Monday, March 24, 2008
Matt
Hello again,
Once again I’ve made a few big steps forward since I last wrote. I’m starting to feel a bit more “normal” now. The crutches are well and truly gone now and I’m walking round with a slight gangster limp which I’m told will be totally gone within a few more weeks!
After a few hectic days of travelling and moving in over here in Belgium I’m all sorted and settled in.
So what have I been up too? Nothing too exciting really, apart from training I’ve been out watching a few bike races and just normal day to day stuff.
About 80% of my training now is in the Gym. I’ve been doing quite a lot of weight training and core stability work too. On the bike I don’t feel too bad but I can feel the weakness a lot more when I’m in the Gym. When I first started in the gym I could just about manage to lift 50 kg with my right leg which I thought was pretty good. The left leg however could barely manage 5kg! After 2 weeks of this I’m up too 20kg on my left leg, and I can see myself improving pretty fast.
On the bike I haven’t done much at all. Up to about 10-15hrs a week is all I’ve been doing. This is because my left leg is so much weaker than my right one if I did any more I could end up over compensating with my right leg and damaging something in the future.
However I have been lucky to be supported by an American company PowerCranks. They have designed some crazy cranks that are completely independent of each other. This basically means that when I’m out riding there will be no way I can cheat and use my good leg more than the bad one. So when the cranks arrive I’ll be able to get out more and hopefully get some good kilometres done in the next month.
People keep asking me when am I going to be back racing. It’s a hard one to answer really. I obviously want to race as soon as I can but my Physio and Team are holding me back a lot and understandingly want me to come back slowly. My team has been great and the Dave Rayner Fund has continued to support me, so luckily there is no rush for me at the moment.
So the next few weeks will be a lot more of the same for me. Training, training and more training!
I have one last appointment at the hospital with some more X Rays and checks and will hopefully see my file closed and a fully repaired set of bones!
Thanks again to everyone who has supported and continued to support me to get back to where I was !
Take it easy !
Matt
Once again I’ve made a few big steps forward since I last wrote. I’m starting to feel a bit more “normal” now. The crutches are well and truly gone now and I’m walking round with a slight gangster limp which I’m told will be totally gone within a few more weeks!
After a few hectic days of travelling and moving in over here in Belgium I’m all sorted and settled in.
So what have I been up too? Nothing too exciting really, apart from training I’ve been out watching a few bike races and just normal day to day stuff.
About 80% of my training now is in the Gym. I’ve been doing quite a lot of weight training and core stability work too. On the bike I don’t feel too bad but I can feel the weakness a lot more when I’m in the Gym. When I first started in the gym I could just about manage to lift 50 kg with my right leg which I thought was pretty good. The left leg however could barely manage 5kg! After 2 weeks of this I’m up too 20kg on my left leg, and I can see myself improving pretty fast.
On the bike I haven’t done much at all. Up to about 10-15hrs a week is all I’ve been doing. This is because my left leg is so much weaker than my right one if I did any more I could end up over compensating with my right leg and damaging something in the future.
However I have been lucky to be supported by an American company PowerCranks. They have designed some crazy cranks that are completely independent of each other. This basically means that when I’m out riding there will be no way I can cheat and use my good leg more than the bad one. So when the cranks arrive I’ll be able to get out more and hopefully get some good kilometres done in the next month.
People keep asking me when am I going to be back racing. It’s a hard one to answer really. I obviously want to race as soon as I can but my Physio and Team are holding me back a lot and understandingly want me to come back slowly. My team has been great and the Dave Rayner Fund has continued to support me, so luckily there is no rush for me at the moment.
So the next few weeks will be a lot more of the same for me. Training, training and more training!
I have one last appointment at the hospital with some more X Rays and checks and will hopefully see my file closed and a fully repaired set of bones!
Thanks again to everyone who has supported and continued to support me to get back to where I was !
Take it easy !
Matt
P.S -How hot is she !! 
# posted by matt8195 @ Monday, March 24, 2008 
