometimes I’ll bounce back pretty quickly, fresh and rejuvenated. Other times I’ll be sore and tired...
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Rebooting the Machine
My new coach is a firm believer in the benefits of recovery and rest. One of the first things he asked was the last time I took a full week off the bike (it hadn’t been long because of my layoff after...
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My (Not So) Grand Return
After getting the green light from my doctor, I waited for the right moment to return to the saddle. At first I had planned to come back this past weekend, but a cold spell changed those plans. For...
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These Shoes Were Made For Walking
If someone told me years ago that I would someday write a blog post about the ability to walk, I would have called them crazy. That’s just something we take for granted. But when you’ve spent 10 weeks...
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Planning the Comeback Tour
Over the last couple of weeks, I have improved dramatically. This makes sense based on what the doctor and the physical therapists told me. Once my bones and cartilage healed, the rest would fall into...
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Week 12: Getting Closer
The last few weeks have consisted of three things: Rehab, Rest, and Repeat. Each week I would improve, and each week the rehab would get just a little bit tougher. In that way, this schedule resembles...
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Ticket to Ride
That is my bike in the messy trunk of my car, all tuned up and ready to go, sharing space with jumper cables and other junk. The one thing I missed during this long period off the bike, is I didn’t get...
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It’s Like Riding a Bike
6 Miles. 6 slow, awkward, steady, incredibly blissful miles. I got home from work thinking that I would spend the evening tracking down my bike stuff and ride tomorrow. After all, aside from the...
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Walking Before Riding
Yesterday I had been planning on my grand return. I was going to ride in The Good Ride in Charlotte. The plan was that I would travel up with my wife, and even if I couldn’t ride, we would make a...
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Week 15.5 Report: A Little Hiccup
First off, congrats to all of my friends who completed the Assault on Mount Mitchell this year. After having done it the last three years, it was bittersweet watching them from a distance, but I’m...
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Recovery: Smooth as Sandpaper
When I was at the Ride of Silence the other day, a friend joked that watching my recovery from afar was like watching a roller coaster from the ground. At one moment I’m up, and the next moment I’m...
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I’m Walking Here!
Before heading to New York City for a non-riding vacation, I was wary. It’s no secret that to really experience New York, you have to walk for miles and miles. A couple weeks ago I was dealing with...
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The Last Two Miles of Recovery
Can you believe that as of a couple weeks ago, this injury began two years ago? It’s weird just thinking about it. Just a few weeks ago, I wondered if I was weeks, months, or maybe even years away from...
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Tunnel to Towers, Columbia, SC
It has been a little while since I’ve checked in. It is hard to believe that the injury first occurred over two years ago. Finally I am able to live life and stay relatively active without pain, and...
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Them Bones
I’ve talked plenty about my bone density issues and speculated where they may have come from. We may never know completely why and how this came about, and what place it had in the perfect storm of the...
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Plank Challenge Complete
I’m not usually a New Year’s Resolution kind of guy. My philosophy is that if you want to do something for yourself, like get into shape, you should just do it. Most people do not stick with their...
View ArticleA Long Overdue Update: Wellness Champ
The last time I posted on this blog, my future was unclear. I was technically disabled, dealing with excruciating pain, and praying for a surgery that would ease my pain. It was a long road, and after...
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