Asphalt Junkies CLOSED AND GETTING OUR FIX (Page 74)

So, I wanted to put this out there for those of you looking for that "kick in the pants" to get on the bike more.

There is a "TdF Challenge" in the challenge thread. 21 days of riding. You either pick mileage or hours of riding for your goal. Everyone is broken up into teams. It's a blast! I see Tracy signed up.

Anyway, thought I'd throw it out there for those of you looking to set some bike goals.

bswcpa - 2012-06-25 9:54 PM Jeff and Dirk - you're both amazing and really rocked your events. It would be fun to see you in a Junkie war. BTW, Dirk - how'd your Dr. appointment go on Friday regarding allergies?

The initial diagnosis is sports induced bronchial spasms.  This is very similar to asthma (very, very similar) and my treatment is to take an inhaler 15 minutes before I cycle since that is where the  symptoms show up the most.  I feel cycling is the primary cause due to the intensity that I ride nearly all of my ride.

This would also be why I lost a few lungs at the race last weekend too.  In the few minutes following the race I spent a lot of time coughing quite forcefully and then it continued less intense and with less frequency throughout the rest of the day, but I am still coughing a lot.

Dirk, great race!  Hope the inhaler cures your coughing.

Going to see my parents in Atlanta for a few days.  see ya'll when i get back.  Train Hard!

Just signed up, saw several junkies in this one.

I might need a little help picking a goal. In case you all have not noticed I kind of just make all this training up as I go along.

DirkP - 2012-06-26 4:52 AM

bswcpa - 2012-06-25 9:54 PM Jeff and Dirk - you're both amazing and really rocked your events. It would be fun to see you in a Junkie war. BTW, Dirk - how'd your Dr. appointment go on Friday regarding allergies?

The initial diagnosis is sports induced bronchial spasms.  This is very similar to asthma (very, very similar) and my treatment is to take an inhaler 15 minutes before I cycle since that is where the  symptoms show up the most.  I feel cycling is the primary cause due to the intensity that I ride nearly all of my ride.

This would also be why I lost a few lungs at the race last weekend too.  In the few minutes following the race I spent a lot of time coughing quite forcefully and then it continued less intense and with less frequency throughout the rest of the day, but I am still coughing a lot.

I was also wondering what you found out. I hope the inhaler solves the coughing issue for you!

Her name is Kaitlyn.  Thanks so much.  2:45 is the planned time unless an emergency preempts the surgeon.  She's doing as well as could be expected given the circumstances.

Here are a few pictures from my trail running adventure.

This is Black Butte (elevation 6300 ish feet)

Here I am running to the top of Black Butte.  This was the good part of the trail!

Made it to the top 3 miles and 2000 feet of elevation gain later!

Mt. Shasta and lenticular clouds.  They're pretty cool!

Ok.  I'm impressed!  3 solid miles of climbing would probably have destroyed my achilles.  Great glute workout!

Of course coming down would have hurt my quad tendons. 

I'm pretty fragile.  I would rather ride my mountain bike up that. 

What a cool adventure.

Tracy, that's some over the top training.  I'm with Jeff - I'd be pile of ligaments and tendons melting on the trail if I tried to run up something like that.

But the view would convince me to hike it.  Wow that's beautiful!

I'm in.  Thanks for the info.  I hope I can keep up with the thread.  It seems I have been struggling to even get on and keep up with the reading for this group.

The benefit of multiple mentors...But with Jonathan being scarce and you succumbing to life...and me in my mental fog, that leaves Warren!  Although I'm doing much, much better this week.

Tracy, those are some beautiful pics. I haven't been there in over 17 years. I'm going to have to put that on my list of places to visit again.

I just wanted to say how awesome it is to see some of you participating in the TdF Challenge. It's a great way to hold yourself to your biking goals. Plus it's lots of fun.

Tracy those pictures are great. Shasta doesn't have those clouds at the peak today, just some puffy ones lower down. I can see Mt Shasta from my desk here in the office when I look out the north facing windows.

There is a "sprint" tri with Shasta as it's backdrop in September called the Tinman. It's a fund raiser for the Rotary Club of Dunsmuir. I'm planning on entering that one this year.