Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Bum numb

I have been on this thing for the past two weeks.  I have been fairly polite and calling it a bike, but lately I have started to resort in calling it a few harsher names.  I have ultimately ended calling this thing the bum numb.  There is a really good reason for it.  Imagine sitting on a concrete block like this one for 40 minutes.
 While moving your legs in a circular rotation in order to maintain enough speed to keep a 100-watt light bulb lit from the GM plant to Brotherhood.

My rear is so numb by the end of it that I don't know if feeling will ever come back to it.  My legs feel like jelly for about the next hour.  My stomach is sore from using those muscles.  I drink an entire 20 oz bottle of water during that time.  There is apparently a faucet on the top of my head because I am just sweating buckets.

I know there is a plan for me and I look forward to it.  The stress fracture I have will not keep me down.  I may not be able to walk and do the other things that my cohorts are doing. I was told there are other things I can do that are just as effective and even harder than what they are doing.  So yippee :).

I feel like Jack Nicholson in the Shining, sitting at the typewriter.  All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.  For me it is more like trust the system.  Just keep repeating it because I know it is true.  I haven't had the urge to take an ax to my pantry looking for the Twinkies.


4 comments:

  1. That is soooo true! Keep on pedaling! You are doing awesome!

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  2. Have you been keeping track of your mileage? I bet you are getting close to the state border.

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  3. Adam, I am sure the rest of us would agree that you inspire us every day to work hard and stay focused on the end game. I for one know the sweat producing power of those bikes as that is what I did leading up to this program. Keep it up steal butt! It won't be long before you'll see some breath-taking results. :)

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  4. Edna went through the same feelings last year because of her stress fracture. You are doing so great.

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