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August 21, 2007
Something is Stankin'
So I walk into our "office" room after work today and instantly catch a whiff of something that smells...well...not so nice (to put it kindly). Kind of like wet, dirty towels. Yuck. Roxy was outside so I knew it wasn't her. My wet running shoes from the morning were downstairs, so I knew it wasn't them. O was still at work so I knew...(just kidding, he doesn't usually smell too bad :)...
Upon further investigation it became very clear very quickly that the stench was from my still wet heart rate monitor strap. Nasty, nasty, nasty! Boy did it stink and the fact that I was about to put it back on in about 2 minutes didn't make me feel any better. Still wet, really smelly...and then I started to ponder all that that HR strap has been through including over a year of tons of workouts, gallons of sweat, several races, lots of not-so-clean water (including none other than the Allegheny River) and it even made it through my crash with me. In fact I remember trying to take it off in the hospital and the ER doc comes flying over wondering what exactly I was trying to do. I assured him I wasn't pulling IVs, just taking off my stinky HR monitor strap...
While I was on my ride I could actually smell myself (or rather my HR strap). Now that's when you know it's bad. I'm going to have to do something about it. Maybe scrub it up with a little soap? Should I have been doing this all along? I swear I'm a generally clean person... :)
ANYWAY - today was a pretty standard day. I got up and ran 70 minutes in the rain this morning. I feel like it's been raining for years (although it's only been about 3 days). Then I came home from work and it was still raining so I did my 1 hour moderate ride on the trainer in the basement (with stinky HR strap in tow). And I finally topped things off with a 2500 yd swim once O got home from work/practice. He joined me which made for a nicer pool workout. He's cool that like.
Have a great night everyone! And thanks a million for all your nice comments re: Germany! You guys are the very best! :)
Posted by beth at August 21, 2007 8:41 PM