Comments on: Back Soon http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/02/back-soon/ It's like reality TV. Except it's real. And there's no TV. Fri, 04 Mar 2022 03:21:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: wharton_crew http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/02/back-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-562009 wharton_crew Wed, 04 Jul 2012 18:15:10 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/02/back-soon/#comment-562009 Well, if that doesn't work, just go to the image directly. Sorry about that! http://flic.kr/p/cqYvBw Well, if that doesn’t work, just go to the image directly.
Sorry about that!

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]]> By: wharton_crew http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/02/back-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-562008 wharton_crew Wed, 04 Jul 2012 18:13:48 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/02/back-soon/#comment-562008 Hmm...image didn't work. Let's try this again. [img]http://www.flickr.com/photos/rjstanger/7502546240/[/img] Hmm…image didn’t work. Let’s try this again.

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]]> By: wharton_crew http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/02/back-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-562007 wharton_crew Wed, 04 Jul 2012 18:12:18 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/02/back-soon/#comment-562007 So, um...I haven't ridden at all since this post. My intentions were good and I was poised to strike like a cobra on my trusty bike, but then this happened to my 8-year old daughter. [img]http://flic.kr/p/cqYvBw[/img] That's her C1 vertebra, and the arrow is pointing to a break in the bone. In layman's terms, that's a broken neck. This happened Monday afternoon. Thanks be to God that she's ok - this is the same fracture that paralyzed Christopher Reeve, but she's walking and in a neck brace. I'll get out tomorrow, for sure! So, um…I haven’t ridden at all since this post. My intentions were good and I was poised to strike like a cobra on my trusty bike, but then this happened to my 8-year old daughter.

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That’s her C1 vertebra, and the arrow is pointing to a break in the bone. In layman’s terms, that’s a broken neck. This happened Monday afternoon. Thanks be to God that she’s ok – this is the same fracture that paralyzed Christopher Reeve, but she’s walking and in a neck brace.

I’ll get out tomorrow, for sure!

]]> By: Hautacam http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/02/back-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-561950 Hautacam Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:59:24 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/02/back-soon/#comment-561950 Wharton crew, Find a bike-related event that you have never done before and that you are really excited about, maybe 6 to 8 weeks out. Preferably something a little out of your comfort zone. Something that makes you a little nervous. Where you have to ask yourself, will I be ready? Could be a sprint-distance triathlon, could be an MTB race, a CX race, a mountainous century, a gran fondo, whatever. Doesn't matter. Pick something interesting, register NOW and put it on the calendar. And tape a note to the mirror with the words "X days till [name of event!]" (X is the number of days remaining). Update the number every night before you go to bed. That ought to get the motivation juices flowing. Wharton crew,

Find a bike-related event that you have never done before and that you are really excited about, maybe 6 to 8 weeks out. Preferably something a little out of your comfort zone. Something that makes you a little nervous. Where you have to ask yourself, will I be ready?

Could be a sprint-distance triathlon, could be an MTB race, a CX race, a mountainous century, a gran fondo, whatever. Doesn’t matter. Pick something interesting, register NOW and put it on the calendar. And tape a note to the mirror with the words “X days till [name of event!]” (X is the number of days remaining). Update the number every night before you go to bed.

That ought to get the motivation juices flowing.

]]> By: cece http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/02/back-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-561935 cece Tue, 03 Jul 2012 12:36:06 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/02/back-soon/#comment-561935 I have been in a lazy place. But after getting heat exhaustion last week from riding in 103 degrees...it quickly got me out in the 70 degree mornings. So much more pleasant. For me the idea is not to allow the negative self talk to begin. I pack before and tell myself the night before I will be riding early tomorrow. Psyching myself to get up when the alarm rings. I am training for a race at the end of July so it is important to stick to my plan...especially now. I have been in a lazy place. But after getting heat exhaustion last week from riding in 103 degrees…it quickly got me out in the 70 degree mornings. So much more pleasant.

For me the idea is not to allow the negative self talk to begin. I pack before and tell myself the night before I will be riding early tomorrow. Psyching myself to get up when the alarm rings.

