Tag Archives: healing
All packed up and back in the saddle again
With four days to go before I roll up to the BC Bike Race start line (yikes!), two important things happened last night. The first is that I slipped into a pair of bike shorts and jersey for the first … Continue reading
The magic of cobras, needles and rest
On Sunday night when my son came home from a weekend with his dad, one of the first things out of his sweet little mouth was, “Momma, is your back better?” Aside from making me a little weepy with gratitude … Continue reading
Unrealistic dreamer or determined warrior?
I can hear my massage therapist friend Lucas nattering in my ear already: “You need to stay off the bike! What’s WRONG with you?” Much as I hate to admit it, he’s right. I’ve had to clip out and walk … Continue reading
And now, for a little inspiration…
This morning, I woke up to a video post (embedded below) on Google+ from a guy who rode this year’s Absa Cape Epic, a race that looks like Satan himself drew up the course. This 748 kilometre race through South … Continue reading
A little extra training time. Surprise!
It was like manna from heaven. My ex-husband texted me on Friday to ask if he could take our son from noon until 5 o’clock on Saturday. It took exactly 1 second for me to realize that meant I could … Continue reading
This post is a sandwich
One common method of delivering bad news in business is deliciously called the “sandwich”. The idea is that you offer your audience news about something good, quickly slip in the bit of bad news you are obligated to tell them … Continue reading
Body deficiencies and bike improvements
I had a bit of a breakdown on Monday. Just 5 weeks away from my race, I am once again desperately trying to heal a broken part of my body. My slip and fall 3 weeks ago continues to haunt … Continue reading
Stop lights and hills are messing with me
With my newfound training plan, I strapped on my heart rate monitor last tuesday morning and headed out for Zone 1 awesomeness. Unfortunately, I discovered that a mostly downhill commute makes it rather difficult to reach my minimum target heart … Continue reading
Falling for cycling
Falling sucks. It can be embarrassing, distracting, and most importantly, painful. I would like to say I’m writing about it because I rode a technically challenging line on my mountain bike and just didn’t quite get it right, resulting in … Continue reading
What a difference some rest makes
I’m happy to say there has been progress on the healing front after nearly 6 days of doing yoga, sleeping 8 hours each night and visiting the chiropractor while staying off the bike and boycotting bootcamp. The pain and weakness … Continue reading
I'm gonna train this time 