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Racing again

Woke up Sunday with no knee pain and decided to head south to Fort Collins for the Oval Crit. Met up with teammates TR and Pinto who were fresh off their weeklong travels complaining about hotel exercise bike saddles. They did the 45 minute cat 3 race while I warmed up for the 60 minute main event. Pinto pulled out a sprint good enough for 3rd place while TR again had rear wheel problems after a crash on the last lap took him down. My race started out fast as my heart rate went from resting to 170 in 30 seconds and stayed there for the rest of the hour. 8 minutes in it felt like 20 and I was wondering if I was going to come off the back as we cruised the first few laps @28mph avg. I eventually settled in and was able to move up in the field, even taking a couple shots at getting into a chase group after the breakaway was up the road. I finished in the field which was a great result when analyze my training. Of course the lack of intensity is showing the day after. I feel as if I’ve been hit by a truck and my lungs had been pulled partway up my throat. Next weekend maybe I’ll race with riders my age as there is a Masters race scheduled.
Today will be a nice recovery ride with a trip to the lanes to work on my bowling game.

Will the knee injuries ever stop?

After 2 weeks of nice temps I wake up to a dusting of snow. Hopefully tomorrow afternoon will be much warmer. First race of the year is at Fort Collins. I've been riding well since my knee surgery with little to no pain. That was until yesterday when I banged my right knee hard against a metal fixture at work. It's not swollen but it is tender to touch. I'll check it out today. So right now it's a game day decision.

soon to be back

Yeah yeah, I've bee a bit out of the online posting lately. Stay tuned

back from a lazy break

Yeah it's been awhile.
And at a time when a lot has been going on.

One word: LAZY

Knee arthroscopy went extremly well. No pain whatsoever and was back on the bike rehabbing it 2 days later. 4 days after surgery i rode outside with the dogs for a half hour.
At the follow up visit, 10 days later, the doctor told me the torn meniscus was pretty extensive and was surprised that I lasted so long with it that way. He was pretty impressed by my recovery so far. Determination
I couldn't have picked a better day week to be off after surgery. The snow pushed in and dumped a few inches. The next day 70 mph winds carried all the snow to Nebraska. It was pretty impressive watching it from my front windows.
winter looks to have finally made it to the area. It's been unseasonably warm. I can't remember being able to ride in 50 degree temps in Decembers past. Like today, before the canadian cold front came, I was hitting the trails at 7000' with the dogs in 45 degree sunny weather.
Unfortunately the snow looks like it will pass me without the predicted 2-4". The temps will be around a high of 10 tomorrow though.
I dislike cold without the snow. It just doesn't make any sense.

kinnigits!

I don't buy to many DVDs anymore after I realized that i normally only watch them once or twice. But Monty Python and the Holy Grail is one of my favorites that I have watched countless times. So imagine my distraught when I found the disc cracked in half. Not sure what happened to it but I shall now have to seek out a new one. Lucky for me youtube has all the highlights.

Just over a week till knee surgery. The weather here has been fairly nice (excluding monday's high of 32) I got in a couple hours of riding. The wind was a reasonable 15-20MPH. With highs in the 50s this week I'll get a few lunch time rides in. Got to keep up the leg strength for the post-op rehab.
The vet recently gave all my animals their shots and health checkups. She said my dogs are some of the fittest she has seen. 2-8 miles running per day will do that to them. My eldest Cat Peja may need some teeth cleaning unless I can get him to brush his teeth.
Work is slow. Working in a bike shop in the winter time is not something that is fun. A whole day could go by and you might see 3 customers (in addition to the regular daily visitors that just want to hang out).
Thanksgiving is next week, maybe I can take off Friday and head out for a round of flyfishing if the weather cooperates.
That's all for now.