Spring Training - Pylon's Journal V4.0

[Brutus_G]

I second this. I do whatever I can to avoid injury. That's why I also stop at technical failure.

I agree failure usually sucks unless its by acident or on an isolation exercise. If nothing else avoid failure on the deadlifts ,dont mess your back up.

 

[King Silverback]

Great w/o BRother Pylon, hows the back???

 

[Pylon]

Thanks everyone. I haven't seen anything there I disagree with.

Back's fine, probably because I stopped to stretch a little. It's tired, but that's to be expected.

Good news, I finally got my bearings! (For my bike, I mean.) Now I just have to figure out how to put it back together. They did send instructions, which should help...

 

[Pylon]

Another setback. The bolts holding on the pedal stems both decided they would rather shear off than come out willingly. The next step (probably Friday or Saturday) will be to try to drill them out to get it apart, then hunt down replacement bolts. Hopefully the company that just sold me the bearings will be willing to tell me the bolt specs to make my life easier....

 

[b_reed23]

for a second I thought I read wrong..Py got his bearings?? I know with a new kid in the house they will be lost for a while...

 

[Double D]

Dude break own, buy a new one.

BTW-like the new title!

 

[Burner02]

hiya Py!

 

[Pylon]

Dude break own, buy a new one.

I've thought about it, but...

1) There isn't really anything wrong with this one. I have the parts, just need to assemble it.

2) I would have to dispose of the old one, which would be a huge pain in the ass.

Bottom line, I think I'm just too lazy to shop.

 

[boilermaker]

New Journal! Your home to home time is going to suck when your waving your cap and doing the home run trot with all this new found strenght!

 

[King Silverback]

That sucks, hope it falls into place quickly and easily my Friend!!! Hope all else is well!!!

 

[Pylon]

Thanks, fellas. I'll be drilling out the bolts later tonight I think.

Skipped the gym today for a couple of reasons. First, I'm operating on about 3 hours of low-quality sleep. (The wife seems to think if she has to be up, I should suffer as well. ) Also, I apparently sprained my let big toe yesterday morning. Nothing too serious, it didn't slow me down in the gym yesterday, but the two put together seemed like a good reason to skip.

 

[Pylon]

Arrghh....

No lifting today, ended up taking a cheat day. Just can't get tracked working on 6 hours sleep total in the last 2 nights....

 

[Pylon]

OK, drilling out the bolts proved less than successful. My only other option is to cut off the pulley wheel, try to drill out the bolts from the crank arms from the back side, then (assuming that works) replace the pulley and bolts, reusing the crank arms. Otherwise, I'll have to replace the crank arms as well, which are pricey enough that I could just get a new bike.

All of which means I'll probably go shopping this afternoon.

 

[Triple Threat]

I'll have to replace the crank arms as well, which are pricey enough that I could just get a new bike.

All of which means I'll probably go shopping this afternoon.

You might just be better off buying a new one.

 

[King Silverback]

^^^ Agreed!!!

 

[Andalite]

u hav a pm

 

[Pylon]

You might just be better off buying a new one.

^^^ Agreed!!!

Yeah, that's the plan. In fact, I'm headed to pick it up now. I did some shopping, and tried a couple out earlier today. I settled on this one. It's very comfortable and smooth, plus has some nice features for the price. Hopefully I'll be back on the road tonight!

 

[King Silverback]

SWEET Ride my Friend!!!

 

[Pylon]

OK, assembled and ready to go. Now I just have to get rid of the old one?

 

[Pylon]

New bike, 30 min ride, 8.35 miles. Good times....

 

[b_reed23]

woohoo!

 

[Double D]

Bike ready to roll, nice!

 

[Pylon]

Thanks kids.

Feel kinda crappy this morning. Many of my co-workers have been sick, and I guess it's my turn. My throat was starting to get scratchy last night, it's full on this morning. Chilling with some hot tea right now.

The thing about it is I tend to do one of 2 things when sick. I either eat nothing or I eat everything. Considering my wife asked me to make her french toast this morning, I knew there was a danger for me here. Got past that, though, tossed the leftovers before there was trouble. Have also reisisted the leftover pizza from Friday.

Couldn't sleep last night, got up and was starving, so I put down come chicken and cottage cheese. (BTW, I made the chicken and tomato casserole from the recipe thread. Not bad, but kinda plain. Needed oregano.) Stuck with oats w/pb and whey this morning, just had a bowl of soup. It just sucks that I made it this long without getting sick, and now that I'm getting back on track, it shows up.

I'm so ready for spring...

 

[Double D]

Fuck I hear ya. Bring on some warmer temps! This sucks!

 

[Pylon]

We get a tease today. It's supposed to get close to 50....followed in the next couple of days by highs in the 20s and ice. This blows.

 

[Double D]

Ya but atleast we know its on the way!

 

[Pylon]

That doesn't make it any better. I still have to go out in it.

I went outside yesterday just as the wind stopped and the sun came out. It was like getting 5 seconds of spring. nice.

 

[King Silverback]

Hope you feel better QUICKLY my Friend, I'm still fighting whatever I got Friday!!!

 

[Pylon]

Hey everybody! Archie's awake!

 

[King Silverback]

Hey everybody! Archie's awake!

Barely!!!