Thursday, September 28, 2006
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Back In Action
Got the OK to ride outside on the 1st of September. I wasn't really supposed to race but I'm now convinced it's safer to race than it is to ride on open roads so I didn't hesitate jumping into the crit in Fruita a couple of days later. I've had a good week and a bad week since that point but am now into the swing of things. Despite telling myself there was no way I would race Parker I found myself on the start line of the Road Race and Crit. I've been feeling pretty good and did the group cyclocross ride today and felt like I'm on track for a good cross season. Sunday's first race should be a good indicator.
You can see what I've been up to and keep track of my progress at the training log link on the right-->
My latest business venture is finally up and running. More to follow after a trip to Interbike next week.
Most importantly, my lovely wife and I will be celebrating our first anniversary this Sunday, the 24th. It's been an up and down year with racing, the accident and a big push on the business front. All-in-all it's been great and I've found that married life is AMAZING!! THANKS BETHIE!!
You can see what I've been up to and keep track of my progress at the training log link on the right-->
My latest business venture is finally up and running. More to follow after a trip to Interbike next week.
Most importantly, my lovely wife and I will be celebrating our first anniversary this Sunday, the 24th. It's been an up and down year with racing, the accident and a big push on the business front. All-in-all it's been great and I've found that married life is AMAZING!! THANKS BETHIE!!
Sunday, August 13, 2006
No Carter
By now most local racers have heard, the Carter Lake Road Race is cancelled for 2006. To my best knowledge, Grand Valley will now be Senior State Roads. As a board member this was probably the hardest decision I've had to make yet. I could not vote to cancel until I went to the Lake on Saturday the 12th to see for myself what the traffic would be like on a sunny weekend morning in mid-summer. In my 16 years of riding I have never been up there on a summer weekend. I have no exact reason why that is but my best guess is just plain old common sense. Big trucks towing boats on narrow roads is just a bad thing to combine with cycling.
The Carter race course was a challenge for officials when it was held in April. On any given weekend day in April you could find a handful of boats on the lake. On Saturday I counted 80 on the northern half of the lake alone. I sat at the proposed finish like and counted 39 vehicles pass by in 20 minutes. About 40% of that were vehicles with boats. The bottom line is that having a race on summer Saturday would cause great traffic delays for people going to and from the lake. For the most part, delays lead to anger and frustration. Combine that with a VERY large number of racers who have tuned out traffic because they are tuned into racing and you get a recipe for disaster. It's a recipe that I cannot support, hence my vote to cancel the race.
Hope to see you on the bike in another few weeks.
The Carter race course was a challenge for officials when it was held in April. On any given weekend day in April you could find a handful of boats on the lake. On Saturday I counted 80 on the northern half of the lake alone. I sat at the proposed finish like and counted 39 vehicles pass by in 20 minutes. About 40% of that were vehicles with boats. The bottom line is that having a race on summer Saturday would cause great traffic delays for people going to and from the lake. For the most part, delays lead to anger and frustration. Combine that with a VERY large number of racers who have tuned out traffic because they are tuned into racing and you get a recipe for disaster. It's a recipe that I cannot support, hence my vote to cancel the race.
Hope to see you on the bike in another few weeks.
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Learning
My road rash is healed except for the occasional attack of itching. I've discovered some interesting things having both hands casted.
1. I can type but it's slow and full of typos. The worst part is it's not that much slower than before.
2. If you thought my handwriting was bad before, you should see it now!
3. My left hand has the most movement but since I can't make my thumb and index finger meet I've developed a mean CLAW between my index finger and middle finger.
4. You learn 3 real fast when it's the only way get food in your mouth.
5. It was a little harder for my casted left hand to to learn that other daily activity involving digestion.
6. Riding the bus is actually pretty cool.
I got my office all moved into my new space, look for more details in a later post.
1. I can type but it's slow and full of typos. The worst part is it's not that much slower than before.
2. If you thought my handwriting was bad before, you should see it now!
3. My left hand has the most movement but since I can't make my thumb and index finger meet I've developed a mean CLAW between my index finger and middle finger.
4. You learn 3 real fast when it's the only way get food in your mouth.
5. It was a little harder for my casted left hand to to learn that other daily activity involving digestion.
6. Riding the bus is actually pretty cool.
I got my office all moved into my new space, look for more details in a later post.
Monday, July 03, 2006
Jon's 06 road season = over
the trip to the orthopedist today did not produce the results I wanted. I went in thinking I would get the standard 4-6 week healing time. Luckily this will hold true for my left hand, but not my right. Now they think my right hand might need surgery and will definitely need 10-12 weeks (surgery or not). Dang man, that's 3 months!?!? Oh well looks like I'll be doing some hiking to try get fit for cross. For now I just want my road rash to stop oozing. Oh yeah, the fun never ends, since I'm the type of guy who likes a challenge, the Dr and Nurse decided that a short cast was just to sissy for my right hand. Instead I got a manly man cast. If you thought I was scrawny before, wait until you see what my right arm looks like after 3 months in this bad boy:
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