Addiction III
12-16-10 | 12:50 PM
#3202
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12-16-10 | 12:51 PM
#3203
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Thanks Shovel. I'm not going to alter training in anticipation of the February event. It's a pretty sleepy little tri in a rural area around here. Should be a nice event, though.
12-16-10 | 12:55 PM
#3205
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Skinny stick legs wearing winter leggings and booties, balaclava, helmet, and a bright yellow windbreaker that looked like it was unzipped... like he was overheating or something... even though it was like, 5 degrees outside.
Most of the alcoholics I know just drive anyway, or carpool, or have the breath thingies.
12-16-10 | 12:55 PM
#3206
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From Stephen Kings Just After Sunset:
My mother once told me that if a man wiped his ass and saw blood on the toilet tissue, his response would be to crap in the dark for the next thirty days and hope for the best. She used this example to illustrate her belief that the cornerstone of male philosophy was "If you ignore it, maybe it'll go away."
My mother once told me that if a man wiped his ass and saw blood on the toilet tissue, his response would be to crap in the dark for the next thirty days and hope for the best. She used this example to illustrate her belief that the cornerstone of male philosophy was "If you ignore it, maybe it'll go away."
12-16-10 | 12:55 PM
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12-16-10 | 12:57 PM
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Just spent $200 at the vet with the grumpy old 18 year old cat.
They took her out of the exam room to give her some meds and draw blood. I could hear her growling/yelling down the hall. She's not happy.
We'll find out on Saturday if she's going to be an expensive crotchety senior citizen.
On a side note, this vet's office is weird. I go there despite it being expensive, because it's half a mile from the house, and the vet is super nice, but the reception staff are all snobby, *****y, grouchy teenage girls. (Well, probably college age.)
They took her out of the exam room to give her some meds and draw blood. I could hear her growling/yelling down the hall. She's not happy.
We'll find out on Saturday if she's going to be an expensive crotchety senior citizen.
On a side note, this vet's office is weird. I go there despite it being expensive, because it's half a mile from the house, and the vet is super nice, but the reception staff are all snobby, *****y, grouchy teenage girls. (Well, probably college age.)
12-16-10 | 01:01 PM
#3209
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12-16-10 | 01:11 PM
#3210
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The first A event on my calendar for next year is up in the air. The promoter decided not to make it a USAC event. I'm not sure what to do at this point.
Enough of the 33 digression, back to the pooping.
12-16-10 | 01:18 PM
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12-16-10 | 01:19 PM
#3213
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Did anyone else get their "box of crap" yet from Icycles? Mine came in today, and there's a bunch of stuff in it. 3 brake/shifter levers (not a set of any, all hybrid/MTB) a handlebar/stem mount phone bag, some Pedro's lip balm, a triangular frame mount bag, some type of large wrench, a bunch of red cable ends, a jagwire cable, about 10 small washers, three sheets of Sidi decals, a Specialized computer mount, and a whole boatload of other small parts that I have no clue what they are...
12-16-10 | 01:24 PM
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Post pics.
12-16-10 | 01:27 PM
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12-16-10 | 01:29 PM
#3216
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The last time I was in Atlanta, I went running through a very hilly area. I had my best times on everything (mile, pace). It was quite surprising.
12-16-10 | 01:37 PM
#3217
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From: In a Haggard Song
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so Jen, how is the swimming going? Any better?
I just joined the local fitness center with the pool. Back in the pool 3X/wk until Sept.
I just joined the local fitness center with the pool. Back in the pool 3X/wk until Sept.
12-16-10 | 01:42 PM
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In that case, there's nothing to worry about. The hills only present a meaningful challenge to marginal runners/fat people. You will feel them, though.
12-16-10 | 01:51 PM
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12-16-10 | 01:54 PM
#3221
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From: In a Haggard Song
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12-16-10 | 01:58 PM
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42 laps of a 50 yard pool or 38 laps of a 50m pool. That's a lot of swimming!
12-16-10 | 02:00 PM
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12-16-10 | 02:05 PM
#3225
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From: In a Haggard Song
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