Transplant Athlete
Sunday, January 28, 2007
  Recovery Week

I celebrated my recovery week by doing absolutely nothing more strenuous than chasing my kids around. No Yoga, No easy spinning, nothing. That's not the best way to recover, so do as I say and not as I do.

I did spend some time getting caught up on work, planning for two fund raising events, and getting some things in order for RAAM (including filling out the application and paying the entry fee). Carolyn said they can use the picture of me from Monument Valley as my official picture. Its the one of me holding the three pieces of carbon fiber that used to be a Zipp 202 rim. Cool.

Its getting close to Bike Sebring. I'm really looking forward to it this year. David and Jakson, two members of my RAAM crew may join me there. My dad is coming down as well. In 2005, Sebring was on my list of "A" races meaning ones I train for and the main goal is results. In 2006, I used Sebring as a "C" race meaning it was more for training than racing and the results were secondary. This year it's an "A" race again. The next three weeks will be Lactate Threshold Intervals (right now I can do 10 minutes at a time, I'd like to be able to do 40 minutes) and I'll continue with the Maximum Strength phase in the weight room. I hope to put up some big numbers down there in Florida.

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In 1986, doctors discovered that my Kidneys were failing, they gradually got worse until September 25, 2000 when my mother donated a kidney.

After the transplant, I felt like I needed to prove something to myself, so I took a bicycle tour(PACTour) across the US. I've competed at the US and the World Transplant Games as well as in Ultra distance events. My transplant will likely fail in the next couple of months and I'm currently preparing to go on dialysis.

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