Chuck Bolte represents the Augusta Cross Coalition.Photograph by Chuck Bolte.
I know, I know. The blogging of late has been bizarre and unfamiliar. What is this nonsense about beauty queens, T-shirts, and television shows? Quite a deviation from the typical ramblings in which I partake, but sometimes, a break from the typical is necessary. So, what the Chuck has Chuck really been doing these past few days?
Well, I can tell you exactly what I did for the dates of August 26th to September 6th because, for no apparent reason, I began jotting down training notes for those dates. For these 12 days of training, my goal was to increase my running mileage from previous weeks and to focus on doing two events a day. Typically, I run twice a week for a total of 10 miles and I normally only focus on doing one event each day. My calculations show that, from August 26th to September 6th I spent 8,900 meters in the pool, 220 miles on the bike, and 43 miles with the running shoes laced up and seven of the 12 days were two-a-days. I felt like the training was going well until the evening of September 6th when I experienced muscle cramps in my legs as I walked up the three flights of stairs to my dorm room after a ride with Drew Jordan.
In response to my ailing over trained body, I took the 7th to the 9th of September off from training and focused on work and painting a new T-shirt.
Hopefully all of this training will payoff in my upcoming scheduled events; the Greenwood, SC Half Ironman Triathlon on September 30th and the Army 10 Miler in Washington, DC on October 7th.
If you are the type of person that is into praying, pray for me, but, more importantly, pray for Vegan Matt, loyal cyclist and user of the adjective “jam”.
Vegan Matt was commuting to his morning class on Central Avenue in downtown Augusta last week when a car suddenly pulled out in front him from a side street. Vegan Matt suddenly had to make a quick decision, lay the bike down and take one for the team or T-bone the car at 25 miles per hour. Fearing that impacting with the car may result in an untimely demise, Vegan Matt laid his bike down in a valiant attempt to scrape up some road pizza. Unfortunately, Vegan Matt ate almost no pizza, but dislocated his hip, sprained his knee, and sprained his ankle. After a short stint in the ER, Vegan Matt was awarded a new set of crutches and an excuse to sit on his couch at home for hours on end.
Not a place he wants to be.
Let us hope that Vegan Matt is back on the bike in no time!
Finally, while riding the “Ghetto Loop” on Thursday the 6th of September, the AJBW group ride witnessed an event that was immediately added to Nate Zukas’ top five wildest things seen while riding a bicycle.
As the group pedaled to the top of Damascus Road to its intersection with Wrightsboro Road we saw two police cruisers attempting to box in a black Monte Carlo that was stopped in at the traffic light hanging over the intersection. While the police cruisers were maneuvering, the driver of the Monte Carlo motioned with his hand that he was going to cooperate with the law and pull his pimped out ride over, possibly onto Damascus Road.
Psych! Instead of politely pulling over as prompted by the police officers, the driver of the Monte Carlo nosed into the opposite lane of traffic ahead of one of the police cruisers and punched the gas, tearing through the red light and speeding off down Wrightsboro Road. Immediately, the police cruisers hit the lights and sirens and sped off in hot pursuit.
It was like COPS without the TV!
Well, I can tell you exactly what I did for the dates of August 26th to September 6th because, for no apparent reason, I began jotting down training notes for those dates. For these 12 days of training, my goal was to increase my running mileage from previous weeks and to focus on doing two events a day. Typically, I run twice a week for a total of 10 miles and I normally only focus on doing one event each day. My calculations show that, from August 26th to September 6th I spent 8,900 meters in the pool, 220 miles on the bike, and 43 miles with the running shoes laced up and seven of the 12 days were two-a-days. I felt like the training was going well until the evening of September 6th when I experienced muscle cramps in my legs as I walked up the three flights of stairs to my dorm room after a ride with Drew Jordan.
In response to my ailing over trained body, I took the 7th to the 9th of September off from training and focused on work and painting a new T-shirt.
Hopefully all of this training will payoff in my upcoming scheduled events; the Greenwood, SC Half Ironman Triathlon on September 30th and the Army 10 Miler in Washington, DC on October 7th.
If you are the type of person that is into praying, pray for me, but, more importantly, pray for Vegan Matt, loyal cyclist and user of the adjective “jam”.
Vegan Matt was commuting to his morning class on Central Avenue in downtown Augusta last week when a car suddenly pulled out in front him from a side street. Vegan Matt suddenly had to make a quick decision, lay the bike down and take one for the team or T-bone the car at 25 miles per hour. Fearing that impacting with the car may result in an untimely demise, Vegan Matt laid his bike down in a valiant attempt to scrape up some road pizza. Unfortunately, Vegan Matt ate almost no pizza, but dislocated his hip, sprained his knee, and sprained his ankle. After a short stint in the ER, Vegan Matt was awarded a new set of crutches and an excuse to sit on his couch at home for hours on end.
Not a place he wants to be.
Let us hope that Vegan Matt is back on the bike in no time!
Finally, while riding the “Ghetto Loop” on Thursday the 6th of September, the AJBW group ride witnessed an event that was immediately added to Nate Zukas’ top five wildest things seen while riding a bicycle.
As the group pedaled to the top of Damascus Road to its intersection with Wrightsboro Road we saw two police cruisers attempting to box in a black Monte Carlo that was stopped in at the traffic light hanging over the intersection. While the police cruisers were maneuvering, the driver of the Monte Carlo motioned with his hand that he was going to cooperate with the law and pull his pimped out ride over, possibly onto Damascus Road.
Psych! Instead of politely pulling over as prompted by the police officers, the driver of the Monte Carlo nosed into the opposite lane of traffic ahead of one of the police cruisers and punched the gas, tearing through the red light and speeding off down Wrightsboro Road. Immediately, the police cruisers hit the lights and sirens and sped off in hot pursuit.
It was like COPS without the TV!