Logbook Daily Record for 04/26/2008
Health:
- Date: 04/26/2008
- Weight: 199
- Mood: Normal
- Sleep Hours: 6.5
- Sleep Pattern: Normal
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i’m happy even though I hurt my hand doing an endo ….
cause I bought the bike! 
Health:
- Date: 04/25/2008
- Weight: 199
- Mood: Happier than Normal
- Sleep Hours: 7
- Sleep Pattern: Normal
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Endo!
I did an endo yesterday while testing out my “new” used bike. My fault. I was totally distracted trying to figure out the shifting, looking down at the derailleur when I suddenly came to the end of the street and decided to make a u-turn. I was going too fast and when I realized I wasn’t going to make the turn, grabbed the front brake. Unfortunately, the brakes are so much better than what I am used to on my other bike that I stopped rather abrubtly and went over the handlebars. As I looked down at the ground coming up at me, I saw my left hand hitting the ground and the fingers bending over backwards the wrong way at the knuckle. My first thought was, “BROKEN!” My second thought was, “Oh no, I just got these pants,” but they weren’t ripped where my knee hit. (My skin was though!)
I got right up and boy did that hand hurt! I should have walked the bike back to the shop but I rode it anyway. I don’t think the hand is broken, I can move all the fingers without any sharp pains but have no gripping strength. I have to drive using the heel of that hand like a suicide knob (remember those?).
Got home and took some vitamin I and iced the hand. It hurt real bad but got better real quick. Probably sprained. This AM there is slight swelling, not too bad, and very slight bruise between the thumb and forefinger. I AM able to type but not grip anything. Better go to the doc’s and get a script for an x-ray. I wanted to get my shoulder checked out anyway. Hope they don’t tell me not to ride the bike. (Bzzzt! INCORRECT! Try again).
By the way, I bought the bike. It’s a Raleigh Olympian. Sweet! Pics later.
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Logbook Daily Record for 04/24/2008
Health:
- Date: 04/24/2008
- Weight: 195
- Mood: Happier than Normal
- Sleep Hours: 6
- Sleep Pattern: Normal
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Thursday’s my “rest” day at the gym
My wife laughs that I call it a rest day when I go to the gym or ride the bike. But what “rest” day means to me is a day that I don’t hammer it and just take it easy. Today was such a day. My average HR was 94 for the half hour upper body “workout”.
For my ub workouts as you can see from the numbers, I REALLY take it easy cause my upper body has always been weak since child hood and I have never really overcome it. I am prone to all kinds of injuries up there; golfers elbow for example which took me 2 years to get rid of and still flares up mildly on occasion. Right now I have a problem with my right shoulder which I have been avoiding going to the doctor’s about (rotator cuff?). I’m afraid he’s going to tell me to stop riding the bike (wrong answer!)
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rest day/upper body workout
Workout:
- Type: Strength Training
- Date: 04/24/2008
- Time: 06:30:00
- Total Time: 00:32:10.80
- Average Heart rate: 94
- Calories: 143
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My “new” used bike update ….
I think the Kabuki is out of the running. Matt, owner of Mad Dog Bicycles, my local LBS (yeah, I know, that’s redundant) didn’t get to checking out the weird random noise cause he’s been swamped with repairs and new bike sales. It’s that time of year for bike shops especially with the great weather and lousy gas prices. I should have done my bike deal in the winter when Matt was twiddling his thumbs but I didn’t have the money then. Anyway, as I was waiting to talk to Matt, I took a second look at the Raleigh that I had rejected on first try earlier cause I thought it was too small. It really didn’t “look” too small this time. It turns out it is a 59cm which is ideal for me. I had thought it was a 54 for some reason. I test rode it again. I think the reason I thought it was small was cause the seat was angled down and also needed to be pushed back on the post. It’s a nice riding bike and feels pretty solid. No funny noises. The shifting front and back needs tweaking and Matt says that it has the wrong cable clamp on the rear derailleur cable. He couldn’t find one there at the shop but said he had one at home so I will check in tonight and hopefully can ride away with it. I’m really excited about riding a real road bike. I’ll see if I can live without a granny gear here in the foothills of the Helderbergs. 
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recovery ride - 1hr at the Corning Bike Path
Workout:
- Type: Cycle
- Date: 04/23/2008
- Time: 12:30:00
- Total Time: 1:03:58.00
- Average Heart rate: 104
- Calories: 347
- Distance: 10.77 miles
- Average Speed: 10.1 mph
- Max Speed: 15.8 mph
- Average Cadence: 73
Perfect day. 73 degrees. but I’m feelin’ it. Tomorrow rest. Upper body workout at the gym in the AM and that’s it.
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45 min bike ride in zone 3 plus cheating … Meads Lane Loop
Zone 3 is 70-79% MHR. I went over … 08:46 over 80%. I’m sorry! Legs are now buzzin’. Nice!
Workout:
- Type: Cycle
- Date: 04/23/2008
- Time: 06:30:00
- Total Time: 1:05:05.00
- Average Heart rate: 125
- Calories: 484
- Distance: 12.12 miles
- Average Speed: 11.17 mph
- Max Speed: 29.5 mph
- Average Cadence: 85
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Rampin’ it up! But not TOO much!
This week the weather around here (Albany, NY area) has been like southern cal; 75 deg, clear and dry, nary a cloud in the sky. Very hard to stick to one ride a day. Mornings are getting lighter earlier and temps are moderate. Of course, I can’t stand staying inside the office on lunch hour so bringing the bike in for a ride down by the Hudson river is a must! Plus, buddy Brad suggests it might to time to ramp it up so I thought, “Well, I’ll just double my training volume; 2 training rides a day instead of just one”. Yesterday, I was scheduled to do a light intensity ride so I did it in the morning and then again in the afternoon. No problem. Today I intended to do the same thing with my higher intensity ride but I remember I read somewhere that you need to be careful about ramping up training F.I.T.; Frequency, Intensity, Time (duration). I think the number I read was no more than 5%/week. I’ll track that down. But especially for us over 40 fellers (I’m 60). Plus I haven’t been sleeping too well since the weather change. We close the bedroom door to block noises but the air gets kind of stuffy and it’s warmer but I like to sleep with some kind of cover on and I haven’t put the A/C in yet. So I find myself awake a lot and thrashing around trying to get comfortable.
Anyhow, back on topic. I DO like to ride. So this noon-time I’ll try to do a recovery ride instead of 45 minutes in the 70-79%MHR range like I had originally planned and restrain myself from looking at the numbers too much although I WILL record my miles. I want to get my credit you know!
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