The Timeline

Howdy from Atl!
So great new down here: I can ride, and ride a lot. I have been upping the miles the past 2 weeks, and feeling good about it. 2 more weeks, and I can go hard, so in the meantime, I am gonna pour em on.
Now looking back 10 weeks, I was thinking of the where I was to where I am, and where I hope to be, and wanted to get it down. It made me start to think that no matter where you are in any aspect of life, if you have an idea of where you want to go, and work, you can get there!!!
May 5: surgery- hurts badly to move in the bed
May 7: hospital discharge- 50 feet is a long walk
May 10: Home on couch. I think I walked to the coffee shop, on a lot pain killers, with a cane
May 15-16: AACE program in Orlando- sitting in a booth, in lots of pain. 2 trips of the hotel had me in absolute agony. My friend Jay, got yelled at my my friends in the CSM dept, for having me there.
May 20: back on the phone/email full time. Walking is better.
June 5: San Fran for ADA- Walking is not painful- so I do A LOT of it. Worked real, real hard for 5 days, and laid groundwork for future.
June 11: Start of RAAM, 2 days later fly in for Red Bull Party for last 1500 miles, as driver...
June 19: first bike ride. 20 minutes on indoor bike
June 20-28: Indoor riding on hotel exercise bikes. (I despise riding inside, but was still fun)
June 29: 1hr outside!!! So liberating
July 5: 1.3 hours
July 7-11: 1-2 hour rides: very hard at finish
Last Saturday- Sunday: 3hrs and 3:45!!! Felt good.

So 10 weeks ago, I could barely walk, and tomorrow, I hope to doa 4-5 hour training ride. Yesterday, I went out and road in the rain (pouring) with Hank. Typically when doing a full year, motivation to ride in lighting storms, is not so high. I am so damn motivated to come back and win this year, that it was a treat to get to ride. There, I said it: I want to win at least 1 race this year. I am working to do so. Time to lose weight, train lots, start to travel, and train a lot.
My commitment to help me win: At conferences, I will train, eat, and sleep properly. No partying, when I can be recovering. I got a stack of books the other day to help me do so.

I hope all is well, and thank you for your thoughts and prayers for Ben Brooks. He is recovering well, and even having some laughs... He was way better than me when I was forced off bike, so who knows where he will be 10 weeks from today.
Congrats to Matt, Moises, and Shawn for great rides at Cascade.

Have a great day.

Philpott
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