Tour de Fat rolls on

My Tour de Fat rolls on this Sunday with the 100 miler Buffalo Cycling Classic. I rode it last year and it's a great ride. My goal is to ride it in 5 hours 30 minutes which would mean I need to average 18.2 MPH. If I can do it, this would move me one step closer to my goal of a 5 hour century.  The course is pretty lumpy (e.g. lots of climbs) so it will be a challenge. I also hyperextended my elbow last week in a pickup basketball game so I haven't been able to bike until last night. Anywho, enough whining -- bring it on!!  Boner 

Hey T Have a Great One!! Keep it Up! Best Wishes- Dx

You should really get T-shirts made for your tour. The 2007 version seems to be doing quite well. Congrats! -Dan

Thanks much, Dan. I've got official Tour de Fat socks which are the coolest. I wear them on all my big rides as I feel less powerful without them on.  I'll post a picture of them.  Boner

Thanks much Dx! Should be a hoot if it's like last year. If there's one thing that the U. of Colorado is known for is how to throw a good party. Football game? Let's throw a party! Halloween? Let's throw a party! Finals week? Let's throw a party! Buffalo Cycling Classic? Let's throw a party!

Haha - YES!!  Imagine the T-Shirt that says: Boner's Tour De Fat 100 Mile Cycling Classic I'd wear that!

Boner...You HYPER-SEXED you elbow...you are my hero.. Man you are really being methodical...deconstruct the problem, and blow it out !!! go boner go Russ

Hey Russ --- I hyper EXTENDED my elbow!  

Way to go, Boner. Keep it up. Climbing is  rush, isn't it?

I was surprised how much I used my arms when I rode a lot. If you want toned arms, cycling is a way to get them. Post op guys tend to be pretty light and there are lots of opportunities to "dance" (stand up and pedal for uphill), which automatically gets the arms.

So, if you've got a blow out elbow it will truly set you back.

Not sure if the tendinitis braces/velcro straps on the forearm just below the joint will help? They may, if the pain is coming from an inflamed tendon sliding through its sheath.

Dave

Thanks Dave, Me be thinkin' I won't be doing too much dancin' tomorrow as my arm is pretty much black and blue from mid-arm to the elbow. I'm going to wrap it and hope for the best.