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Emmanem - 2010-06-01 10:34 PM I'm in complete shock right now.  Just found out that a girl named Samantha who lived next door to me freshmen year passed away yesterday.  Apparently she got an autoimmune disease and got bleeding around her brain and her brain swelled.  We hung out a good bit freshmen year but had drifted apart by the end of the year and I saw her a couple times this year but it was just little quick "hey how are you" kind of conversations.  I know everyone says it but Life's too short... you never know what's gonna happen or what tomorrow's going to hold for you.  All day I've been complaining to James about little stupid things... her death really puts things in perspective.  You never expect this sort of thing to happen to someone so young.  Remember to treasure every moment in life, never take life for granted and know that things could always be worse. Heard someone on the radio yesterday that say tomorrow is a gift not a right... this means so much more to me now than it did yesterday.  Please keep her family in your thoughts and prayers.  I can't imagine what they are going through right now.

Nicole83 - 2010-06-02 10:19 AM I had to read this three times before I realized you were probably talking about aerobars.

I'm not even going to say what I was thinking at first... it's just way too wrong.

That said, I'm issuing you the same warning I do to everyone who first gets aerobars.  Be careful, especially turning or curving at first.  A tiny movement in aero is a big one.

And I swear, I don't warn everyone about that because I went careening off a bike path, down a rocky grade and into a leech infested pond on my first trip out with aerobars or anything.  Nope, never happened (but only because no one was with me to take a photo). 

Emmanem - 2010-06-02 5:43 PM You cease to amaze me!  However today I managed to run my pinky toe over with a door it bruised almost instantly then I somehow stabbed myself with my binder in the stomach. Almost drew blood... seriously i dont think I could do it again if it tried, i have no idea how it happened, all i know it I now have a lovely bruised scratch mark on my stomach.  So now I'm debating between biking or running.  And since I seem to be stupidly accident prone today I have to figure out which of the two is the safest option right now

bzgl40 - 2010-06-03 10:32 AM What is amazing about that story Nicole is you actually not falling off the treadmill.

Nicole83 - 2010-06-03 10:06 AM LOL, that was a long, long time ago, but yes, I am severely accident prone.

Though it seems that you have that gene as well.  Ah, soulmates. :P

Emmanem - 2010-06-03 11:10 AM Haha yeah I tend to have my days when it would've been way safer and less painful for me to stay in bed.  It's bad when i tell my mom and all she does is sigh and say "really, you hurt yourself again???" followed by "How on earth did you manage to do that?" before she asks if I'm ok.  I guess she has reasons to worry though when I've fallen down the stairs like 5 times, fallen off several horses- one cost me a visit to the doctor the next day and the other got me a trip to the emergency room, then there's the whole running into a parked car and breaking half my tooth off... I'd definitely say I have my moments

KeriKadi - 2010-06-03 1:09 PM Who is going to be racing this weekend?
I am doing the swim leg of the Tejas sprint tri.  Ken is biking the whopping 11 miles and Brendan
(15) is our runner.  Apparently we have also been advised we are the beer providers.  Any requests?

bzgl40 - 2010-06-03 4:08 PM So the other day I am in the locker room at the pool getting ready to leave and this lady is sitting on the bench filing down the heel of her foot, leaving all the little shavings on the floor.  I thought that was pretty incosiderate, not to mention a little gross.  Today that same lady gets in the shower and goes "Oh GROSS", and I'm like "what?".  There was hair on the shower floor.  Um, really?  It wasn't even anywhere near her but I expect hair from time to time in a shower.  Not heel shavings though.

Houstonrider - 2010-06-03 2:43 PM As long as it is cold!!!!!

loeber - 2010-06-03 4:57 PM So the race that I missed this weekend had the bike cancelled due to 3" of slushy snow on the bike portion, and gusts of freezing rain off of the lake. kinda makes me glad I was sleepy.

loeber - 2010-06-03 4:57 PM So the race that I missed this weekend had the bike cancelled due to 3" of slushy snow on the bike portion, and gusts of freezing rain off of the lake. kinda makes me glad I was sleepy.

KeriKadi - 2010-06-03 1:09 PM Who is going to be racing this weekend?
I am doing the swim leg of the Tejas sprint tri.  Ken is biking the whopping 11 miles and Brendan
(15) is our runner.  Apparently we have also been advised we are the beer providers.  Any requests?

roadrhino - 2010-06-03 7:23 PM So, what to do with $250...or at least $150?

Nik, myself, and another co-worker we have introduced to triathlon, entered our school's "Blackcat Challenge" weight loss/fitness contest. Basically you got points for each pound lost, points for every 30 minutes of working out, logging a food journal, etc. Our team name was "The Ringers".

We won the total team high points award (with the help of 2 HIMs and 1 duathlon between the three of us!) and I won the individual high point award. I got $150 for my effort and Nik got $100 for her portion of being on the winning team.

Now just trying to decide how to spend it...swimsuits? Shoes? Any other tri/training goodies? Or splurge on something else totally unrelated...anniversary is coming up...hmmm. Thoughts?

bzgl40 - 2010-06-04 6:31 AM Good luck to all the racers this weekend.  To those doing the Kansas HIM remember to have fun as you suffer.  I put in an order of no wind that day so let me know if it is delivered.  Can't wait to see all the race reports.

roadrhino - 2010-06-03 7:23 PM So, what to do with $250...or at least $150?

Nik, myself, and another co-worker we have introduced to triathlon, entered our school's "Blackcat Challenge" weight loss/fitness contest. Basically you got points for each pound lost, points for every 30 minutes of working out, logging a food journal, etc. Our team name was "The Ringers".

We won the total team high points award (with the help of 2 HIMs and 1 duathlon between the three of us!) and I won the individual high point award. I got $150 for my effort and Nik got $100 for her portion of being on the winning team.

Now just trying to decide how to spend it...swimsuits? Shoes? Any other tri/training goodies? Or splurge on something else totally unrelated...anniversary is coming up...hmmm. Thoughts?