update...

Just a quick update on my injury for everyone. I have been going to rehab 3 times a week and getting some pretty intense work done on my leg to fix it. I rode last weekend for the 1st time with little or no pain which was exciting. So I am heading in the right direction. I feel like I could go pound the pedals pretty good right now, but I still have the governor on through this weekend. Just going to up the time on the bike and hopefully be back to full swing training next week... so look out!!! here I come!

With my time off I popped out to Vegas for some fun time:-) We rolled deep out there... too much fun...

the boyz....

our pimp room....

Man down....

Well it appears my leg is as bad as it feels. My injury has spread up into my hip and was actually to painful to even ride last week. The good news is that my doctor thinks with some easy riding and her "special" treatment I should be back to full training in 2 weeks. So I guess all in all its not too bad but this has cost me a lot of training time. I am heading in the right direction though and after 2 treatments I can tell a huge difference. I am back on my bike but only for an hour a day real easy... but I am doing pretty intense rehab 3 times a week so hopefully I won't lose to much form.. the good news I barely train more than an hour a day so I'm not far off:-)

I'm pretty bummed I am missing some racing and not there for the team.. but I will be back soon and swinging bigger then ever! cya soon!

m@

Long week...

Well Speedweek has finally come to an end. It was a long week but a successful week for the team. Hoppy came through huge and had a hand full of top 5's that earned him a 3rd place overall. The team scraped together enough points as well to finish 3rd overall in the team classification as well. The team rode great with a few break out rides from Matt Winstead and Bennett as well.. The downside of the week is we did have a ton of bad luck as well. We must of had over 10 flats, a handful of broken carbon wheels, a couple broken shifters, and 1 smashed frame to top it off. Richy Rich had the worst of it smashing into a rider that fell off his bike. This smashed his bike and in the process smashed his elbow as well. A big loss for the team as he will be out 4 weeks.. but knowing his crazy ass he will be riding the trainer for 4 hours a day no handed to stay in shape. Heal quick Rich!

My week was pretty rough as I did not come off my injury as well as I hoped. It started acting up mid week again and the legs just wouldn't go fast enough. Let alone I could not stay away from crashes.. although I never hit the deck I had some very close calls and seem to get stuck in almost every crash. I tried to survive all the races and use them as a fitness booster which I think I was successful at. The only issue now is my leg does not feel very healthy and I am back to the doc Monday for a check up.

Here are some pics of our broke down gear... I am off this weekend as I am off to Vegas for my bachelor party...:-) can't wait for that and looking forward to some much needed R&R time...

till next time,

m@

Birdflu hard at work...

Rich's bike after smashing into someone at 35 mph

Carbon vs Chainring is a bad match for Carbon

Poor lil guy...