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May 2, 2008
Head Gear
This morning when my alarm went off I wasn't quite sure where in the world I was, or if I was even in a world at all. Yep, one of those mornings. :) I did find my senses in short time though and got up and out of bed and to the pool.
I was glad when I was driving home from work today that I had already done both of my workouts for the day (after the swim I did a short, easy recovery run) because I was ready for a NAP! And sure enough, upon walking through the door, feeding Roxy and quickly checking my email, I crawled into bed. Roxy joined soon after (she eats her dinner in about 0.0005 seconds) and we made for one cozy couple. I was sooooo sleepy as was she (don't ask me how because all she does all day is sleep).
When I finally woke up (about an hour later) it was time for dinner! I was still incredibly groggy but after some food and some tv I was ready to go again. I rallied to clean up my dinner mess, get my gear ready for tomorrow's training, iron, take care of some emails, and do some other odds and ends. Quite a productive evening once I got my extra zzzz's in!
By the way, lest you wonder what I did with O, he is away at a track meet all tonight and also tomorrow. Track season is brutal. The poor guy mostly eats dinner in the car on the way to a meet or on the way home from one. :)
Anyway, as for the title of this entry, I've recently been receiving lots of head gear in the mail. First, in a package with some other team gear, this visor appeared on our door step.
Now let me tell you of my brief visor history. Back about 6 or 7 years ago when visors because popular (I believe I was in college), I desperately wanted to be able to wear one. I've always been a hat wearer when I run but the visor...it held a lot of promise. I had one major problem though - I always looked *really* dumb in visors. My head must be shaped oddly or too big or something. Visor after visor I tried and I was never pleased with the result. So I kept wearing my hats.
Fast forward a couple years when I get into triathlon. Now I really wish visors would look somewhat normal on my head because EVERYone wears a visor in triathlon. Plus it's always about 10,000 degrees by the time you get to the run in a triathlon so a visor seemed even better as it had to be cooler than a full hat.
But alas, my head still looked dumb in a visor.
But then this new visor showed up at our house and upon trying it on, I decided it didn't look too bad at all! I was very excited and proceeded to wear the visor around all night. Victory! I'm not sure what happened - perhaps it's this type of visor or perhaps my head shrunk - but either way I deemed it wearable. So now I can't wait to race again and wear my new visor. What do you think - look okay?
The next piece of head gear to arrive was a new team aerohelmet. This is also very exciting!
I decided some time ago that the aerohelmet is by far the strangest looking piece of equipment that exists in our sport. I mean really - a helmet with a pointy end? But aerodynamics are aerodynamics and apparently they don't care what you look like. So aerohelmet it is. I have never worn one so I'll be excited to try it out in my next race. Of course I'll have to do a few rides around here to make sure it works okay first. So now my neighbors will think I'm even more odd than they originally thought... :)
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Posted by beth at May 2, 2008 8:13 PM
Comments
You look cute in the visor! YES! But, the aero helmet - who looks good, really?? Glad you got one! You will love it. :) I am SOOO tired today too and even nausous. I think the race caught up to me today. I was sleeping while trying to swim this AM.
Posted by: Jennifer Harrison at May 2, 2008 10:00 PM
Visor looks GREAT. Yeah, Jen is right about the aerohelmets. I wish I had accomplished as much today as you did. Tomorrow, tomorrow, there's always tomorrow....
Have a good weekend.
-Danielle
Posted by: Danielle at May 2, 2008 10:18 PM
Even though aero helmets always seem to look dorky, that is a pretty cool looking one.
I have not worn mine in training before only in races. I am too embaressed to ride around in it.
Posted by: maija at May 2, 2008 10:28 PM
1. Last night's track meet went well. Now it's time to go to a JV meet today.
2. Who took those pictures if I wasn't around? You did a good job of not getting your arm in the picture!!!
Posted by: O at May 3, 2008 10:14 AM