From Zero Reset

A second a lap

aeniii — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:23:52 GMT

[ Mood: Happy ]
[ Currently: Working (well, about to) ]
I've been feeling guilty about not posting for awhile, but there hadn't been much to report - until now.

The plan this year has been the same as last year, work on the hip and train for the pursuit.

I started of the year riding a time that was only slightly off (4 sec) my best from last year, but then I repeated that time every month for the next three months.

My coach gave me a big change to my training program after we noticed the lack of change (I felt like I was trainin...

Still at it

aeniii — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:45:28 GMT

[ Mood: Hypnotized ]
[ Currently: Working at home (on the weekend no less) ]
I've been feeling guilty about not posting for awhile, so I thought I'd get caught up.

I've been training continuously since Nats, and the new race season has begun.

I recently celebrated my "second anniversary" of the crash and reconstructive surgery.

The hip still continues to get better (allow more range of motion), and I'm slowly becoming "aerodynamic" again.

I recently purchased a used BT...

Well, I did it

aeniii — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 00:37:18 GMT

[ Mood: Sleepy ]
[ Currently: Working ]
I'm back at work today, but yesterday I competed in the US Elite Track Cycling Championships.

I dropped 9 seconds off my previous best time set only a few weeks ago.

I was still, by far, the slowest competitor in the race, but it was a great experience,
and hopefully a sign that I have more improvements ahead of me.

It was great, if only for a day, to be "an athlete".

My 3K split was my second best (pre injury) 3K time, and only 4 seconds off my best.

Once...

An end to the story?

aeniii — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:59:02 GMT

[ Mood: Confused ]
I learned today that because USA cycling decided to "roll up" people who finished at ADT's velodrome championships behind previous qualifiers, that I have qualified to compete in the endurance events at this year's Elite National Championships.

http://www.usacycling.org/forms/track/QualifiedRidersEnduranceMenList.pdf

On the one hand, this puts a bit of a fairy tale ending on my story, "From Zero Reset".
It's been a little over one and a half years since the crash, the surgery, and the beginning of a long rebuilding process, first to stand, then to walk, then ride.

Another barrier broken

aeniii — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 02:37:25 GMT

[ Mood: Happy ]
[ Currently: Working - doing commentary at ADT\'s Velodrome Championships & g ]
One of my big goals is to get under 4:00 for the 3km, something I wasn't able to do before the accident.

I didn't make it (again) this year,
but the plethora of 4km races at the end of the season presented another, interim goal, breaking 6:00 for the 4km.

Today I was able to drop nearly 8 seconds off my previous best, and finish in 5:56.79

While not putting anybody trying to qual...