Training Log Archive: Yak

quick final ride around the Torrens just 90 mins before op - that should keep the blood clots at bay a little longer

Another non restfull day
Sore back...bank appointment ...2 hr pre-op appointment
Going with the risky option of going back on only half of my blood thinning meds after operation for a few days / week.
Not looking forward to the rehab of Op no 27....

Meant to ride today but hurt back yesterday picking up a sock.
Also busy spending money -
a) computer fixup
b) ultrasound both legs

Half tidied the shed as i need to decant some bikes from house but still have some tidying up to do. Bit like moving chairs on the titanic.
Had BJ (masseur) treat my back tonight, but its quite sore.

Roadie ride as planned which was esp gd as legs were toasted from yesterday.
Parked at Myponga ..Gum Flat Rd ...Yindi Rd with diversions up and back on Procter rd (and School rd)...and then down & back on Burma ..Enterprise rd ...Nangikatito rd to Mt Compass. Did a tour of the town, even riding both wetlands, past golf course, main rd, Lancoorie rd, Mussette rd (?) Gum Flat Rd - Myponga.

Visited markets, back to accom for late shower, off to meet friend Jane at Second Valley...quick look around...drive to Holden St theatre to see a 1 person show with Liz & Steve ... Disappointed that it was a depressing theme of war though the woman actor did it exceedingly well.

Epic ride on roads less travelled, with hardly a car seen after Yankalilla.

Had 2 options and halfway thru chose the longer one.

From accom near Myponga ...up & down Forktree rd to Carricklinga and explored there incl doing a dirt hill climb and a sketchy single tk N of town.
To Normanville and brief explore to jetty etc
Yankalilla - Bethel rd (up), salt Ck, Dairy Flat - Inman valley rd for 500m then UP Sampson Hill, Norswothy..Mayfield...Hancock (on ridge), Parsons rd (down) to Inman valley rd to Glacier rock.

Then UP, UP Mt Alma rd ...I had initially read it as Alma rd, so when i saw Mt Alma Rd I knew it would be steep, esp as it was bitumen for some.
Initial climbs were 11-12% ..ok...then came to 3 signs declaring it steep ...17% for 1.5km and it was that. (265m climb i think)
Lady I had got water from had said it got steeper after end of bitumen...oh shit, but luckily though it was still uphill, it was less steep and wound around Springmount Con Pk.
Then undulating west on Springmount rd & eventually last 5km downhill N on James tk and then Causeway rd and Munn rd.

Very satisfying ...though knee hurt.
Staying at Heysen's Rest, with Jayne & Greg in walker 1 bed cabin.

Aimed for a mini break before surgery next week but didnt want to:
a) travel 3 hrs or b) ride single tk with friends headed for Melrose.
Would have liked company but was too busy to ask around further.

Later than planned, not helped by haemotologst doc saying she had arranged a leg ultrasound appoint for me later today, to get a base display re clots.
I said no can do as have plans...so got it changed to Tuesday.

I hadnt made concrete route plans so on arrival at accom on Munn rd I headed off east on dirt tks but then decided that extra planned loop would take too long so headed off on "must do" loop.
Up Forktree rd & along ridge to dirt Myponga Beach Rd..about a 6km descent into lovely quiet village & beach. Explored a bit & then UP dirt Sampson Rd to Reservoir rd around the dam wall and back to Forktree etc.
(Got verbally "encouraged" up half of Sampson by a couple drinking on their newly built house on Sampson rd) I think ascent was 330m.

Looking at contours now I see that the climb would have been easier going UP Myponga Beach rd.

Flattish ride checking out some more control sites, half in almost complete darkness (without lights) - luckily the occasional light along the Torrens.

Spent an hour with the haematologist discussing my medical protocols re blood thinners for coming op, so she can direct the other docs what to do.
Off tablets Monday night ...when i go back on and whether Clezane or Xarelto and whether half or full dose will be worked out after surgery. Bit of a guessing game really she reckons .... Dont want too much blood in the knee

Did some cleaning out in morning ...incl 30 water bottles, 30 folders, 20 pens..

Probably last decent walk for awhile - predictably knee was sore.
Just around the burbs

Frustrating day
- surgeon - blood clinic - hospital - ECG - anaesthetist - GP
have to see the haemotolgist tomo as none of the above are confident in deciding my medications for the next few weeks ...

Managed to reduce my bathroom cabinets by 50% of their stuff and tidied the kitchen cupboards with some items destined for Vinnies.
I think I had 60 water bottles ...
Still fighting the paper war in the study

C • 60 water bottles! 1

Mowing around fruit trees and out the front, after neighbour kindly pulled the starter motor cord, as R shoulder not good enough to do.
In return I have lent neighbour my bike trainer for her achilles recovery, until i need it.
I also have arranged to use the pool of no 72 for rehab ...as long as weather is warmish

Drove to Salisbury to join a group ride but I was 5 mins late and they had gone who knows where. So did my own thing.....south on Little Para trails to Mawson Lakes and around there and then out N on the newly bitumised track on W side of Parafield Gardens airfield and return to M Lakes. Back over train line and then S on the offshoot of the wetlands trail on mt bike trails to the Railways depot.

Out on rd to the A13 and i found a big Bike sign pointing south so followed it...initially on a newly bitumised trail next to the trainline (also with dirt option) at Dry Creek and getting spat out on the industrial area of Cormack rd, Wingfield...still with big bike signs which I followed W to the South Rd overpass...then signs there offered Pt Adelaide & city. I retraced my steps and kept following the signs N and came out in the Wetlands and the Watershed cafe at 665 salisbury Highway.

Needed fluids as it was now quite warm again - also decided on a late brecki of a Spanish omellette - lovely.
It's a function centre too, so lots of seating but I'm always amazed by the number of small staff meetings and couples dining here at any time of the day.

Straight back direct via little Para trails - 14 km from there.
Always fun to find a new track - also saw trotters training, carriage horse training and the bird life was quite loud at the wetlands, despite little water.

had a bad night but still managed to join Liz in a hills ride.
She went up via Crafers bikepath while I went up Norton Summit and we met at Greenhill rd- Summertown - uraidla - Carey Gully - then down on Gum Flat & Beaumont rds to near verdun - Hahndorf - Mylor - Aldgate Valley rd - Stirling - Crafers - Piccadilly - Uraidla - Summertown - Woods Hill Rd - Norton Summit - Athelstone - home.

Liz had been in NZ walking and died a bit on 2nd half so the climb up to Stirling was more gentle than normal.

It was 31 degrees by the time i git going so decided on a cruisey bikepath ride. Over to par 3 golf course on Grand Junction rd and then up the creek eastward on bikepaths to Wynn Vale Dam, passing signs for park run just before it. Did a couple of laps and then continued on up the creek to Fairview Park where i dropped into the PS hoping to find a water tap, as my mouth was getting bone dry in 5 mins without water.

I had been checking all the playgrounds along the way but none had taps - inconvenient for Mums with toddlers I imagine, In contrast to Mynamar where they had big 5 / 10 litre containers of water everywhere (plus cup) for free, though perhaps not too hygienic. Did a loop along Seaview rd and back to Golden Grove oval where i found a tap - filled water bottle and drenched myself. Back to Wynn Vale Dam and back a similiar way. About 37 degrees when i finished - not too bad while i was moving but felt heat when i stopped.