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April 13, 2008
Another Busy Day
Another busy day here in Pittsburgh. At least for me. At least by my definition of "busy". :)
Started off with a long run on the trail with Roxy and O. The advertised temperature was 38 degrees so I wore way too much and then preceeded to take half of it off about 2 miles into the run. Otherwise a great run. It was a nice April morning and we got the whole run in before the rain started (which then lasted the whole rest of the day).
Next up was church and then home for a quick lunch before heading to the bike shop to pick up my bike! Lunch included thumbprint cookies which you all may or may not remember as my absolute favorite cookie of all time. When Jen and Chad came over yesterday to watch the Clearwater coverage they brought these thumbprints with them. VERY smart people if you ask me. They had come with 2 dozen cookies which of course we did not finish off last night so I was planning (I swear!) on sending them home with some of the leftovers. Of course I forgot. So O and I ended up with a lot of cookies. Now I know this sounds very suspect but I really was going to share. Regardless, the extras won't go to waste and indeed the 2nd box has already been broken into today. Thank you Jen and Chad!
To the bike shop we went after lunch and boy was I happy to see my TT! He (his name is Scotty) got a tune up and a few new parts, namely a new back tire, a new chain (apparently I had my old one all stretched out) and a new stem. The new stem was so that I could be lower on the front end. With my old set-up I was as low as I could possibly go (all spacers gone a long time ago) so this new stem allowed me to go even lower and right away I noticed a difference. Glenn, the bestest bike shop man ever, measured me again on the new set-up just to make sure things were kosher and indeed I was good to go!
I came home for an hour easy ride and since it was still raining decided to do it on the trainer. That gave me a chance to get down in my aerobars and give my new position a try. Feels good now I just hope it makes me fast!
And so that about does it. Add in dinner, some house cleaning, some blog writing, some IMAZ following (congrats to all finishers!) and that makes a day. Tomorrow is a new one. Have a great week everyone!
Posted by beth at April 13, 2008 8:38 PM
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YUMMY, cookies for lunch. Wish we could do that everyday. Looks like the weather will creep out of the dreariness by mid week...YEAH!
Posted by: kerri at April 14, 2008 3:07 PM
Oh my gosh... my bikes name is Scotty too! Well, my black Scott that I gave to Brooke! I named him that because he was hot, black, and fast like Scotty Pippen (however you spell it). I got a new name now for the white bike "Tila Tequila" because that bike is plain naughty! I think after this season you should apply for Scott Bikes team!
Posted by: Bree at April 14, 2008 7:34 PM