pam_in_sc wrote:
|| Roger Zoul wrote:
||| I've been ill for two weeks!!! Can't seem to shake it. I'm hoping
||| to resume riding this weekend and since I'll have time off next
||| week (holiday), I'm planning some makeup riding. I could be in
||| serious trouble here, in terms of banging out 100 lbs. I keep
||| telling myself that this Charleston century is flat, so that ought
||| to make it easier. Of course, it can get windy down by the SC
||| coast, so I hear. We'll see
I'm a glutton for punishment, I
||| guess.
||
|| I'm in a similar position, wondering if I can do the flat 100 if I've
|| only been doing 50 to 70 miles a week (one or two rides of 30 miles
|| or
|| so and two or three of 10-15 miles--hilly). Hopefully I can get in
|| a 70
|| or 80 mile ride over Thanksgiving just to make sure I'm not being
|| foolish. I felt ready to go further when I did the 62 in October,
|| and
|| that was pretty hilly, but I haven't been able to keep my distances
|| up
|| since then.
I started antibiotics today, so hopefully this thing I've got will pass
soon. I'm shooting for some major laps around Donaldson Center on Sunday.
Then, the next week I'll ramp up the mileage as hard as I can. I feel
confident that if I can bang out 80 around here, 100 flat in Charleston
ought to be doable, barring strong wind.
||
|| All that assumes that my nuclear stress test the Tuesday after
|| Thanksgiving comes out normally. I backed out of the
|| catheterization--insisted on a different test that isn't as accurate
|| but shows if the heart has good blood flow during exercise (and is a
|| whole
|| lot less invasive). The cardiologist said to not to ride hard until
|| I
|| have the results and so I am riding slower, but I decided the stress
|| relief of riding is more important than minimizing risk.
Wow....I'm hope everything works out okay. Keeping your riding legs will no
doubt help you if they give you the green light.