Comments on: dns

By: jonty pritchard

jonty pritchard — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 05:41:53 +0000

at age 43 i decided i was tooo much overweight so i got back on the bike after a ten year lay off i competed in biathlonz circuit racing did lots of training in the hills also took up running PROBABLY WORSE THING I COULD HAVE DONE started having knee problems after many years of running eventually it was toooo painful to even ride the bike SORRY TO SAY TEJVAN
i even have slight problems with my knees 25 years later still you are not me hopefully you will
be luckier ( maybe the surgeon was right !!!! jonty

By: 24hourmaths

24hourmaths — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:13:03 +0000

You came second, but it looks like i was third…

http://tinyurl.com/a5hilly

Maybe i’ll see you again in real life again soon, hoping to do some TTs and maybe even HCs this season. Until then, Strava it is. Good luck with the knee – annoyingly rest is often the best option.

Mike

By: tejvan

tejvan — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:48:50 +0000

nice to hear from you Michael. I think I remember once coming second to you in the A5 Rangers 31 mile TT, if I had any grandchildren, I’d tell them about that race!

By: 24hourmaths

24hourmaths — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:32:53 +0000

Circuit of The Dales and NRHR – I’ve come second in both and they will definitely be the results that i bore my grandchildren rigid with. Both cracking classic races (along with the Anfield 100)

By: Tricyklist

Tricyklist — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:26:17 +0000

Try lowering your saddle by half an inch.

I was completely free from knee pain for ages until I broke a saddle clamp.

I did a quick swap of saddle pins, fitting exactly the same saddle and instantly suffered knee pain all through my first ride!

Give it a try.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:48:59 +0000

Better a dns than a dnf?

By: Hurumph

Hurumph — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:01:53 +0000

Ranulph Ffiennes is in the news today because he had to withdraw from his latest escapade and he ‘only’ fixed a ski binding without gloves….

As part of the coverage of it the radio people (BBC R4) interviewed the surgeon that looks after Mr Fiennes injuries and he said the one thing that does more than anything to fix problems of the sort you have with your knee is the worst possible thing: time.

It sounds like you need to give your knee time to repair – as well as “Glucosomine, MSM, Chondroitin, Cod Liver Oil, Flax seed oil, and any other vitamin with a vague promise to mend knees”

Sorry – I hope I am wrong