tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65001249953088897052024-02-21T10:44:08.668-05:00Moot's Rides and RunsMy training rides and runs as I raise money to fight cancer.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970619123140330384noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500124995308889705.post-73675683999139525432012-10-31T11:14:00.001-04:002012-10-31T11:14:06.243-04:00It's all in your head!I haven't run more than about 5.5 miles since having a hip issue following the 2010 Denver Rock n Roll half marathon.
During training for that race my hip would start hurting at the 6 mile mark but I got through it and finished the half in 2:03. Afterward, I made up my mind that I would just run for exercise and no more than 6 miles.
Then came a bike crash in July 2012 and I Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970619123140330384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500124995308889705.post-76158362774528759232012-08-07T16:13:00.004-04:002012-08-07T16:13:49.807-04:00Three more weeks :(Heard today that it will likely be 3 more weeks before my wrist is healed enough to handle the strain of cycling. Good thing is that they want me out of the splint, using the wrist and doing exercises. Hopefully it will heal faster now. I've never been so impatient with an injury!
I'm still planning on doing the Victory Junction Camp Challenge Ride on September Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970619123140330384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500124995308889705.post-49002953986603801962012-08-01T09:11:00.000-04:002012-08-01T09:14:22.738-04:00Bone Chip :-(Two weeks out post-crash and the wrist wan't any better than it was in day 3 so I decided to see a specialist.
After new X-rays and a lot of time sitting in a room with no wi-fi or 3G access (shouldn't every business have wi-fi by now), the doctor comes in to study the films. After looking at them for a while and then testing my range of motion and looking at them again, he determines thatAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970619123140330384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500124995308889705.post-59834854684917759392012-07-26T15:12:00.000-04:002012-07-27T10:47:42.571-04:00First Crash
I guess it had to happen at some point, I finally had a crash. I'm sure I "fell off my bike" many a time growing up and I know I had that "oh shit I'm falling and I can't unclip" fall twice since I started "clipping in" on road bikes. This was the real deal though.
In gearing up for a 60 mile benefit ride, Victory Junction Camp Challenge, I wanted to get in a solid 40 Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970619123140330384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500124995308889705.post-43108249394936350972012-03-14T08:30:00.003-04:002012-03-14T08:39:02.097-04:00Its been way too long!Or in Cajun, "mais long time no see yea!" My long hiatus in blogging was partly due to laziness, too many other things on my mind and injury. Today's post is about the latter. I injured my ankle in November of last year jamming it in some strange way when just taking a step from the road to the curb. In December we tried a steroid pack (5 day anti-inflammatory) and it brought it down from Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970619123140330384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500124995308889705.post-7454854401910815302011-07-13T15:10:00.005-04:002011-07-25T12:02:46.976-04:00Its all relativeStill damn hot today but a great ride.The peloton left SAS at 11:30 sharp as usual with about 15 members. Once on Weston the group from Bandwidth joined in and the comment was made, "they're getting as big as us." In fact they had about 10 riders today. The now much larger peloton made their way down Weston at a slower than normal pace, took the right onto Chapel Hill rd and then the left ontoAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970619123140330384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500124995308889705.post-20992874184785406252011-07-12T13:22:00.003-04:002011-07-12T13:26:51.560-04:00The Heat is onI was forced to run in the early AM today as the temp was going to be in mid-90's by lunch and 100 for the high. Good run though. Used the Chatham road to the Greenway Loop for a 38 minute run. Took quite a while to cool off with all the humidity. Tomorrow's ride will be interesting with another 95+ day.