Pain

I have a backlog of things I meant to post about after the crush of school had subsided. Things like training plans, efficacy, etc. things that would have been an interesting way to break the silence. Instead I'm in pain. I have a muscle in the back of my thigh that runs up to the low back that gets inflamed. It seems to be the same muscle every time. And whereas before I could tell myself it was a fluke, and related to my position on the bike, this time it's been 2-3 days since I've ridden, and it seems to be the result of the gym+CPR work out I gave myself the last two days. The reoccurrence...

No Tofurkey for me!

Well, another year, another Thanksgiving at work. To be honest I don't mind that much. With all our family out of the area, and other days/holidays I would rather have off I can work today so someone else can spend it with family. This year I am going to list out some of the things I am thankful for from the past 12 months. I am thankful for; A job that is just accomidating enough: A little over a year ago I remember looking at the logistics and deciding there was no way I was going to be able to go to school. But here I am, with a little...

Weekend Schedule

In an attempt to keep myself focused/on track for the weekend I'm going to write down my weekend school/riding schedule. Thursday: Chem Chapter 4 Review ?'s Work 1 hour on trainer, cadance drills 6x20 seconds w/2 minute rest hang with dean (canceled because tara is in town) Friday: Chem Chapter 7 Review ?'s Write Bio Lab report Chem review session online @ 2pm Get my hair cut Weights/pilates - went shopping with the girls instead Saturday: Team Ride - skipped to finish homework Chem Chapter 8 MC Bio Lab @ 6pm Read Bio Chapter 11 Sunday: Saltzman Time Trial Chem...

Intervention

I've been having a sort of rough time this week.Which is not surprising. Invariably after making big decisions I find myself grappling with all the logistics involved in those decisions. This week both my Chem and Bio teachers talked about research programs, which are things I would love to do and would help my med school app, but I'm not sure how to make it work. I also had several of the docs be very supportive of my med school decision, an suggest that I should become a scribe, a job I would love to have, but if I did that then I would lose my benefits, something that feels overwhelmingly unrealistic....

Priorities

My official training season kicks off this week, which means no more randomly missed workouts. For the next four weeks I need to follow the schedule I made alot closer then I have been, at which point I'll move on to the next phase of training and a new schedule/challenge. That being said despite the missed workouts I've been feeling pretty good on the bike recently. On Friday the team ride went up the hill by the zoo and it was significantly easier then the last time I tried it. The hard part will be making sure that with all the training my commitment to everything else in my life doesn't slip....

Geekery

For anyone who knows me it comes as no surprise that I am something of a geek. My interests often become full on obsessions, and almost always this obsession will focus on bits of minutia that seem important to me, and no one else. In this past this has been; performance statistics of fighter jets, past and current members of emo bands, and names and locations of trauma centers in all of california. For this reason it is entirely within character for me to be so interested in the numbers side of cycling.  This is a post that I've been delaying making because I wanted to have all...

Support

Probably the most important component of pursuing a degree at the same time I am trying to become a high level racer, is support from friends and family. I am very lucky to have a very wonderful, very supportive wife who puts up with my early morning rides, dirty bikes in the living room, lack of sleep, and endless list of bike related things to buy. Without her I would not be able to be where I am today, or dream of being where I want to be in the future....