Still more Testing!

Enter the lab.....

Tonight Tim Case and Greg Kostik came to Room 1004 at Children's Hospital for their 2nd round of testing with Dr. Dan and his staff. Tim was wallowing in lowlander's heavy atmosphere, having flown in from Boulder earlier today, beating the second snowstorm in a week here in Minnesota.

He was anxious to see how his winter training has been paying off: he will be racing this Sunday in his first criterium of the season back home in Boulder. I don't think he has much to worry about. We will get solid figures in a few days, but I believe he is on target for a good season, both for his new squad in Colorado, and for Team Strong Heart!

Here is is being tested (as all of the guys are) to check his acuity under the clock. As the timer ticks, the subject has to sequence 3 colored pegs into a numbered board, in order. The holes are randomly numbers and colored, so it is quite a challenge. They perform this test prior to the heart-rending cycle tests; it gets them in a frame of mind for competition. All four of our guys did a great job.

Greg arrived straight from work, and while Tim finished up on the cycle, he did his vertical leap tests and other preliminary testing. He showed that his legs have been strengthening over the winter. When finished with that, Greg plugged in his Ipod and pedaled to Metallica for a very impressive cardio performance.

All in all, Dr. Dan got alot of data to put together our plan for conquering the Race Across America in June. With this data we can fine-tune our racing plan, nutrition and rest goals and continue to train for the biggest race in the world.