Hashers and Mashers Part 2 - OPEN (Page 34)

Thanks for all the encouragement re: my crappy race guys, it's nice to know we're not in this alone! I can learn a lot from it so it's all good.

George, I'm glad the calf is coming along well. My last calf injury was about 6-8 weeks of frustration too, so it's good to hear it's healing faster than that. And yes, the Challenge course is quite close by (an hour or so away) so I'm planning to ride that hill at least once a month until then. There are a few good hills close to home I can tackle as well.

Have a good week everyone!

+1 to that. The roads around here can be seriously dangerous with idiot drivers that will deliberately swerve at and bully cyclists, so I only go out to "share" the road early on a sunday when they're still in bed sleeping off their hangovers. Other times it's bike lanes only for safety's sake. Limits my bike training but keeps me alive. I also had the problem of being a newbie on a road bike; until November I had only ever ridden mountain bikes and I'm still a little unbalanced and less manouverable at low speed.

Hey all, I'm getting back into the swing of things.  I wasn't logging workouts for a while, and frankly wasn't working out much.  Once I cancelled my Vineman registration I lost a lot of motivation.  But I'm looking into registering for the Chicago Triathlon now (oly distance), so I'm getting more into it.  It's in late August so that give me plenty of time.  Next month we move across the country, so it'll be a challenge to not let that throw too much of a wrench into it.  Equally as important, I'm trying to improve my eating habits because I'd like to lose 15-20 pounds by race day.  Certainly doable but not if I continue to eat the way I have been since my last race in August, even if I stick to a good workout schedule.

Joe, good luck with the move! That's a big upheaval, but think of all the new routes to explore . And all that moving heavy stuff has got to count as strength training...I'm sure you'll be well and truly back into it for the Oly. I hear you on the eating habits thing too, I'm packing it on at the moment with Easter just around the corner. I've done a deal with myself, binge on chocolate, hot cross buns and beer for Easter (going camping for a traditional archery shoot, there's always lots of beer at these events) then wind it back and eat sensibly after that. Want to lose about 5kg.

George, nice work on smashing the PB for the 1km!  Very satisfying knocking that much off in one go,  it reflects all the time and effort you've been putting in. Glad to hear the calf held up for the ride and you were able to nurse it through. Have you been seeing a physio with it or just healing it yourself? 

Thankfully, my work pays for movers who pack and ship everything, so I don't have to worry about that.

Hey Carlo, that doesn't sound right! Chills and feverish would suggest you're fighting something off and your immune system is taking a battering. Lack of sleep won't be helping either, maybe ease off the training and get some R&R? How much Advil/how often? Ibuprofen's meant to be pretty safe but I'm guessing long term use could have some side effects.

Take care of yourself!

George, the electrotherapy IC machine sounds very interesting, I had to go off and google it to find out what it was. Do you feel it helps with healing, or is it more of a pain relief tool? One of my physio sessions while my calf was healing involved some laser after the dry needling, acupuncture and massage, but I think the physio was just playing with as many toys as she had at her disposal. I'd have been willing to have a go with IC or a TENS machine if they had it too .