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rhysling
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Just finished around a 45 mile ride- my longest- after being off the
Coker 4 a year.
Mid way through, while letting blood return to MY saddle, a truck pulled
up, the driver said Hi, and introduced himself as Corky Coker, owner of
the Coker Tyre Company, who, as it happens, lives in my vally.
The ride included a 1600 foot ascent up the tip of Lookout Mountain and
ended with a crushing 1400' descent at Birkhaulter Gap. My legs are
jelly.
Speeking-o-my-legs: In Febuary of this year I crashed my hang glider
into a cliff; was a couple of weeks before I could walk, painfully, with
assistance, over 2 months before I could get up off the ground without
climbing something. The outside tendon on my left knee rolled up like
a window shade, severed.
I was aggressive with rehabilitation; at first, a morning walk would
leave me unable to walk and in pain for a day or more. Slowly, very
slowly, I introduced more and more activity, including regular weight
training. I upped my protien intake to 2 grams per killogram of body
weight a day and began taking glucosamine-chondroitin to help with soft
tissue recovery. I began counting calories, and brought my body fat
down to 6-7% from 28%, and weight from 175-180 to 153.
I never expected to have full use of my leg again- let alone excell. I
attributed mutch of this not only to diet, but to pushing my body to do
anything that didn't cause it to be out of service for more than a
couple days- regardless of discomfort. Though pain was still a usefull
indicator for when to back off, sometimes EVERYTHING was painfull.
Anyway, if you're been beat down, it's hard, but you can come back.
Christopher
--
rhysling - Pontificating < Vigilantly
"That whole design was stupid." -Greg Harper, in a mental disertation
with God on the Cheeta, shortly before his first hub siezed.
"maybe we can just bomb him with copious quantities of unconditional
love and eventually help him to learn to ride" -Guru Gild on the Nature
of Love
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Coker 4 a year.
Mid way through, while letting blood return to MY saddle, a truck pulled
up, the driver said Hi, and introduced himself as Corky Coker, owner of
the Coker Tyre Company, who, as it happens, lives in my vally.
The ride included a 1600 foot ascent up the tip of Lookout Mountain and
ended with a crushing 1400' descent at Birkhaulter Gap. My legs are
jelly.
Speeking-o-my-legs: In Febuary of this year I crashed my hang glider
into a cliff; was a couple of weeks before I could walk, painfully, with
assistance, over 2 months before I could get up off the ground without
climbing something. The outside tendon on my left knee rolled up like
a window shade, severed.
I was aggressive with rehabilitation; at first, a morning walk would
leave me unable to walk and in pain for a day or more. Slowly, very
slowly, I introduced more and more activity, including regular weight
training. I upped my protien intake to 2 grams per killogram of body
weight a day and began taking glucosamine-chondroitin to help with soft
tissue recovery. I began counting calories, and brought my body fat
down to 6-7% from 28%, and weight from 175-180 to 153.
I never expected to have full use of my leg again- let alone excell. I
attributed mutch of this not only to diet, but to pushing my body to do
anything that didn't cause it to be out of service for more than a
couple days- regardless of discomfort. Though pain was still a usefull
indicator for when to back off, sometimes EVERYTHING was painfull.
Anyway, if you're been beat down, it's hard, but you can come back.
Christopher
--
rhysling - Pontificating < Vigilantly
"That whole design was stupid." -Greg Harper, in a mental disertation
with God on the Cheeta, shortly before his first hub siezed.
"maybe we can just bomb him with copious quantities of unconditional
love and eventually help him to learn to ride" -Guru Gild on the Nature
of Love
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