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970619123140330384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500124995308889705.post-53760771051023884392011-06-30T11:37:00.004-04:002011-06-30T11:57:59.237-04:00Bike Commuting a Success Two weeks into the summer and I've been able to ride to work 4 times. That's 64 miles I didn't put on my car and 3.5 gallons of petrol I didn't have to buy. I'm hoping to ride in 2 days a week but I know that there will be weeks where it doesn't work out. The key is that I picked 2 days to make it my default mode of transportation, Monday's and Thursdays. It's taking some planning as well, Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970619123140330384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500124995308889705.post-87312802311288868052011-06-24T13:42:00.004-04:002011-06-24T14:20:47.282-04:00Friday SAS rideAwesome ride today. Was able to totally fly up Morrisville Parkway RR Track hill. That hill really needs a name. Maybe I need to use a common name like Colin McEnroe did in his Bicycling Magazine article, "Fits & Starts". He called his nemesis Tucker. I might get ridiculed for it though since our hills have cool names like Upchuck, The 3 Sisters and Burn-off. :)In the end still tired, itAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970619123140330384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500124995308889705.post-60417578336221380152011-06-22T15:28:00.004-04:002011-06-22T21:51:25.089-04:00How to post a bike for sale on Craig's ListJust thought I'd save everyone a lot of time and hassle. If you are posting a bike for sale please include some key information. It will save you time and likely sell your bike a lot faster.Include a picture in the form of a link to an external picture hosting site. This is much better quality than the little 1 by 1 you get by default. CL even tells you how to do it:http://www.craigslist.org/Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970619123140330384noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500124995308889705.post-8607610913406821962010-10-06T13:41:00.003-04:002010-10-06T13:49:18.252-04:00Two weeks till the Denver Rock n Roll HalfTraining has been going great. I'm only running 3 days a week and still improving so I don't see any need to increase the miles per week, other than the long run. This past Sunday was 12 miles and I decide to do a modified "Calloway method" of running 9 minutes and then walking 1. My average per mile was 11 seconds better than the 10 mile race the previous week. So get that, I walked, I ran 2Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970619123140330384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500124995308889705.post-42851228063414057562010-08-18T16:57:00.002-04:002010-08-18T17:09:44.882-04:00Running, Running, RunningThe 5K times continue to come down as a by-product of the long-distance training. But now the distance actually starts getting longer this week. Doing 7 miles on Sunday after 4 today, 3.5 tomorrow and 3 to 4 on Saturday. I'm also signing up for the Anna's Angels 10 mile race as a gut-check on how well I'm doing. It'll be 3 weeks before my first half marathon so I'll still have some time to do Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970619123140330384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500124995308889705.post-56146779645966884982010-07-30T08:04:00.001-04:002010-07-30T08:04:33.847-04:00Ummm, Donuts?Amazing what a lot of working out will do. In the past "donut day" would have elicited a "Yummm", now its more like "uggh". I guess I've turned the proverbial corner.-MootAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970619123140330384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500124995308889705.post-38872064050761745792010-07-27T22:01:00.003-04:002010-07-27T22:04:08.283-04:0012 week program starts todayStarted the official 12-week half marathon training program today! Did 5X 400 intervals, fast at 5K pace and slow at half marathon pace (or my estimate of what that will be). By the way, congrats to Lance Armstrong and the Radio Shack team on the TDF!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970619123140330384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500124995308889705.post-33529489186944843092010-07-21T13:24:00.003-04:002010-07-21T13:30:41.225-04:00Half Marathon Training Break # OneIt was totally unintentional but my vacation completely sacked my workout schedule. I had even packed all my running stuff and plotted out some courses around Boone. Oh well, it didn't seem to hurt my short-distance time as I ran a 25:41 "easy" 5K this morning. If you haven't been out lately its damn hot, even at 6:30 am. Tomorrow will be an easy 3 miles and some plumbing work for my "Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970619123140330384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500124995308889705.post-90735361648115687592010-06-10T16:53:00.002-04:002010-06-10T16:57:30.065-04:00Half Marathon Training week oneFirst of all I'm not technically starting the training yet as the event isn't until October, but I am following a plan and keeping track of my progress. The first surprise was to have a drastic improvement in my 5K time. I went out for an "easy run" per my work out schedule and ran a 25:23 5K. That's faster than I've run a 5K since college! I'm still not believing it as I didn't feel like IAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970619123140330384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500124995308889705.post-24532067597742582532009-12-16T16:24:00.002-05:002009-12-16T16:28:48.468-05:00SAS Gaurd House reverse runSince I did't want to risk getting bored, I ran the Gaurd House 4.5 miler in reverse. I was told that the reverse run might be a little easier, but running in 40 degree weather is never really easy, although more tollerable than cycling in it. In the end my time was about the same. Of special note, I mentioned in the last