Friends are good. Today was the USGP. A big day for us bike racers. My teammates Erik and Mike raced with me in the 45+ Masters race. As expected their was a huge crowd of many folks we know. Mike is riding great. He even has a white leaders jersey. Yep, just like in the […]
Category: Reflection
Staci takes the Internal Medicine board exam tomorrow; in a cubicle, with a computer. No pencils. No ovals. It has been 12 years since she last took the exam. For 10 years, she stopped doctoring and simply took care of Cat, Will and me. A mom. Moms do that stuff. They are a different species […]
The winter season is just around the corner. Exercising outdoors now becomes a little trickier. As a trained observer, it was obvious that many cyclocross racers were over dressed. I saw many red faces from head gear or tights and long sleeves. Saw the same things while coaching Cross Country running. It was a brisk […]
You all recall the famous childrens book, If you give a mouse a cookie. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_You_Give_a_Mouse_a_Cookie How about, If you give a doctor a Brownie. This is the routine every Thursday. A voice heard: “Hey Dr M, why don’t you ever eat the brownies.” I did once. Couldn’t stop at just one. All’s good while eating, […]
I still like reading the sports page. I am a fan of sports. Two stories today compelled me to reflect on basketball, my childhood love. I was a basketball fan. It was like cycling is to me presently. Basketball has changed: http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20091013/SPORTS03/910130365/1002/sports/UK++Gillispie+reach+agreement++ex-coach+to+get+almost+$3+million http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20091013/SPORTS02/910130359/1002/sports/U+of+L+s+Jennings+issues+apology As an adult, I often sleep listening to podcasts (2Johns, Heart Rhythm, […]
The mud and course conditions Friday defeated me. Saturday, I felt good warming up, had a decent start and snap-there goes my chain. Raced about 20 seconds. Sunday, they did not call my name at all. Started in last row and by some miracle got up to about 5th or 6th at the first turn. […]
I have no idea why we have had so much rain this fall. A literal deluge the last few days; resulting in a complete mud bath today at Devou Park in Covington, KY. The 3-day Cicncy weekend is one of the Ohio Valley cross series highlights. This year it coincided with fall break, so Will […]
Please, not another bike story. Worst news: no pics, just words. Sorry, it’s Sunday night and Will and I raced bikes today. Bikes are the vehicle, the real story is community. The community of people who do this cyclocross thing. I consider myself very lucky to be a member. I grew up in a large […]
My good friend Bob Bobrow volunteered a guest blog. A major stimulus for my entree into words stems from many hours traveling to races with Bob. He is a lawyer so is better with words than I. Take your time with these words. They are the essence of what I tell patients about exercise. Once […]
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Syncope: The medical term for loss of consciousness. It is one of the main issues an electrophysiologist looks after. This week while in the office we heard a loud boom. My office is in the basement (we are instructed by management to call it the lower level.) It was sunny but sounded like thunder?? Sirens […]
This Sunday was the Aggie Stampede CC meet at Saint Agnes on Newburg road. Why were we there? The course is tight and is best guided by a “rabbit.” No motorized vehicles will do. There has always been a cx rider acting as a rabbit. Brad Swope in previous years, but this year Will and […]