Yet Another Cycling Forum
General Category => Audax => Topic started by: notlobgp14 on 19 April, 2015, 07:29:35 am
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I've been amazed, and very impressed, by the distances Steve is achieving on the bent one legged.
I hope he has very good healing genes aswell, to go with the cycling ones. ;)
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Many years ago I attended the ctc birthday rides at Lancaster. My arm was in a sling as I had a fractured collarbone due to meeting an elderly lady in a Nissan Micra. Anyway I had a conversation with a chap who advanced the theory that after exercise the body produces things (?) which repair muscle damage etc, but these are not restricted to the muscles which have been exercised but will also benefit any muscles which have not been exercised. If this theory is true then Steve's unusable leg (at the moment) will benefit from his current activities and this may be shown if his dormant leg does not show significant loss of muscle/strength when it becomes active again.
Does this theory seem reasonable?
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Strikes me that any such benefit is likely to be far outweighed by the loss of strength through lack of use. I guess it might reduce losses slightly, or help with regaining them once exercise restarts.
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Judging by the pathetic looking withered excuse for a lower leg when the cast was removed after I broke my ankle, I find this hard to believe, but Steve is built of sterner stuff than me and so no doubt his recovery time will be shorter than normal folk.
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Just in case people are wondering why the tracker is not at the Bowl today - there's a Boot Sale on according to Steve yesterday, so he's doing the Redways instead.
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Has he sold his right one?
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Is the canal towpath any use to Steve? It was hard packed gravel last time I visited a friends folks in Simpson a helluva lot of years ago. An easy ride but perhaps a bit too much drag for Steve's purpose. No idea how busy it would be.
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Just in case people are wondering why the tracker is not at the Bowl today - there's a Boot Sale on according to Steve yesterday, so he's doing the Redways instead.
This is why the BHPC no longer races there as we weren't profitable enough chiz.
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Is the canal towpath any use to Steve? It was hard packed gravel last time I visited a friends folks in Simpson a helluva lot of years ago. An easy ride but perhaps a bit too much drag for Steve's purpose. No idea how busy it would be.
The canal tow path is very bumpy around Milton Keyne. The ordinary paths and Redways near the canal are also very bumpy due to tree roots growing underneath.
Met Steve today at Fuzton Lake opposite the Bowl, he was having his lunch and a rest when I found him.
Nice to have met you Steve and good luck for the rest of the year.
Derek
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Is the canal towpath any use to Steve? It was hard packed gravel last time I visited a friends folks in Simpson a helluva lot of years ago. An easy ride but perhaps a bit too much drag for Steve's purpose. No idea how busy it would be.
As a general rule canal paths and tricycles aren't a winning combination at the best of times. Even if you've got enough decent surface for all three wheels, giving way to other users soon becomes tedious.
Also, the fairy lurks in the hedgerows.
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Is the canal towpath any use to Steve? It was hard packed gravel last time I visited a friends folks in Simpson a helluva lot of years ago. An easy ride but perhaps a bit too much drag for Steve's purpose. No idea how busy it would be.
The canal tow path is very bumpy around Milton Keyne. The ordinary paths and Redways near the canal are also very bumpy due to tree roots growing underneath.
Met Steve today at Fuzton Lake opposite the Bowl, he was having his lunch and a rest when I found him.
Nice to have met you Steve and good luck for the rest of the year.
Derek
Doesn't the Milton Keynes Marathon use some of these paths and redways. If so I found it hard, not because of any big hills but because of the constant little ups and downs for underpasses.
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Doesn't the Milton Keynes Marathon use some of these paths and redways. If so I found it hard, not because of any big hills but because of the constant little ups and downs for underpasses.
Welcome to our world of MK Redways.
Derek
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Many years ago I attended the ctc birthday rides at Lancaster. My arm was in a sling as I had a fractured collarbone due to meeting an elderly lady in a Nissan Micra. Anyway I had a conversation with a chap who advanced the theory that after exercise the body produces things (?) which repair muscle damage etc, but these are not restricted to the muscles which have been exercised but will also benefit any muscles which have not been exercised. If this theory is true then Steve's unusable leg (at the moment) will benefit from his current activities and this may be shown if his dormant leg does not show significant loss of muscle/strength when it becomes active again.
Does this theory seem reasonable?
Doubtful for the muscles but his bones might heal faster.