The season is over for Low Cadence
I don’t know what I was thinking. It should have been obvious to me that someone doesn’t heal from a broken neck in five weeks. Still, I swear the neurosurgeon told me I would be out of the neck brace and able to start limited activity on June 29, 2010. Well, I was wrong.
The neck brace remains until at least July 27. He also would not clear me for higher risks activities until later. Basically, he laid out that I will not be cleared to race until November. What that means is that my racing season is over.
The beautiful redhead and I have talked about it and we do not see why I shouldn’t be able to continue with my plans to start and finish the 2010 Ride for Mike. However, there will be no more racing for me this year… That stinks.
I’m going to have to step back here for a bit and let this sink in. I don’t know what all of this is going to mean to the blog. I have no desire to be writing stuff about me complaining all the time or asking you to give to the 2010 Ride for Mike. I’m certain you will see less (just as you have probably noticed over the last couple of weeks).
So, the next thing on my calendar is the 2010 Ride for Mike. I trust that once I start training again in earnest and planning the logistics in earnest, you’ll find more here at LowCadence.com. Follow Low Cadence on Twitter and on Facebook and you’ll know when that begins to happen.
Thank you for your support.
Tags: Broken Neck, Neck Brace
Seems like you had stuff to write about before you started racing. You’ll still have stuff to write about after all of this. Anyway, your health and your family are far more important than this blog and any race that you might involve yourself in.
Don’t let the passion die. It may require a shift in focus, but it will survive.
jd
Praying for you!
Jonathan,
Your light is a beacon for everyone who comes in contact with you. This will become an exciting chapter about many other topics, dealing with trials and tribulation, introspection, channeling your energy, and many others that you have yet to express. We all enjoy “getting inside your head”, and the cycling world has many comeback stories that inspire and instruct. “God bless those Tar Heel boys!”
Don’t fret Jonathan! you may find that your situation may bring out your best blog entries yet!