Did You Ride Today?

[CAMPYBOB]

Yeah...get your ass home ASAP. Blood clots may be a concern, but the docs NEVER take into account that we are lifetime athletes. Never. Your conditioning is giving you 20 years or better in the health department. Your lower than average body mass will stress your damaged pelvis far less than the general population. Your improved circulation will aid recovery.

As long as your cracks and / or breaks do not require reinforcement through surgery you are golden, brother. I;m crossing my fingers that is the case.

I told you the tale of my buddy and the yellow Camaro. He was a Cat 3, 155 pounds of raw climbing power on a custom Campagnolo equipped English (the brand and the builder's name...Google his website and you can see the pics of my bud's demolished frame that he sent back to Mr. English after the crash).

http://www.englishcycles.com/cat/custombikes/page/3/# That is a pic of the replacement frame for the one that got totalled. Still looking for the crash pics online (since the site's photo hosting is trashed).

Multiple reconstruction surgeries on his leg, pelvis and upper extremities. Wheelchairs, crutches and a mega screwed up life style for three months. Then...voila! From light trainer spins on 135 MM crank arms (knee range of motion was totally FUBAR) to the regular trainer to the road to back to 60-mile training rides was a year.

You have a three month head start on him and your leg wasn't broken in 12 places. I figure a no resistance trainer for you in three weeks. Possibly 2 weeks.

I guess the important question at this point is...How is the bike?!?!?!

 

[CAMPYBOB]

Partial story of my bud's crash and the replacement buke build:
http://www.englishcycles.com/custombikes/mitchs-road-bike-2/

Maybe a new Campagnolo equipped custom build will speed your recovery, JH!

My bud's reply to Rob English:

"I have been able to ride my resistance trainer with a 135 BMX crank with no pain. Rob suggested the shorter crank. Just need to develop a bit more knee flexion before I can turn my usual 172.5s. That Camaro Rob mentioned was going about 70 mph from my left. Besides a badly broken pelvis and three lumbar vertebral compression fxs, I had about a dozen fractures of the left tibia including the tibial plateau. My surgeon calls it a “classic bumper injury” meaning the front bumper of a car."

Rob also suffered a very bad crash two years ago that took him out of the game for three months. Both he and my friend are doing very well now. Soon, you will be back on the bike and enjoying the fresh Tennessee air!

 

[jhuskey]

I have not looked at it but my wife says it is fine. Looks like they are going to cut me loose today. Maybe this afternoon.

 

[CAMPYBOB]

Great news! For you...not the bike! Tell your wife that you really need that drink now.

 

[jhuskey]

Great news! For you...not the bike! Tell your wife that you really need that drink now.

She knows I do . She has been here since 7am waiting on the ortho and to take me home.

 

[jhuskey]

Doc says I can go home today.

 

[CAMPYBOB]

Time to make good use of that Man Chair. Feet up...relax! Have your wife put on TDF videos of Lance and Jan playing on those big hills in France.

 

[CAMPYBOB]

Consecutive day of riding number 95:

I barely got this one in after a 5 PM rain blew through the area. I found dry roads and quickly threw a leg over the TREK Emonda and pushed off in a real hurry to get a mega ride of...drum roll...12 miles in! Not exactly like trying to train for RAAM, for sure. At least I tried to keep the Watts pouring out and the intensity factor high.

The course was flat as a pancake and I think I had all of 118' of climbing. Not one of my usual routes, just one that offered a few miles of dry asphalt and that was this afternoon's goal.

The weather report is not promising much...just scattered showers over the next two days so the odds of the streak extending are getting slim right now. No biggee if it continues or ends. We've just seen with JH's dog crash how quickly life can change and what is REALLY important. Our health.

I hope you are resting easy this cool Fall evening, JH. Get some sleep in your own bed with your wife as the best nurse going. That's pretty good for what just happened to you!

 

[jhuskey]

Didnt sleep in my bed since it is upstairs but my wife dragged the recliner down the stairs from my office and I slept in it. She also stayed on the couch all night next to me in case I needed anything. So she is taking good care of me. I seem to be moving a bit better today. Yesterday when they released me they said I was where doing what people do on their 3rd day. That is sad since I think I am pathetic right now.

 

[CAMPYBOB]

I don't know how long you'll be limited as far as stairs go, but those hospital equipment rental stores have everything you might need including temporary installation stair climbing rail chairs.

Your wife dragged a recliner down the stairs?! That's an impressive feat of strength and it isn't even Festivus!

You might be beat to **** today, but tomorrow you will be...LESS beat to ****! Every day will be a day closer to getting on your trainer and then your bike. If the doctors are amazed now, just wait until you drop your power and mileage files in their laps.

Like I said...from some painfully acquired personal experience I might add...the docs NEVER anticipate dealing with the bodies of lifetime athletes. You don't have to be Chris Froome to be light years ahead of the game when it comes to health and recovery.

The truth of the matter is that even in your current state you are probably in much better physical condition than the staff that is treating you.

 

[jhuskey]

I am moving better today but it still hurts like hell sometimes. I haven't used any pain meds as yet but may need some to be able to move more, we will see.
My wife is one stubborn individual which helps at times like this and yes most of the hospital staff, with the exception of the Ortho's young aide, were in bad to below average condition. Two of them did congratulate me on my physical condition. My walker is aluminum frame and adjustable. Not sure about the components but don't think they are high end stuff. Maybe a Chinese knock-off frame. It is not worth **** for climbing.

 

[CAMPYBOB]

Meh...don't worry about moving around too much right now. You're not going to stiffen up and get brittle in a week. Maybe keep the upper body moving...something like right arm curls with about 12 oz. of weight in the hand!

