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June 4, 2008
Catching Up
1) I got a new computer today!! More accurately it's a "new-to-me" computer because it's actually a hand me down from my sister. I love hand me downs! Mostly because they are free! :) My sister got a new computer so she was kind enough to send me her old one, which is WAY better than my current computer. It's faster and best of all has wireless! My old computer didn't do the wireless thing (I told you it was old!) and so I was always jealous of O sitting on the couch and looking on the internet at the same time. Now I can do that too. HA!
2) I figured I'd give you an update on Roxy in the case that anyone was wondering what happened with her limp. After the whole $600 xray ordeal, we came home with some anti-inflammatory/pain medication that instantly made the limp go away. So after a week of the medicine we decided to try her out and see if she had healed. And she did! For about 3 days. Then the limp came back. Darn! So back on the medicine and we just hoped and hoped and hoped that once the medicine ran out she would magically be better. Which she was! She's been off the medicine for about 10 days now and no limp yet. We haven't run with her but we did start talking her on walks again and of course she runs around the house like a crazy dog. No stopping that! So our fingers are still crossed that she really has healed!
3) We are getting really close to buying race wheels of our very own! We've been saving up for this venture (which took quite a while) and now I think we finally have enough. So of course the question is - what to buy? I've been sooo, sooo, sooo lucky to have been borrowing race wheels from my very generous friend Jeremy. He has 2 sets of wheels, a set of Zipp 404s (which I love) and also a disc wheel (which I also love). Of course the disc isn't really an option for me to buy right now because of price and the fact that I couldn't ride it everywhere (as in one day if I ever qualified for Kona - are you even allowed to ride a disc in Hawaii?! :). So what I'm looking for is a set of wheels that is versatile (since I will only have one set) and can be ridden on any type of course/wind conditions, but that is also the fastest for the $$. Easier said than done! Of course I'm again sooo, sooo, sooo lucky to have Jeremy helping me through this process as I really don't know what I'm doing. I think what we've decided as of now is a Zipp 404 on the front and an 808 on the back. What do you all think of that? Anyone use this set-up currently? Anyone have any opinions?
4) Training today - swim with a main set of 500,400,300,3x200,3x100 - which is my kind of ladder! I love the ladder that goes DOWN and stays down. Not a fan of the ladder that goes up or, worse yet, the ladder that goes down and then BACK UP. My college track coach was a fan of those kinds of ladders. NO thank you! :) And then a run that included some fartlek with very little rest (ouch!) that I did on the trail. And man was it humid! I was soaking wet within minutes and then REALLY soaking wet when, about 30 minutes into the workout, it started to pour down rain! I'm not going to complain though. Humidity isn't my favorite but the warm weather is so nice. How cool is it to just walk around outside in shorts and sandels?
And I think that's about it! Tomorrow is a new day. Good night everyone!
Posted by beth at June 4, 2008 7:19 PM
Comments
I LOVE hand me downs, and a computer hand me down!!! YOU SCORED!!! Nothing like sisters...
Poor Roxy, even dogs get over trained huh...? Speedy recovery for her and darn $600 bucks... thats nearly a wheel!
Okay, the race wheels, nearly yours! I so hope you get those soon...
AND thank you for posting on a good swim... need the motivation!
Posted by: Bree at June 4, 2008 9:09 PM
I love shopping - and for wheels.. how fun! I ride aeolus 6.5 clinchers for racing and I love them. And you were right - no disk at Kona. And puh-lease -- you will qualify on your first attempt. Come race with us in Hawaii!
Posted by: rachel at June 5, 2008 12:20 AM
My sister is younger, so I get hand-me-ups, but she is very fashionable so I am lucky! I agree with you on the whole ladder thing and congrats on the race wheels. I think the harder is to buy something (aka the longer you have your eye on them and save up for them) the sweeter the purchasa and use is!
-Danielle
Posted by: Danielle at June 5, 2008 8:18 AM
i hope Roxy gets better soon... and i love the swim set... i copied it and will do it at lunch today...
Posted by: Kranky C Dale at June 5, 2008 10:28 AM
hey, you.
nice job with our swim workout this morning. with that many people it's always a tough set.
out of curiosity, where else do you swim? I would love to join you for some workouts.
go with the 404's. it's a great wheel that you can basically use on any course.
have a wonderful day and even better weekend.
Posted by: matty mauclair at June 5, 2008 11:16 AM