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November 18, 2007
Body in Revolt
I seriously think my body is revolting because I have done absolutely no activity for the past 7 days. I woke up this morning with a very sore back and hips, almost worse than after Clearwater! (okay, maybe that's an exaggeration, but still - they hurt!) And why?! My only conclusion is lack of activity. May sound hokey (really hokey) but I think my body is just beside itself. I plan on taking care of this problem with a very easy, short spin tomorrow morning before work. We must get things back on the mend! :)
In other news O and I got new cell phones yesterday just because on our cell phone plan allows for new phones (free of course) every two years. This is a very good thing because my old cell phone's battery lasted approximately 3.45 minutes before it needed recharged and that was getting REAL old. Regardless, I really don't use my phone for anything except talking. I don't use it to take pictures, shoot videos, play music, texting, emailing, browsing the web, washing the dishes or cleaning the cars. Just talking. That's it. So when the very peppy Verizon Wireless worker was quite intent on showing us every phone that did every thing you could ever dream, I was perhaps a bit short with him when I suggested that all I do is talk so please, the most basic, cheapest, simplest variety of phone will do, thank you very much. Well okay then he says - would you like to look at it? Nope - just bring 'em out and set 'em up and we will be on our way.
So the phones we ended up with do take pictures and play music and are capable of browsing the web but that's only because ALL phones do that now. But still, I like it. I've got my phone numbers in it (all 35 of them :) and I even went as far as downloading a cool ringtone - my favorite song. I am so high tech.
In other, other news, O and I just completed our 2007 NCAA Fantasy NCAA Cross Country draft. I don't like to brag but I will say that I gave O a thorough beat down the past two years. He does, however, still hold the record for the lowest score (18), which he compiled in 2003 with the likes of Shalane Flanagan, Kim Smith, Sara Bei, Mary Cullen and Carol Henry (1,2,3,5 and 7). He won the toss up this year so he got to choose first but still, I am pleased with my team:
Jenny Barringer - Colorado
Teresa McWalters - Stanford
Arianna Lambie - Stanford
Emily Harrison - Virginia
Nicole Blood - Oregon
Liz Costello - Princeton
Lindsay Donaldson - Yale
I seem to have a bit of a west coast/Ivy League bias but nonetheless, I think my team is really going to pull it out. :)
And finally, in other, other, other news, O helped me do a little work on my website today. He added some more recent racing pictures and we included my 2008 racing schedule thus far. Check it out!
Posted by beth at November 18, 2007 2:18 PM
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Yes, the verizon wireless guy sure was peppy!
For disclosure purposes, here's my drafted team.
Sally Kipyego (Texas Tech)
Diane Nukuri (Iowa)
Susan Kujiken (Florida State)
Nicole Edwards (Michigan)
Brianna Felnagle (UNC)
Alexandra Kosinski (Oregon)
Ilsa Paulson (Northern Arizona)
I think I have the upper hand!
Posted by: O at November 18, 2007 3:02 PM
Wow, now this is all I'll be thinking about tomorrow as the women cross the line--who wins, O or Beth? I'm horrible with the predictions, but I think both of your teams have some strengths and weaknesses...but only time will tell. To paraphrase what Vin Lananna said at today's press conference, the rankings mean nothing. The only rankings that matter are the ones after the race tomorrow.
I have to cheer for Beth on this one, though, because I "know" (at least in the way you know someone from reading their blog) her better.
Posted by: Alison at November 18, 2007 6:23 PM
Beth,
You tagged me! I didn't notice!
Good luck with your fantasy team tomorrow!
Posted by: Meghan at November 18, 2007 8:33 PM
fantasy cross country sounds wildly cool! it seems like you have a solid team :)
have fun spinning tomorrow!
Posted by: bridget at November 18, 2007 11:24 PM