Surgery

Last Sunday I did my first long ride training at 19 Sports. It was an hour and a half session with just three other people. It went by surprisingly fast and I easily maintained the same average watt output as during my 40 minute threshold test.

Unfortunately, all of my progress will slowly regress because I went in for surgery on Tuesday February 16th. The surgery was mainly to repair a grade 4 deviated septum so I can breathe through my nose for once. Dr. Gull also removed a few of my turbinate bones, and opened up my maxillary orifices from 2mm to 8mm. I still have the stents in my nose and the recovery has been much worse then I expected. I am going in Monday to have the stents removed...can't wait. This is the first time I have ever wanted a weekend to go by fast.

I can't wait to get back on my bike again. The hope is that this procedure helps my cycling in the long run.