It's killing me but..........

Sillyoldtwit

Nice to hear from you Curlew. In answer to your question above to RD.

I think he's created a crankenstein!

Funny you should mention tiredness. I neglected to mention that there were other climbs that seemed to go on forever though probably only about 7/9% climbs. Despite all the climbing and high speed on the flat bits, I only had a 10 minute nap in the car and I was then ready to drive 2 hours home. Then after a bath went to the in-laws for dinner, and it wasn't till 10pm after a can of beer that I started to feel sleepy. Ususally after my 100km Sunday rides I need 2 hours sleep to recover. Can't explain that.

Anyway, this week I'm going to force myself to take 3 days off for my injuries to heal, then hare off to the gym on Thursday avariciously looking for more power. Hopefully I shall be able to do 2x20 @ ??? Watts.

PS The tunnel wasn't dark - I was wearing dark sunglasses.

RapDaddyo

A monster, it would appear.

Sillyoldtwit

2 days with testing rides. RD, you should take it easier, you'll damage your heart you know.

RapDaddyo

Oh, right, I nearly forgot. Actually, I think I'll just move up my ride time to ~4AM from now until September. But, I'm not sure my PM is backlit. Maybe I'll start riding a trainer or find a gym and do spinning classes with some of those fine young ladies you're always talking about. Now, that would be a turning of the tables. In the northeast, they ride the trainer in the winter and here I ride the trainer in the summer. Pretty wild. Do they make A/Cs for bikes?

whoawhoa

2k of climbing? Is that even worth mentioning? You can probably find that much in Kansas.

Lonnie Utah

[QUOTE=Sillyoldtwit]One final note for all those who talk about good definition cycling legs, good muscular calves, 5,000 dollar bikes etc. I burned up no end of them.[/QUOTE]

To quote an old friend, it's not the bike, it's the motor....

Glad you had a good ride.

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RapDaddyo

Good point, but the 5 mile 6% climb after 40 miles in 100 degree heat sure didn't feel like Kansas.

netscriber

Hey Tyson.

Congrats. Keep it going. My back is still hurting and my chiro says I cant think about riding for another 2 weeks.
And keep those updates coming.

Sillyoldtwit

Thanks for the congrats but it was no big deal really, being only another 40km on top of what I was doing on Sundays.

Sorry to hear about your back, but not for being unable to get on your bike. I was thinking more along the lines of another pleasurable pursuit where the back is of the utmost importance. That is assuming you're not the passive type of course!

Seriously though, get better quickly - you are falling behind you know.

whoawhoa

Don't be too modest now-a brutal century route like that is no easy feat. More impressively, you were able to truly ride it, mix it up some, etc, not just survive.

So, what's masters racing in japan like?

netscriber

Hhahe. I know. You know I am so sick of lying around on the couch with my laptop that I am just dying to get the hell out.

Yea I know. When I get back I am going to have to find a way to do 4x20's just to pick up !! Watch out Tyson.

netscriber

I was thinking the same thing Tyson. Pretty soon you will join the 300W club. And then kicking your riding partners ass wont be much fun anymore.

Sillyoldtwit

Just a quickie guys, loads of translations coming into to do.

Bad news; my wounds are worse than I thought. My wife applied plenty of foul smelling antisceptic gunge to the affected areas and bandaged me up. However, last night when she removed the dressings, there was pus oozing from the sores.
So paid a visit to the quack this morning. After the nurse had removed the dressing the quack exclaimed, "my god".
So the long and short of it is, 3 young Japanese nurses attende my injuries, one bandaged the knee, another the thigh and the other my elbow, and I'm banned from taking a bath or shower for 1 week. Read, no sweating!

Am I depressed or downhearted? Far from it, this an excellent opportunity to give the old body a complete rest from the last 4 months of highish intensity training. And hopefully I shall come back stronger than ever.

Au revior! Tyson

Sillyoldtwit

Heehee! RD, I see your FT is 325Watts

You probably didn't get the Dr.Who sci-fi series over there in the colony, but there were these robots called Daleks who glided around shouting in a gruff, hoarse voice...

TERMINATE, TERMINATE!

Think of me as a Dalek hot on your tail.

And you're only 62 btw - pah, youngsters these days!