It's difficult to mix two sports as different as MTB/Road Bike and Soccer (Futbol for the people outside US). I love both, I've been doing both for years, but the physical demand is completely different in each one, resulting in my right calf damaged, to the point I was almost not able to even step my foot on the floor without pain.
That said, the pain forced me to some days of rest that I feel have been really good for my body, as I've been stressing too much on the last weeks to get back on track. I've been combining my return to sports with a more healthy diet and the result so far is I already lost 6 pounds in barely 3 weeks, 2 pounds per week is a fast pace to start, but I know it can't be maintained, the goal is to get back to my weight wen I was MTBiking a lot in Manresa, and then to be able to hold the gain there.
This entry though is not to talk about my illness or weight loose, but to rewind and review last rides, as I have some nice surprises.
Saturday last week, I had for the fist time a new colleague joining my rides, he was born in Catalonia as us, and lives in Greenville, funny I know him for years, but never ride together, this was our first time and hope it won't be the last, he is a great sportsman, but with a tendency to prefer American ones vs European. Oriol Paricio, my sun, is now riding with me, and I can let you know I was the proudest father, we did the full Swamp Rabbit Trail, and even next day we was sore as he is not used to ride for that long, he was always there, and in some areas even faster than myself. To say on my defense I was riding the El Gordo with the fat 4" and he was riding the El Mojo ... great bike to start I think :)
You maybe realize some similarities, the red Gore jacket I always used is now fitting a little bit big for his body, but almost perfect sized, one more year and it will be "the fit" ... I was not even close to that size at 13 :(
New and past bikes riding together
Spring time in SC is just a blossom of flowers and colors
Ventana El Gordo and the new Castelli gear
From Greenville SC, Javi Paricio
Dues bones bikes, dos bons riders, ho teniu tot per gaudir de bones aventures.
ResponEliminaMTB, MTB, MTB.
Xavi com m'agrada el teu equipament Castelli. El meu equipament Castelli d'estiu sortirà d'aquí a poc, quan les temperatures deixin enrere els 10°C dels vespres.
ResponEliminaEls guants del teu fill apunten a bones maneres :-)
MTB, MTB, MTB.