I can set you up with Rob English. For around $5,000 he'll braze you a Reynolds / Columbus tube mix walker that only weighs 3 pounds and will have you climbing like you're on your bike! Better allow another 5 grand for Campy EPS and direct mount Super Record parking brakes.

But yeah, the first 2 to 3 days after crash day are the most painful for most. This is where the ability to get right back on the bike for some very short, flat sessions would help. It will be interesting to see when the ortho clears you to get back on your trainer and what his rational is for that time frame. I'm thinking maybe drop the seat a little bit to get your hips back into the routine without stressing the bones too much? Maybe raise the bars to keep hip rotation angle more open?

 

[jhuskey]

I actually did ask my wife to bring some weights up from the basement but more than 12 ounces.

 

[CAMPYBOB]

I actually did ask my wife to bring some weights up from the basement but more than 12 ounces.

I wouldn't recommend you lift anything heavier than a cut glass highball size container filled with bourbon and maybe one ice cube.

Don't want to pull a recently bruised muscle!


Consecutive riding day number 96: Riding vicariously through CampyBob!

22.2 miles in 67 degree sunshine. The wind was really tough this afternoon. 15 to 20 MPH with gusts up to 32 MPH. The 7 miles I did into that wind was plenty!

1230' of climbing and the pace was pretty much a medium tempo whether on the flats or climbing. Yesterday's ride was very, very short, but also very punchy and my legs were feeling like they were full of lactic acid or mayber just plain dead.

Still, this afternoon's ride was a fun one! The roads were deserted and no angry critters tried to commit suicide in front of me. The Wilier rode silently and the only thing I could hear over the almost constant roar of the wind was the chain moving up and down the cassette.

 

[jhuskey]

It's not the muscles, it's the fractures but the doc said I could use weights for my upper body. Moving a little better everyday but this is gonna take a while.

 

[CAMPYBOB]

They're trying to kill us all!

This afternoon a mutt came sprinting out of a yard and locked his paws up on the road and SLID just brhind my rear tire as I went past him somewhere near 20 MPH. He was only about a 20-pounder, but would have taken me out had he made contact.

A mile down the road a slightly bigger white mutt jumped of the deck of a double-wide and started out for me at a run. I yelled at him and he turned tail.

Just before getting back to the car, not one, not two...but THREE squirrels formed a suicide parade line and ran across the road just in front of me.

We're doomed!


Consecutive riding day number 97:

Just 21 miles at 17.1 MPH and just under 700' of climbing. It was 74 degrees, the sky was dark blue and rain is hitting the area. They are calling for a slow moving front to come through and take four days to clear out.

The streak may have just ended! If it does, I will have been blessed! For and Ohio rider that is an amazing number of days in the saddle and it's got my old record beat by 21 days. Over three straight months of riding!

We'll see if I can stretch it out, but it's not looking too good.

Off to do a little bike maintenance.

Rest easy tonight, JH!

 

[Uawadall]

No rides, my before and after work window is damn near closed shut! Looking at a rainy weekend as well, this post may be the campy bob show for a while.

 

[Uawadall]

6.1 miles/18.3mph/290ft.... Better start taking a personal day here and there and start using the rollers.

 

[Bicycleman]

I haven't posted in some time. I had to look up this place to see which one it was I used to post, since I'm a member at 3 sites. I'm sorry to hear about your recent accident, J. Huskey. I had a dog take me down once, my left arm got crushed as well as a pelvis fracture. That was in 2005 or so, but because of it, I can no longer straighten out my left arm. It really screwed up my strength, and I can't even stand and pedal steep hills. The dog was supposedly a stray, but a well-fed one, though. All the neighbors in that area got together and claimed the dog was a stray, yeah, sure. In any event, the guy that was feeding the stray lived in a trailer and didn't have a pot to pee in. I wasn't about to sue him. That wouldn't have been ethical so all their lying was for naught.

Me, I have been riding 200k's every month and 100k's as well each month. I want that P-12 and R-12 award at the end of the year. I never did try a 300k, but I will next year. The most I have done this year is a 217k, about 136 miles or so. I was pretty slow coming in at 11:55, but I finished it. It wasn't a race. Anybody heard from Mr. Beans?

 

[Bicycleman]

No rides, my before and after work window is damn near closed shut! Looking at a rainy weekend as well, this post may be the campy bob show for a while.

Yeah, they're talking rain for me this weekend. I have a 150k I'm scoping out to enter as a RUSA ride, and try as I might, I can't get a decent day, much less a weekend to make sure everything is as I say it is in Ride with GPS.

They're trying to kill us all!

This afternoon a mutt came sprinting out of a yard and locked his paws up on the road and SLID just brhind my rear tire as I went past him somewhere near 20 MPH. He was only about a 20-pounder, but would have taken me out had he made contact.

A mile down the road a slightly bigger white mutt jumped of the deck of a double-wide and started out for me at a run. I yelled at him and he turned tail.

Just before getting back to the car, not one, not two...but THREE squirrels formed a suicide parade line and ran across the road just in front of me.

We're doomed!


Consecutive riding day number 97:

Just 21 miles at 17.1 MPH and just under 700' of climbing. It was 74 degrees, the sky was dark blue and rain is hitting the area. They are calling for a slow moving front to come through and take four days to clear out.

The streak may have just ended! If it does, I will have been blessed! For and Ohio rider that is an amazing number of days in the saddle and it's got my old record beat by 21 days. Over three straight months of riding!

We'll see if I can stretch it out, but it's not looking too good.

Off to do a little bike maintenance.

Rest easy tonight, JH!

If you're riding that much, who's doing the farm chores, your wife?