Friday, May 30, 2008

New Kit!

It was like Christmas when the post man showed up yesterday with a box full of Ag3r/Indianacycling.com kit. Everything fit great and seems like really nice quality stuff. It looks great. I wish someone would send me a box like this every week, Thanks Henry!
And then it was out for a ride to test all of the new stuff. The verdict is in, it passes with flying colors.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Asthma, yuck!

I just got back from the asthma doctor and now I have 3 new medicines that she wants me to try. This sucks, seriously, I don't wanna take this stuff. If it was EPO I'd consider it but this legal stuff just makes me feel like an old person in a nursing home. Anyway I'm now doomed to be taking Pulmicort daily, Singular for at least a month, and Albuterol for sudden asthma attacks (or as my doctor put it, "When you have an important competition for that extra umph") Hopefully all of this will help because although we often take it for granted, breathing is important for cycling*. It has been said that all you need to be a great cyclist are lungs and legs. Imagine what happens when one half of that equation goes down the drain whenever you do a hard effort.

*understatement of the century