I am training for a race at the end of July so it is important to stick to my plan…especially now.

]]> By: mtnbikechk@hotmail.com http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/02/back-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-561934 mtnbikechk@hotmail.com Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:22:16 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/02/back-soon/#comment-561934 Hey Fatty, looks like we can hold the fort while you take care of "family" stuff....hoping all is well. Wharton, how'd the morning 'get up and go' go? Hey Fatty, looks like we can hold the fort while you take care of “family” stuff….hoping all is well. Wharton, how’d the morning ‘get up and go’ go?

]]> By: davidh,marin http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/02/back-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-561929 davidh,marin Tue, 03 Jul 2012 05:42:31 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/02/back-soon/#comment-561929 No worries FATTY, take the week off, we have families too. I also have plenty of PIE left and am calmly making my way through it. Surprisingly I am also dropping weight???? Rob, one word..."night riding" ok, so that was two. No worries FATTY, take the week off, we have families too. I also have plenty of PIE left and am calmly making my way through it. Surprisingly I am also dropping weight????

Rob, one word…”night riding” ok, so that was two.

]]> By: roan http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/02/back-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-561927 roan Tue, 03 Jul 2012 03:17:02 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/02/back-soon/#comment-561927 Dang, the brain (what's left of it) works faster than the fingers...I left out a key word...Wednesday a holiday, "If" you have to do anything... sorry...And if you don't want to do anything that's fine too, because I'm bike riding, ferry riding, island hopping all day. Dang, the brain (what’s left of it) works faster than the fingers…I left out a key word…Wednesday a holiday, “If” you have to do anything…

sorry…And if you don’t want to do anything that’s fine too, because I’m bike riding, ferry riding, island hopping all day.

]]> By: roan http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/02/back-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-561926 roan Tue, 03 Jul 2012 03:08:42 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/02/back-soon/#comment-561926 Fatty, checking my calendar...this wednesday's a holiday, you have to do anything concerning the blog get wharton crew(Rob)'s phone number and call him at 5:30AM. There would be no more powerful motivation than a phone call from The Fatcyclist at 5:30AM...well...er...than maybe The Hammer telling him to "Get out of bed and ride! Just get up and shut up". If you want we can help...just post his phone number (and maybe the time zone...wharton...could be a Brit). Fatty, checking my calendar…this wednesday’s a holiday, you have to do anything concerning the blog get wharton crew(Rob)’s phone number and call him at 5:30AM. There would be no more powerful motivation than a phone call from The Fatcyclist at 5:30AM…well…er…than maybe The Hammer telling him to “Get out of bed and ride! Just get up and shut up”.
If you want we can help…just post his phone number (and maybe the time zone…wharton…could be a Brit).

]]> By: thule http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/02/back-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-561923 thule Tue, 03 Jul 2012 01:52:27 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2012/07/02/back-soon/#comment-561923 by now I hope you have taken the good advice that has been offered, Wharton: prepare the night before and go to bed early. I am also having the same conversation tonight, except that I have to rise at 4:30AM in order to beat the day's heat and then go to work. I have prepared and I will skip tonight's book-time for more sleep-time. this is what motivates me: the morning ride. watch the sun rise as you pedal, absorb the morning's quiet, and enjoy the lack of traffik on the road. I am looking forward again to these rewards. and I know that when the shower is complete, that I will be re-energized and charged to face down another work day. that serenity and power is what motivates me! by now I hope you have taken the good advice that has been offered, Wharton: prepare the night before and go to bed early. I am also having the same conversation tonight, except that I have to rise at 4:30AM in order to beat the day’s heat and then go to work. I have prepared and I will skip tonight’s book-time for more sleep-time. this is what motivates me: the morning ride. watch the sun rise as you pedal, absorb the morning’s quiet, and enjoy the lack of traffik on the road. I am looking forward again to these rewards. and I know that when the shower is complete, that I will be re-energized and charged to face down another work day. that serenity and power is what motivates me!

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