No not me. That ain't ever gonna happen. What's nearly normal is my walking. I'm working the therapy real hard, and after tonite I think I can back off the icing and the drugs, and focus on stretching and massage. I still have to be very patient mind you. I haven't jogged one step yet.
Thank goodness it doesn't limit my riding at all, and despite very unpredictable weather conditions I got out for a nice joy ride today. It was extremely windy but as I discover over and over again, riding with a power meter takes so much stress away. I simply don't care how fast I'm riding, as long as I know how hard I'm riding.
Some interesting data from my ride today, which kinda highlights my point. After a warmup of about 30 minutes I rode hard into that ugly wind for 10 kms. I averaged 201 watts and a speed of 25.7 kms/hr. Than after a 10 km recovery session, I did the same hard 10 kms, but in reverse. This time I averaged 206 watts, and a speed of 43 kms/hr!!! Pretty cool eh? The wind made a difference of over 16 kms/hr!
Without the power meter I would have rode too hard on the first interval (against the wind), and would never have been able to duplicate my effort on the second (with the wind). Actually you may say that I rode even harder for the second leg, but the truth of it is that I took me 9 minutes less....14 vs 23!! Holy cow!
Anyway, I was happy with my effort. I love my bike and I love riding it. I went just over 55 kms total, and loved every mother freakin moment of it. Woohoo.
Tomorrow's pool day and while I don't look as eagerly forward to that, I still want to become a real swimmer some time in my life. I know I've probably said this before, but after this Ironman I'm gonna find someone who can help me. I know I have some significant physical limitations that will prevent me from ever getting fast, but I still want to do better within those limitations. We shall see.
ride 55 kms
"Maybe your weird is my normal. Who's to say?"---Nicki Minaj
Love
Peter
Thank goodness it doesn't limit my riding at all, and despite very unpredictable weather conditions I got out for a nice joy ride today. It was extremely windy but as I discover over and over again, riding with a power meter takes so much stress away. I simply don't care how fast I'm riding, as long as I know how hard I'm riding.
Some interesting data from my ride today, which kinda highlights my point. After a warmup of about 30 minutes I rode hard into that ugly wind for 10 kms. I averaged 201 watts and a speed of 25.7 kms/hr. Than after a 10 km recovery session, I did the same hard 10 kms, but in reverse. This time I averaged 206 watts, and a speed of 43 kms/hr!!! Pretty cool eh? The wind made a difference of over 16 kms/hr!
Without the power meter I would have rode too hard on the first interval (against the wind), and would never have been able to duplicate my effort on the second (with the wind). Actually you may say that I rode even harder for the second leg, but the truth of it is that I took me 9 minutes less....14 vs 23!! Holy cow!
Anyway, I was happy with my effort. I love my bike and I love riding it. I went just over 55 kms total, and loved every mother freakin moment of it. Woohoo.
Tomorrow's pool day and while I don't look as eagerly forward to that, I still want to become a real swimmer some time in my life. I know I've probably said this before, but after this Ironman I'm gonna find someone who can help me. I know I have some significant physical limitations that will prevent me from ever getting fast, but I still want to do better within those limitations. We shall see.
ride 55 kms
"Maybe your weird is my normal. Who's to say?"---Nicki Minaj
Love
Peter
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