Cabin Fever!

This week of therapy has been great so far...still making improvments! Today, my Bro and I went to a park so I could practice walking on uneven surfaces with the walker...It went well and it was about 58 and sunny...sad thats nice for March in beautfiul Northwest, Indiana. But, it still gave me cabin fever.
Lately, I have been thinkin about the old road bike.For a while I considered not riding because fear of falling,hitting my head and perhaps brain surgery again. That is crazy...when I can ride again, however long that may be...I will. Racing, NO, but just in order to stay in shape yes. This time of the year is very special for cylists at IU. Hard work, big chances and a ton of time and work, just to name a few is at a point now where all the things I just listed are culminating.Alot of teams are away in warm climates training for Sping Break and some are in good ole B - town training like they are possesed for 1 day. May sound crazy.You would not understand unless you have done it but I want it so bad I can taste it...lol. For those of you who do not know what the Little 500 is, here ya go...My friend Mike used this and I like it ( Thanks Mike)...haha...It is from Sports Illustrated...“…the Little 500 (is a) bicycle relay, held every April. The event was launched in 1951 by university fund-raiser and racing buff Howdy Wilcox, whose father, Howard, won the 1919 Indianapolis 500. The Little 500, in which 33 teams of four riders (33 teams in the women's race) ride 200 laps around a quarter-mile cinder track, has been the focus of a movie (Breaking Away, winner of the 1979 Oscar for best screenplay), has been aired on national TV and has generated more than $1,000,000 in scholarship money (from ticket sales and sponsors). ‘I tell people who don't go here about the race--10,000 students watching people they've never heard of ride a bike around a track--and they think it's ridiculous,’ says senior rider Mike Krueger. ‘They can't understand the passion people here have for this event.’” I always found it ironic that this week or weekend is considered the biggest party weekend all year. While the riders spend all year training and holding back for close to 20,000 drunk asses. Well all you people can party, because the riders know the REAL party is that night and the weeks to come.To get a picture of how amazing being in little 5 is, take your Birthday and Christmas and multiply that by 5. Then you will still be a little off .Goodluck to all of you riders!!!