The Long Road Back Part Eight Descending is underrated. A cyclist can gain massive time advantages on riders (and segments if that is your thing) if he… Read more “Strength to Weakness”
Tag: injury
The Eighty-Mile Mark
The Long Road Back Part Seven Have you ever been driving and miss an exit ramp, only to find out that the next ramp is eight miles… Read more “The Eighty-Mile Mark”
Answering the Call
The Long Road Back Part Six Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road, Healthy, free, the world before me, The long brown path before me… Read more “Answering the Call”
The Next Rung on the Ladder
The Long Road Back Part Five When I was a teenager, I remember thinking how cool it would be to own a new truck. Many kids in… Read more “The Next Rung on the Ladder”
The False Flat
The Long Road Back Part Four Standing at the entrance to the hospital, I thought it comical what was happening in front of me. Everyone was having… Read more “The False Flat”
Mind over Matter
The Long Road Back Part Two The head game of injury is sometimes greater than the injury itself, although my physical injury was . . . well,… Read more “Mind over Matter”
The Long Road Back
Part One It happened so quickly. I remember things in pieces, as if you tore different pages from a magazine. Blood and dirt. My bike in pieces.… Read more “The Long Road Back”
Should you warm up before you stretch?
Yes. There is no doubt that stretching is a very important part of exercising of any kind. The flexibility of the muscles and tendons are crucial when it… Read more “Should you warm up before you stretch?”
First Time for Everything
When he jumped out of the saddle to make a break on the hill, Mike’s cleat broke away from the pedal. I was directly behind him in the… Read more “First Time for Everything”
