Josh Carlson CT Blog: Back On The Bike

 

how is everyone? I hope everyone is lovign life at the moment and enjoying the sunshine all over the world!

 

Its been a while since i have updated you all so i thought id let you all no how i am going and healing and whats the plan for the upcoming months.

 

I am finally back on the bike...YIEEEEEEEWWWWW!!!

 

No too sure if you can tell but i am SUPER stoked about this! man it was a knargly few weeks after returning home to australia and getting operated on, then therapy on my wrist and whincing about my collarbone every time i coughed, sneezed or farted!

Thanks to the fantastic job my surgeon STUART JANSEN and wrist therapist BRETT HAIG has done, its is slowly coming back together and returning to some form of normalcy. I got the all clear to get back on the road bike 2 weeks ago now and i have been making the most of the wicked sunny weather here at home and getting out every day for as long as the legs can handle. Its been awesome!

My first real week of training was last week and WOW.....guess who ate a bit of cake while they were sitting on the couch for 8 weeks?!! yep..fat kid luvs cake..and this little red duck was feeling it bigtime on the hills and whenever the bunch woulod step into. And while i was a bit out of shape the bunch would step into it as much as they could! (jerks  haha) i was loving it though! The worst thing was my head was still in the 'PRO' mentality of boulder,CO but my legs were DEFINATELY still on the couch with the tortilla chips haha.

My collarbone has healed up sweet and im having no dramas with while riding at all now. another huge relief because it wasnt looking promising after 5 weeks.it was still clicking around a bit and the bones weren't quite sticking..anyway happy days now though. Every day my wrist feels better and better too! its getting to the point now that i nearly forget about it when i go to smack it up a hill or attempt reefing on the bars. Im still not allowed back on the mountain bike yet until october so i can it let my wrist get back to 100% before i go and get all dirty. FROTHING to get back on the dirt and shred some trails!

 

The past few weeks, now that im mobile, have been awesome to actually have a break and catch up for a brew or two with my mates and everyone that i havnt seen since i left in april. Spending a couple of days with the GIANT guys in melbourne and seeing my ROCKSTAR Racing teammates smack it up a few races has been great! and talking rubbish and looking 'PRO' at the coffee shop, maintaing the 1:1 ride to coffee shop sit time has also been awesome too.

 

Now im back on the rig ill start preparing for our Australian Mountain Bike national series which kicks off in mid november and concludes in march 2012. The Australian Championship and Oceania Championship is held in late febuary and early march. They will be a big focus for me over the next few months leading into 2012 while i try to build my fitness back up and regain my form. My first race back from injury wont be until november 12/13 at a 60km cross country MTB race in the southern highland of NSW. Until then it'll be big k's on my GIANT Di2 TCR roadie, quality training with my coach Mark Fenner form ftptraining.com and lettuce leaves all round!! hahaha and ill be loving every minute of it!

 

I hope you all are fabulous and enjoying the sunshine like i am and getting out and about when you can! Hopefully we'll catch up sooner rather than later 

 

LUV UR WORK!

 

JC