Eagleman 70.3 is now less than two weeks away. Today I did my last long run before the race, tomorrow I’ll do my last threshold intervals on the bike, then Wednesday I’ll do my last mile repeats. Actually the long run was supposed to happen yesterday, and the miles would be happening tomorrow after my LT intervals, but last week I did something dumb. I saw a photo of myself from the bike leg at Columbia, decided I looked retarded, decided I would look less retarded if I moved my saddle up 2 millimeters, did intervals on the raised saddle, then oh shock surprise my left hamstring got super tight and made my knee really sore. So, I put the saddle back in the right place and pushed my run workouts back a day. I think I successfully avoided a real problem, time will tell.
Oh, and as if on cue after my post from yesterday (which she hasn’t read), today my mom looked out the window and lamented “the nice thing about Winter is you can see what’s driving down the road!” Summertime foliage really makes news-gathering harder. But actually I had seen the big news, Charles Tasker was helping Churchill haul this big wagon full of chopped-down trees with a really big tractor. Twenty minutes later, Charles came back the other way, with just the tractor. Hmmmmmmm. Tres interesante.
Charles Tasker rules. Here is more. (click on the post titles to read more, i can’t get “read more” links to work on my archives, sorry!)
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NONONO!!!
1st: you ALWAYS look great racing!!! And what impresses me is that you ALWAYS have a smile on your face:-) In Oceanside you were the best looking-happiest triathlete of ALL of them!!! I was there, I saw it!!!
2nd: You will do great at the Eagleman…so what? They are good? Just think that you are better!!!
Good luck with the last few workouts and the taper!!!
Have fun with the last last of each type of workout. I think you’re well trained and the swim is a bugger but just keep pushing. You’ll work it out over time. It’s taken me four years after learning how to swim to finally get a tiny bit better (needless to say, in the world of swimming I still stink) but better for me! Well – ha.. have fun with the Mom gossiup!
Rock that race Court!
Was it really necessary to use the word retarded? I mean, certainly you don’t think that “retarded” people all look alike, right? I’m giving you the benefit of the doubt here but certainly you know that the word retarded used as slang is extremely hurtful to people living with special needs. Before I had a child with a disability, I pretty much was like you. I don’t know if I used the word but I certainly didn’t flinch when I heard it. What’s the big deal, right? It is a huge deal to people who have cognitive challenges. They get what you are
saying and they understand that you are mocking them, even if it’s unintentional.
Anyway, thank you for hearing me out.
i was actually going to use the word that dan savage is using now in place of “retarded”, but i couldn’t remember what it was.
thanks for your comment, and you are right, i should be more sensitive. sadly i am not but i can work on it.