Unless you are a Pro/Hero, you should always be completely spent at the end of a race. If you aren't, then you left cards on the table, and you didn't try hard enough.
I just did a half push up JK! back when I was racing I used to Mtn bike a minimum of 20 miles a day 4 -5 days a week I"ve probably hiked close to 500 miles running Just wasn't very feasable with a backpack and after hurting my back racing theres just too much pain and recovery time involved with running so low impact exercise is the ticket for now, surgery is probably in the near future BTW Thats awesome Quyen I'll be in Death Valley late March so I can't make a spectator / spectacle out of myself at your next race, any tenative plans for after that one
I bought a Concept 2 rower last August a little past mid-way through the hare scramble season. Since then I've logged almost half a million meters. It will give you all you want and then some. It's low impact on knees, back, hips, etc, but my ass sure hurts after a long week of rowing. Lately I've been focusing more on high intensity interval training instead of long steady burns. Everything I'm reading is saying that intervals are more effective for increasing fitness than longer steady state work-outs. Anyway, it's a pretty good cross training tool, great for cardio, and works the legs, core, and upper body: http://www.concept2.com
hahaha AJ i hope i'm not one of those 4 ADVrs that you were talking about. :huh i won't be racing (or riding) anytime soon. after having the doc cut my abdomen open about 12 inches vertically, it will be awhile before i swing my leg over the bike let alone race.:eek1
im glad to hear that you are home and heading back to work on tuesday. I hate to hear that you are in the hospital! that sucks.... hoping that you can be out there racing soon!! any word on a more permanent solution?
Mike, yes, i was in the hospital with a Crohn's Disease flare. my intestine was blocked AND had a hole(perforation). i've been blocked before(inflamation and ulcers), but the hole in the intestine is deadly. i was lucky to have gotten to the hospital when i did. the surgery is that they cut a vertical incision through my abdomen (stomach muscles) to open up the abdomen and remove the blocked intestine, and resection it. i'll try to get back on the bike in a few weeks, but as far as pushing it, it will be another month or so. BUT, i WILL race this season for sure. ASAP !!! now, back to eatpasta's thread....
I know! im going to try and push for five miles of running tomorrow. Also I got some hand strengtheners for the office.... hopefully then Ill have a prayer to finish in the top 10 in class.
I would like to get out there and run too but I find that I spend too much time reading these forums to get up early and work out. If the earlier races this year are any indication you'll have a top ten no matter what. There were only 4 or 5 people in your class in Jackrabbits and Desert MC.
sadly it still hurts! its still a litter swollen, but no, not fairbanks-alaska swollen. im just going to have to say that its ligament damage and keep taking ibuprofen and using the tens unit and doing some physical therapy stuff, run on it when I can and hope for the best. If found that in the past, perseverance through exercise usually helps.... just as long as you're not damaging it more.
had an interesting day today. I got a decent start (5th or so to the end of the bomb) but had a decent endo at the end of the bomb..... then about two miles later some guy jumped out in front of me and I went down, and by the time I got the bike started I was in dead last. I was feeling like crap but I just wicked it up and Scotty and I went along for awhile. Eventually I pulled away and managed to make it back to around 33rd OA..... Im VERY curious to see how I did in class. Scotty did incredibly on his first race on the actual pig - the 650L
here's the stuff the wife got this weekend.... I HAVE NO HEAD scottys bike riders meeting scotty getting ready getting ready to start <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MUyx9CdlhmI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> scotty finishin