post that this is a hilly run. The reverse run allows for a better view Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970619123140330384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500124995308889705.post-32788055793132370962009-12-08T14:28:00.003-05:002009-12-08T14:46:56.303-05:00Running againI'm starting to feel really good in my runs. I did the SAS "Gaurd House" run at lunch today. Basically it takes you to all three gates at SAS using roads and jogging paths. The total distance is about 4.5 miles and my time was 39:30. I've been told that this is a really slow route due to the large number of hills so I feel pretty good about my time. Plus I really wasn't pushing myself too Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970619123140330384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500124995308889705.post-86879412380109040212009-10-27T09:02:00.003-04:002009-10-27T10:02:53.268-04:00Post Jimmy V Ride 2009Great ride. Ended up with 76.4 miles at an average pace of 17.6. According to repeat offenders, the turn out was a little low this year. My guess is somewhere around 100 cyclists doing either 25,50,75 or 100 mile routes. Not sure why the turn out was low but the weather combined with a change in the time of year might have played a part. Several cyclists also joined Dwight in recommending Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970619123140330384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500124995308889705.post-87971287051446428242009-10-23T15:57:00.002-04:002009-10-23T16:04:41.138-04:00Jimmy V Ride 2009The ride is finally here. Of course I just found out that the "75 mile ride" is actually 76.76. All this time I've been training for 75!! What will I do? :) The weather should be awesome, cloudy and 70 degrees. Looking forward to great time. Just need to find some other cyclists who want to average about 17 mph so I don't have to ride alone for 4 and a half hours!If you're driving in the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970619123140330384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500124995308889705.post-55468353466484144692009-09-29T12:05:00.005-04:002009-09-29T20:56:41.479-04:0047.5 miles, a dog chase and a BaptismSaturday was a great day for a ride. A high school friend of mine, fellow Cajun and now Godfather to our third child, was in for the weekend. We headed out to meet the Thorns and Roses at 7:50 ish, and rolled into the Caribou Coffee parking lot just as the cyclists were pulling out, so no time for the usual meet and greet.Andre (sporting my borrowed orange 97 steel LeMonde) pulled alongside Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970619123140330384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500124995308889705.post-22240071147448708712009-09-24T12:27:00.001-04:002009-09-24T12:31:44.638-04:00LIVESTRONG DAY EVENTFellow Cyclists,I’m adding the SAS Friday Ride on October 2nd as part of LIVESTRONG Day – a global day of action to spread the word about the impact of cancer and push for more resources to eliminate the disease.This is our normal Friday ride, but let’s wear yellow to raise awareness.Please pass this on to any and all cyclists in the community.Here is the link to the “event”: http://Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970619123140330384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500124995308889705.post-83170136718419657582009-09-08T09:40:00.004-04:002009-09-08T10:48:29.403-04:00Col de LystraI finally did it. There's been so much talk about the Lystra hill since I moved here that I finally had to do the ride to see what all the fuss was about. Before I get to Lystra though let's back up a bit.I want to thank V. for holding down the fort so that I could ride on Saturday. Since the Saturday Thorns and Roses rides are usually longer I don't go so that I can help around the house with Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970619123140330384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500124995308889705.post-81857263231042483872009-09-02T09:03:00.005-04:002009-09-02T09:13:38.126-04:00Long time no blogSorry about the absense, just working and living life more than blogging lately.Just to get caught up I was able to ride and run last week but haven't been putting on the same number of miles. I'll need to pick it up toward the end of the month to make sure I don't have any problems on the Jimmy V ride. Speaking of which the fundraising has gone great, only need $40 to reach my goal. Thanks toAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970619123140330384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6500124995308889705.post-76373743873727123362009-08-19T16:01:00.003-04:002009-08-19T16:16:48.666-04:0013-20-6-5No, that's not the combination to my locker. :)The SAS Pro ride on Wednesday left the parking lot with 13 riders, gained 7 on Weston Blvd, then 6 of us opted for the short route and 1 got dropped (finally it wasn't me!!).Great ride today and the "Friday" group finally showed up for a Wednesday ride which meant I had a few more semi-pro riders to keep me company.Other than the heat, it was "too Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970619123140330384noreply@blogger.com0