Well I have had a few people asking me to write something on here, sorry for the wait but I have been been trying not think so much about cycling while I'm not able to ride and filling my time with other things to pass the days untill I could do some training again.
So picking up from where I left it, I went and saw the specialist and fortunately I didnt need an operation which was good, all I needed was to wear a fancy strap to pull my shoulders back to make sure the collar bone would line up properly while healing. She also told me I couldn't ride my bike for 2 weeks, which I already saw coming after reading a few articles on the internet. Luckily instead of having to sit in my apartment for 2 weeks and being bored as hell, I was able to catch a train up to Holland and stay with my aunty, uncle and their two kids. Was really good for a change of scenery and i got to do a few touristy things and mostly chill out and treat the time as a holiday. I also did a bit of walking everyday to keep the fitness up a bit.
I am now back in Lyon and have started riding my bike on the erg and I must say I feel so much better finally being able to get on my bike even though im feeling very slow. The shoulder is feeling ok holding the handlebars at the moment and the pain is slowly getting less everyday and I can move my arm almost normally without to much pain. I think by the end of the week I will be able to start some training on the road so im looking forward to that. But will know for sure after my x-ray at the end of the week.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Sunday, May 13, 2012
bad luck
So I sit here in my apartment typing with one hand feeling sorry for myself, with my other arm in a sling because of a broken collar bone. Not really what I wanted to be writing about nearing the middle of the season.
Starting on Thursday was a big objective of mine, the Rhone Alpes Isere tour, a UCI 2.2 4 day race around where I live. The last 2 months I have done the most training I have ever done before and was feeling super motivated. The first stage was the flattest of the four stages with only a few hard hills in the finishing circuits. A break of 20 from the start managed to stay away and i finished in the diminished peloton of 25 1 and half minutes behind. And the good sensations were definitely there.
The next day everything turned to shit. We woke up to find that out team van had been broken into during the night and there were 7 bikes stolen (we weren't the worst off, one other team had all their bikes and wheels stolen). My bike was one of the bikes stolen so it was a mad rush to get some new bikes sorted. luckily our service course was nearby and we got some spare bikes from there. We also got some new frames from our bike supplier O'rka, who's factory is also nearby. Luckily I got my bike all finished up just less than an hour before the start. Unfortunately my bad luck didn't stop there, 70km into the stage there was a crash in the peloton right infront of me and I had nowhere to go but straight onto a pile if bikes and people and then over the handlebars into the ground. I felt straight away something wasn't right, I couldn't move my arm and when I felt my shoulder I could feel a bone sticking out. So I was taken in the ambulance to a nearby hospital and the whole time all I could think about was the amount of extremely hard work I've put in the last couple of weeks that all in one crash has gone to waste with no results to show for it.
I have an appointment with a specialist tomorrow to decide whether i need an operation so will update after that. but for the moment I think i'll be out for a month.
Sometimes life is a real bitch
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Starting on Thursday was a big objective of mine, the Rhone Alpes Isere tour, a UCI 2.2 4 day race around where I live. The last 2 months I have done the most training I have ever done before and was feeling super motivated. The first stage was the flattest of the four stages with only a few hard hills in the finishing circuits. A break of 20 from the start managed to stay away and i finished in the diminished peloton of 25 1 and half minutes behind. And the good sensations were definitely there.
The next day everything turned to shit. We woke up to find that out team van had been broken into during the night and there were 7 bikes stolen (we weren't the worst off, one other team had all their bikes and wheels stolen). My bike was one of the bikes stolen so it was a mad rush to get some new bikes sorted. luckily our service course was nearby and we got some spare bikes from there. We also got some new frames from our bike supplier O'rka, who's factory is also nearby. Luckily I got my bike all finished up just less than an hour before the start. Unfortunately my bad luck didn't stop there, 70km into the stage there was a crash in the peloton right infront of me and I had nowhere to go but straight onto a pile if bikes and people and then over the handlebars into the ground. I felt straight away something wasn't right, I couldn't move my arm and when I felt my shoulder I could feel a bone sticking out. So I was taken in the ambulance to a nearby hospital and the whole time all I could think about was the amount of extremely hard work I've put in the last couple of weeks that all in one crash has gone to waste with no results to show for it.
I have an appointment with a specialist tomorrow to decide whether i need an operation so will update after that. but for the moment I think i'll be out for a month.
Sometimes life is a real bitch
Monday, May 7, 2012
tour du chablais
Finally had a race that wasn't raining this weekend which was very nice for a change. Felt like I hadn't raced for ages as last weekend the race I was supposed to do was canceled because of bad weather. Anyway the race this weekend was an elite national and on some hard parcours which started on the edge of lake geneva in town called Thonon-les-Bains. Was a really cool place with the sun shining and looking across the lake to Switzerland. The race basically went up a mountain, down to the valley then back up and down to the start again.
The first 50 km were flat before the climbing began and my plan was to just sit in for this section. Unfortunately a large break of 15 riders got away here and once again our team had nobody in it which I didnt understand because we had 13 riders on the start line and for 9 of them their job was to get in the early break... this caused a huge fuss and our team were the only team chasing and the DS was not a happy chappy.
At the first climb I was pretty much attacking all I could but unfortunately I seemed t have a problem with my chain it was so stretched it was slipping every time I attacked which was less than ideal (I had planned to get changed after this race, obviously a little to late). this sort of screwed me up a bit but I just dealt with it and stayed active for the next 80km.
By the final 20km there were just 15 left from the peloton and we had swept up all but 4 riders from the early break. From my team there was still me Sebastien and Jeremy. I was really hurting from all my earlier efforts and so was sebastien a bit and jeremy had just been sitting in so we decided to help him out. We set jeremy up pretty good for the last climb and he got away with 4 others. They didnt catch the 4 out front by the end and Jeremy got 8th. I arrived in a group sprinting for 11th place and I came in 20th place.
I felt really strong and was a real good hit out before Rhone alpes tour next week (uci 2.2) and the results were more reflected on tactics rather than strength so I'm happy with how I went, I had planned to attack more from from further out than wait for the final.
The first 50 km were flat before the climbing began and my plan was to just sit in for this section. Unfortunately a large break of 15 riders got away here and once again our team had nobody in it which I didnt understand because we had 13 riders on the start line and for 9 of them their job was to get in the early break... this caused a huge fuss and our team were the only team chasing and the DS was not a happy chappy.
At the first climb I was pretty much attacking all I could but unfortunately I seemed t have a problem with my chain it was so stretched it was slipping every time I attacked which was less than ideal (I had planned to get changed after this race, obviously a little to late). this sort of screwed me up a bit but I just dealt with it and stayed active for the next 80km.
By the final 20km there were just 15 left from the peloton and we had swept up all but 4 riders from the early break. From my team there was still me Sebastien and Jeremy. I was really hurting from all my earlier efforts and so was sebastien a bit and jeremy had just been sitting in so we decided to help him out. We set jeremy up pretty good for the last climb and he got away with 4 others. They didnt catch the 4 out front by the end and Jeremy got 8th. I arrived in a group sprinting for 11th place and I came in 20th place.
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