Daily Archives: June 11, 2015

Question For My Cycling Friends/Followers??

11 Thursday Jun 2015

Posted by in Photography

≈ Leave a comment

Short background

I ride a 2013 Cannondale Caad 8 Road Bike.  When I first started riding and soon after I purchased this bike, a friend of mine gave me some SPD mountain bike pedals and cleats.  I went and bought shoes to fit the cleats/pedals and off I went.  That was nearly 2 years and 1000 miles ago.  Recently, after riding about 12 miles or so, my right foot will start hurting on the right side near the ball of my foot.  At first it wasn’t so bad.  I would unclip and let my foot dangle a few minutes and then clip back in and I was good for several miles.  Now, after 12 miles or so even unclipping it doesn’t seem to get any better.  I have to stop the bike, unclip and get off the bike for about ten minutes or so before I can continue.  At first I thought it was the shoes, which it still may be.  But, after sharing the information on some sites I belong too, I’m thinking now that it may be in fact the pedals that I’m using.  Keeping in mind that I’m riding a road bike and using mountain bike shoes, pedals and cleats.

I went to the cycle shop today to speak with one of the salesman and he told me about the same thing.  He also added that the reason that my foot is hurting is that I’ve created a hot spot by using a smaller pedal with a small footprint.  He said that what I need is a pedal with a larger footprint so my weight on the pedal will be more distributed.

For those of you that have way more experience than I do what do you guys think?

365 Day Photo Challenge 163/365 “Bad Day Turned Good”

11 Thursday Jun 2015

Posted by in Photography

≈ 2 Comments

Tags

, , , , ,

Today started off with me in the dumps.  Found out an acquaintance of mine who was diagnosed with CML during the same week I was, she found out that her CML has advanced and now is need of a bone marrow transplant.  I’m somewhat confused on how someone with the same cancer can be different.  I know we are not on the same meds and we have different doctors and I also know that she didn’t take her medication like she supposed to and that may have had a huge impact on the direction her cancer has taken.  When I read the news this morning it set me back a bit thinking that this could very well have been me.  It still can be me.  I go back to my oncologist in August and I’m hoping for continued good news.

I was also down because I knew I wouldn’t get to ride any this evening because I was supposed to meet up with a new girl who want to model for me. We’ve tried to meet on so many other occasions and it always fell through.  Why would tonight be any different. I would miss out on the meet up as well as miss out on the riding time.  But, she showed up and I was impressed.  She is everything I was hoping for.  She’s never modeled before but that’s ok.  She doesn’t seem to have any hangups, not on drugs, doesn’t have a jealous husband or boyfriend.  So far so good.  After seeing and talking with her it just made my day.  We’re meeting Tuesday evening to do a small shoot at the Botanical Gardens.  I am really looking forward to it.  Hope to share some pictures after the shoot.

“Life Goes On!”