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Fastest time in two years up Kings this morning... not dead yet! Perspective is an interesting thing. I went though a massive decline in climbing performance from 2014 to 2015, losing a good two minutes from bottom to top. That's when my breathing issues really kicked in, and I began searching for ways to turn back the clock, or at least slow the darned thing down. This morning, my time of 28:51 was nothing to get too excited about, yet it turns out to be my best time since June 6th... 2015. So perhaps a fatigue-causing, red-blood-cell destroying cancer drug (pretty much the exact opposite of EPO, the drug of choice for doping cyclists) is exactly what I need to go faster on a bike! Obviously, it's a bit confusing, this thing of having to take a chemo pill daily for the rest of my life, which means hopefully one heck of a lot of chemo pills, while seeing my riding improve. Part of it may be psychological; I've had so much testing done on my lungs and heart, and been told I'm essentially "beyond category" in several areas, that maybe I'm finally saying, the heck with the breathing issues, there's still a lot of untapped potential, let's ride! OK, the ride itself- Kevin, Kevin, Karen, Marcus & Jr out there on a cooler-than-normal June morning, seeing temps average just 54 for the ride (a low of 48 on Skyline) and some wet pavement. Road work seemed to be everywhere; one wonders what took them so long to get around to it? And why areas they've been working on for months are still not finished? Younger Kevin started out slowly, letting Marcus & Karen ride on ahead, until realizing I was still on his tail and that was just plain wrong. He took off, pretty hard, apparently catching up pretty quickly. Maybe too quickly, because up near the top I spotted him and Marcus just ahead, which can only mean one thing. Kevin had a seizure. Of course it's a bit discouraging that Kevin can have a seizure, get up, and still finish a minute ahead of me on the climb. Still, I was quite pleased with 28:51. I'm going to try and work that down some more before heading to France, but even if I can't, this still gives me a good boost in confidence. I had previously wondered what the effects of my meds and the stress might be but clearly, put me on a bike, and I'm fine. Cycling really is the answer. --MIke-- <iframe height='405' width='800' frameborder='0' allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' src='https://www.strava.com/activities/1056761336/embed/21f5e5a09e94c3034098f33c47998f284254422b'></iframe> |
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