Training Log Archive: 'Bent

Ho hum, more trainer riding to the big breakaway. This certainly is the year to break away in the TDF.

Swimming with Bash (and both dogs). Need to get ready for the discipline of Adventure Swimming, whatever that is, and I thought it might be OK for my back.
I'm such a lousy swimmer. I can do it, but sure don't enjoy disciplined laps much, so there wasn't much of that. Front crawl and breaststroke hurt my back a bit, so I had to stick to backstrokes mostly.

The back is 75% better.

C • swimming 5

Raid The North - Ottawa Valley - 36 hr adventure race

C • How's this race coming for you... 2

Rode with the TDF, and hammered to the finish with Popo.

A rather careful workout #3. I had to omit shoulder press, upright rowing and standing curls as my back didn't like them.

The back's 75% better.
Riding the bike trainer with extra lumbar support seems OK, and about all I can do. In the afternoon I was all dressed up and ready to go for an outdoor ride, but Bash persuaded me that I'd be better to recover than push the limits of my back.
I still can't run, and even walking bugs it.

C • Outdoor Ride 2

Rode the trainer as the TDF went up the Tourmalet, before work. I still don't trust my back to run or bike to work yet, but it's recovering.

After a particularly nasty session of accupuncture/electrotherapy from TOD (Who felt badly, but things are very inflamed- After all, he's in *my* chair tomorrow) I rode the trainer a bit, with extra lumbar support. Just as I was getting going up the Haute Categorie climb of the TDF, the power went out.

SI Joint's still strained, but it's about 40% better than yesterday. LeAnimal added a glute stretch to my regime, and rx ice.

I did some balance and easy stretching while watching TDF.
Bash's car seat's the most comfy place for me today.

Back's worse today. Even Thumbs of Death recommended a couple of rest days, and he never does. My SI joint's out of whack, and I got some accupuncture and work done on it. Pretty much constant pain, but less if I'm sitting. Barely able to walk, can't even carry my work backpack.

No dramatic story about falling off a tree while riding 3M off the ground with no hands, just slept funny last week.

C • Old age? 3

We've been sleeping in the guest room during some rennovations. On Friday night the Bulletdog decided to jam herself in bed on my spine, and I woke up with a stiff back. It's definitely out of whack today. Thumbs of Death, here I come!

Bike-O in Dufferin forest with Bash.
We had the O-map, and I've wanted to ride the area and try out my bike map holder. I had a really good time navigating without the pressure of a race. Some of the trails were really loose, but others were excellent. Much doubletrack, similar to AR-type stuff. There's a ton of trail distance there, and lots more potential exploration. It would be good in damp conditions, as there's no way all that sand would be muddy.

Much stop for drive-by-fruiting, as we stuffed our faces with red and black raspberries. We were out for a lot longer than my bike 'puter recorded!

My back didn't bother me much at all on the 'Bent, but when I had to get off to lift over big logs it hurt.
Bash's bike made all sorts of horrible shifting sounds.