The 2018 Half Century a month Challenge chatzone

[Noodle Legs]

Thanks, @13 rider but I've fallen at the second hurdle! Woke up with terrible chest pains in the middle of the night of 15th February. Straight to health centre the next morning. Diagnosis: pneumonia had returned in a severe fashion. I'll cut a long and grisly story short: three weeks in hospital, the first half in Northampton General, the second half in Glenfield Hospital, Leicester. Good fun being transported up the M1 in an ambulance. Three chest drains fitted and a two hour operation to scrape all the infection out of my chest. Discharged exactly one week ago. Stitches out yesterday at my local health centre by the same nurse who first diagnosed me a month earlier.

No cycling before I can walk - in the sense that I've to take two walks a day trying to get mildly breathless on each one. Respiratory physiotherapists' orders. This should fully inflate my right lung.

No sympathy sought - I have in fact been superbly treated by the NHS. And collected not only a full EU set of professionals who looked after me but almost a full UN set. The best tick being the morning I was seen by a Peruvian doctor accompanied by a Malawian nurse.

And much inspired for the rest of 2018 by the contribution earlier in this thread by someone who commented to the effect that you can only do what you can do. Good luck to you all.

And if I've learned some advice to pass on, it would be: Don't Catch Pneumonia!

Get well soon @ianmac62

 

[The Bystander]

Tough break @ianmac62 GWS and better luck for the 2019 challenge.

 

[13 rider]

Thanks, @13 rider but I've fallen at the second hurdle! Woke up with terrible chest pains in the middle of the night of 15th February. Straight to health centre the next morning. Diagnosis: pneumonia had returned in a severe fashion. I'll cut a long and grisly story short: three weeks in hospital, the first half in Northampton General, the second half in Glenfield Hospital, Leicester. Good fun being transported up the M1 in an ambulance. Three chest drains fitted and a two hour operation to scrape all the infection out of my chest. Discharged exactly one week ago. Stitches out yesterday at my local health centre by the same nurse who first diagnosed me a month earlier.

No cycling before I can walk - in the sense that I've to take two walks a day trying to get mildly breathless on each one. Respiratory physiotherapists' orders. This should fully inflate my right lung.

No sympathy sought - I have in fact been superbly treated by the NHS. And collected not only a full EU set of professionals who looked after me but almost a full UN set. The best tick being the morning I was seen by a Peruvian doctor accompanied by a Malawian nurse.

And much inspired for the rest of 2018 by the contribution earlier in this thread by someone who commented to the effect that you can only do what you can do. Good luck to you all.

And if I've learned some advice to pass on, it would be: Don't Catch Pneumonia!

Get well soon and take your recovery slowly . Thanks for letting us know I always wonder why when people drop out .

 

[Katherine]

@ianmac62 I wish you all the best for your recovery. I hope you can enjoy your walks in the meantime.

 

[NorthernDave]

Another weekend approaches and slim chance of a ride of any description, let along a cheeky half.

Snow and ice, under the banner of an Amber weather warning, gusting winds and temperatures barely making it above zero rule tomorrow out, and Sunday doesn't look much better - and I've another commitment from lunchtime anyway.

Glad I got this months qualifying ride in last weekend.
Good luck if you're heading out there - watch out for the polar bears...

 

[tallliman]

Cheeky 50km squeezed in at the end of the week today. Might be the only ride of the week though, weather looking iffy for the weekend.

 

[Noodle Legs]

I shall try and remain positive in spite of the apolcayptic weather predictions but it is beginning to look a bit grim here in the East Midlands, as @tallliman did refer to earlier on another thread, it’s a case of playing it by ear......

 

[Rob and Alison]

We were glad to get a 33miler in on the Tandem on Friday. Only our second ride of the month, due to Aussie Flu and the weather.
Hopefully a planned Caistor Cycling club social ride next weekend will enable Stig to get out with us so he can stay in too.

 

[13 rider]

Wow what a rubbish weekend a paltry 23 miles over 2 days first weekend in over 2 years I've not ridden a ride over 50km over a weekend . This weather is getting boring now roll on summer

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Wow what a rubbish weekend a paltry 23 miles over 2 days first weekend in over 2 years I've not ridden a ride over 50km over a weekend . This weather is getting boring now roll on summer

Any miles this weekend in Leicester is impressive

 

[13 rider]

January
10th - flat route, Stinchcombe, Berkeley, Oldbury, Thornbury, Cromhall, Wickwar - 32 miles, 1 point

February
17th - Horton, H Upton, lanes towards Tetbury, back to Wotton - 33 miles, 1 point

March
21st - flat route, Tytherington, Thornbury, Oldbury, Berkeley, Purton, Stinchcombe, 32 miles, 1 point

Total: 3 points
(Well on track for a truly abysmal total point score!)

Still in that's what matters 12 points will do it

 

[Domus]

Cracking day in the wind today. Barrow to Grange, day 1 of the Bay Cycle Way.
Good route and good company. Six grumpy old men putting the world to rights all day long.
Wind dropping for tomorrow. Should be another cracker.

 

[NorthernDave]

Tomorrow looks promising weatherwise - and just as well because I'm lined up for my first metric century of the year with the two lads I'm riding the Wiggle Vale Vélo (an imperial century) with in a fortnight.

 

[13 rider]

After last weekends null points Back on track this weekend did my usual St Bernards 50km loop . Have a planned 100 km for tomorrow .

 

[NorthernDave]

Tomorrow looks promising weatherwise - and just as well because I'm lined up for my first metric century of the year with the two lads I'm riding the Wiggle Vale Vélo (an imperial century) with in a fortnight.

Best laid plans eh? One of our trio arrived for this mornings ride with another commitment later on, so pushed for time the metric century was rejigged to an imperial half - well 52.45 miles to be exact.
Still, all was well, a good ride, nice to have company for a change (which led to a café stop and a very good bacon butty) and my furthest ride of the year so far. The sun even came out for a bit.