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It's been awhile since checking in, but I'm freaking gutted.  Good friend and her husband injured right at the finish line cheering on her Mom.  She's a sweet, sweet person, triathlon coach, KQ'er and personal trainer.  Her husband is a former fire fighter and manager of an athletic club.  Both former D1 swimmers.  As you can imagine, our local running community sprang pretty quickly to try to get a head count on everyone.  I swear I thought everyone was accounted for, including her and her husband specifically.

Unfortunately, I came across a picture of her on FB, sitting down, covered in blood, leg injuries, clearly in shock at pretty much ground zero.  Literally gasped.  My kids were sitting right there (didn't see the picture), but god knows what sort of profanity they've picked up now.  The picture has been running in some of the galleries for major news outlets.  Luckily, her husband is relatively ok with burns and lacerations.  She has compound fractures in both legs and in going in to her second surgery today.  Her sister was also with them and I've heard she had a partial leg amputation, but she's at another hospital so details are slow coming.

I heard last night that they expected my friend to make a rough, but full recovery.  But, that was before I heard about the second surgery.

They weren't coming over for dinner friends, but I've know her for years and my wife and I both have taken several swimming clinics/lessons with her. 

Really, really sh*tty day.  Hope everyone is getting better news from their friends and family. 

Our neighborhood running race this weekend is trying to figure out a way for people to apply their race entries to some sort of fund for them.  Hopefully we'll have enough time to figure this out. 

Thanks for opportunity to unload that.

It's been awhile since checking in, but I'm freaking gutted.  Good friend and her husband injured right at the finish line cheering on her Mom.  She's a sweet, sweet person, triathlon coach, KQ'er and personal trainer.  Her husband is a former fire fighter and manager of an athletic club.  Both former D1 swimmers.  As you can imagine, our local running community sprang pretty quickly to try to get a head count on everyone.  I swear I thought everyone was accounted for, including her and her husband specifically.

Unfortunately, I came across a picture of her on FB, sitting down, covered in blood, leg injuries, clearly in shock at pretty much ground zero.  Literally gasped.  My kids were sitting right there (didn't see the picture), but god knows what sort of profanity they've picked up now.  The picture has been running in some of the galleries for major news outlets.  Luckily, her husband is relatively ok with burns and lacerations.  She has compound fractures in both legs and in going in to her second surgery today.  Her sister was also with them and I've heard she had a partial leg amputation, but she's at another hospital so details are slow coming.

I heard last night that they expected my friend to make a rough, but full recovery.  But, that was before I heard about the second surgery.

They weren't coming over for dinner friends, but I've know her for years and my wife and I both have taken several swimming clinics/lessons with her. 

Really, really sh*tty day.  Hope everyone is getting better news from their friends and family. 

Our neighborhood running race this weekend is trying to figure out a way for people to apply their race entries to some sort of fund for them.  Hopefully we'll have enough time to figure this out. 

Thanks for opportunity to unload that.

Speaking of road bikes.....introducing my new Trek Madone:

I ordered it yesterday. I built it through Project One so I got to personalize everything (notice the pink cable housing and wheels decals). I am so blessed to be part of our local Trek team now and got a great deal on this bike. There's no way I would ever have dreamed that I'd have a bike like this! I really don't feel worthy. I went all out and got Dura Ace and Carbon wheels. I hope to have it early-mid May.

It's been awhile since checking in, but I'm freaking gutted.  Good friend and her husband injured right at the finish line cheering on her Mom.  She's a sweet, sweet person, triathlon coach, KQ'er and personal trainer.  Her husband is a former fire fighter and manager of an athletic club.  Both former D1 swimmers.  As you can imagine, our local running community sprang pretty quickly to try to get a head count on everyone.  I swear I thought everyone was accounted for, including her and her husband specifically.

Unfortunately, I came across a picture of her on FB, sitting down, covered in blood, leg injuries, clearly in shock at pretty much ground zero.  Literally gasped.  My kids were sitting right there (didn't see the picture), but god knows what sort of profanity they've picked up now.  The picture has been running in some of the galleries for major news outlets.  Luckily, her husband is relatively ok with burns and lacerations.  She has compound fractures in both legs and in going in to her second surgery today.  Her sister was also with them and I've heard she had a partial leg amputation, but she's at another hospital so details are slow coming.

I heard last night that they expected my friend to make a rough, but full recovery.  But, that was before I heard about the second surgery.

They weren't coming over for dinner friends, but I've know her for years and my wife and I both have taken several swimming clinics/lessons with her. 

Really, really sh*tty day.  Hope everyone is getting better news from their friends and family. 

Our neighborhood running race this weekend is trying to figure out a way for people to apply their race entries to some sort of fund for them.  Hopefully we'll have enough time to figure this out. 

Thanks for opportunity to unload that.

I like Carmichael....I have read some of his stuff and also signed up for his weekly emails. As with Tri, I never follow any sort of training plan, just do what works for me. I guess it depends on your goals Fred. Are you just planning to ride focus to become a stronger cyclist and take that back to Triathlon or are you thinking of bike racing?  

I also pick the brains of my fellow cyclists. I ask them how they train, how many miles they put in etc. One thing I do notice is that they tend to worry a lot less about overall pace per ride than my tri buddies do. They do a lot of "easy" riding with hard efforts thrown in. I also have learned a ton about tactics during group rides. Our weekly ride is pretty competitive and when you get some teams out there, there is a lot of strategy involved!  

Speaking of road bikes.....introducing my new Trek Madone.

I ordered it yesterday. I built it through Project One so I got to personalize everything (notice the pink cable housing and wheels decals). I am so blessed to be part of our local Trek team now and got a great deal on this bike. There's no way I would ever have dreamed that I'd have a bike like this! I really don't feel worthy. I went all out and got Dura Ace and Carbon wheels. I hope to have it early-mid May.

Did you go with the DA 9000?  Jealous!!!

Did you go with the DA 9000?  Jealous!!!

Marshall, please let me know if there is anything we can do to help or contribute to your friends recovery.

We have a few standard rides in the area, the "Donut Ride" being the biggest.  Every neighborhood has their own version of a donut ride. 

Totally intimidated by them, been wanting to jump in and try my hand, see where I stack up,  but I did a memorial ride with a lot of them, and frankly, they can be a bit scary.  Passing on the right in the gutter, riding in real close quarters....  I suppose this has more to do with my handling than anything else, my handling is OK but not like a solid roadie.

Speaking of making people jealous....

2013 model!

Sweet looking shoes Fred!

This afternoon, after work, I had perhaps the greatest ride I've done in a long time.  It was only 20 minutes but it was outside and best of all, it was with my wife.  She hasn't been on her bike outdoors since she crashed on May 6th.

Fred D - 2013-04-16 5:19 PM

Speaking of making people jealous....

 

2013 model!

 

 

 

Those actually make my "Pope Shoes" (my kids have a warped sense of humor), aka TriVents, look lame.

Veeeeeeeeery nice.  They just look FAST

Sweet looking shoes Fred!

This afternoon, after work, I had perhaps the greatest ride I've done in a long time.  It was only 20 minutes but it was outside and best of all, it was with my wife.  She hasn't been on her bike outdoors since she crashed on May 6th.

Actually I don't think so Chris.  What you describe is some pretty bad form in group riding (other then riding in close quarters)

If there's any way to send cards to her and her sister, I'd like to know, too. Thanks.