July 2009
5 posts
crash + 8 days
Followup visit with the doctor yesterday - the road rash is healing well, and the hematoma has shrunk a bit, although it’s still really tender. I’ve switched to a Tegaderm dressing for the time being, and we’ll see how that goes in terms of healing for the road rash.
The verdict from the doctor in terms of racing for this weekend is that racing with the crash injury as things...
crash + 6 days
Elbow’s pretty much completely healed. Hip, not so much. I tried doing a medium-pace interval ride yesterday morning, which actually felt pretty good, but I was completely exhausted and in a good deal of pain by the middle of the day. I went home after lunch time and promptly fell sound asleep on the sofa until dinner time. This morning I woke up a bit sore, although not too bad. ...
crash +4 days
Swelling’s most of the way gone - I think my leg’s still a bit swollen overall, but the large lump on my hip is mostly gone. As you can see, the bruising is pretty ugly and has spread quite a bit - it’s currently running from just above my hip to about halfway down to my knee, and is now also most of the way around to the back of my thigh.
4th of July BBQ went quite well -...
“Pain don’t hurt” -Road House
Elbow’s healing up nicely…
…hip not as much. The swelling in my hip has reduced quite a bit, although my hip is still very sore and obviously quite bruised.
“Put me back on my bike” -Tom Simpson
This morning, I didn’t take any of the Vicodin that the doctor prescribed after the crash. Instead, I did an...
Well, I may be done peaking for the crit...
Last night’s time trial went very well - 16MPH headwind for the second half of the time trial, and I was still only 22 seconds slower than my PR for the course!
Once a week as part of my training, I head over to a local parking lot to do handling drills on the bike - typically practicing time trial turnaround + working on cornering sharper turns and at faster speeds. Headed out this...