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SSMinnow - 2010-06-16 12:22 PM Hi Kids....Today I nearly met my maker.  I was in the middle of a two car accident while finishing up my threshold ride.  Cliff's note, I was heading down the road and a guy was turning left in front of me, no problem, plenty of room.  Next car behind is also turning left, I slow down not sure if she will wait for me, she does so I keep going.  Next thing I know the car behind her is swerving around her on the left going about 60mph with blue smoke blaring from her exhaust.  She missed me by about 6 inches, but in the process hits the car turning left.  She claims her brakes failed, yet she stopped not 30 feet from where we all ended up. I was doing my best to stay upright while going into the ditch and jammed my ankle and of course that still hurts now. Waited over 30 mins for the cops to get there to give my account of the story before soft pedaling back to the car.  It's the closest I have ever come to dying on the bike and am still a little shaken by the whole thing. 

SSMinnow - 2010-06-16 9:22 AM Hi Kids....Today I nearly met my maker.  I was in the middle of a two car accident while finishing up my threshold ride.  Cliff's note, I was heading down the road and a guy was turning left in front of me, no problem, plenty of room.  Next car behind is also turning left, I slow down not sure if she will wait for me, she does so I keep going.  Next thing I know the car behind her is swerving around her on the left going about 60mph with blue smoke blaring from her exhaust.  She missed me by about 6 inches, but in the process hits the car turning left.  She claims her brakes failed, yet she stopped not 30 feet from where we all ended up. I was doing my best to stay upright while going into the ditch and jammed my ankle and of course that still hurts now. Waited over 30 mins for the cops to get there to give my account of the story before soft pedaling back to the car.  It's the closest I have ever come to dying on the bike and am still a little shaken by the whole thing. 

SSMinnow - 2010-06-16 11:22 AM Hi Kids....Today I nearly met my maker.  I was in the middle of a two car accident while finishing up my threshold ride.  Cliff's note, I was heading down the road and a guy was turning left in front of me, no problem, plenty of room.  Next car behind is also turning left, I slow down not sure if she will wait for me, she does so I keep going.  Next thing I know the car behind her is swerving around her on the left going about 60mph with blue smoke blaring from her exhaust.  She missed me by about 6 inches, but in the process hits the car turning left.  She claims her brakes failed, yet she stopped not 30 feet from where we all ended up. I was doing my best to stay upright while going into the ditch and jammed my ankle and of course that still hurts now. Waited over 30 mins for the cops to get there to give my account of the story before soft pedaling back to the car.  It's the closest I have ever come to dying on the bike and am still a little shaken by the whole thing. 

SSMinnow - 2010-06-16 12:22 PM Hi Kids....Today I nearly met my maker.  I was in the middle of a two car accident while finishing up my threshold ride.  Cliff's note, I was heading down the road and a guy was turning left in front of me, no problem, plenty of room.  Next car behind is also turning left, I slow down not sure if she will wait for me, she does so I keep going.  Next thing I know the car behind her is swerving around her on the left going about 60mph with blue smoke blaring from her exhaust.  She missed me by about 6 inches, but in the process hits the car turning left.  She claims her brakes failed, yet she stopped not 30 feet from where we all ended up. I was doing my best to stay upright while going into the ditch and jammed my ankle and of course that still hurts now. Waited over 30 mins for the cops to get there to give my account of the story before soft pedaling back to the car.  It's the closest I have ever come to dying on the bike and am still a little shaken by the whole thing. 

SSMinnow - 2010-06-16 10:22 AM Hi Kids....Today I nearly met my maker.  I was in the middle of a two car accident while finishing up my threshold ride.  Cliff's note, I was heading down the road and a guy was turning left in front of me, no problem, plenty of room.  Next car behind is also turning left, I slow down not sure if she will wait for me, she does so I keep going.  Next thing I know the car behind her is swerving around her on the left going about 60mph with blue smoke blaring from her exhaust.  She missed me by about 6 inches, but in the process hits the car turning left.  She claims her brakes failed, yet she stopped not 30 feet from where we all ended up. I was doing my best to stay upright while going into the ditch and jammed my ankle and of course that still hurts now. Waited over 30 mins for the cops to get there to give my account of the story before soft pedaling back to the car.  It's the closest I have ever come to dying on the bike and am still a little shaken by the whole thing. 

kkcbelle - 2010-06-16 10:16 AM I'm not posting leg pics -- not my strongest body part. Right now, with my training, I'm thrilled with my lats, arms, tummy... Yeah yeah yeah, pics or it's not happening. Sorry, fellas.

I am bursting my buttons this morning, just dripping with pride for my kiddos!!! Mommy brag time!! They did their first swim meet last night. My daughter is a spaz -- strong as an ox but needs some serious technique work, LOL! She'll get there -- I'm going to do some special stroke work with her this weekend if the schedule allows. But the brag is for my son!! If anyone knew this kiddo 1-2 years ago, you would not think he's the same kid. He is still one of the tiniest 10-year-olds you'll meet (58 pounds!) but he is just coming into his own. Last week at a mock meet he did a 50 free in 1:01. Last night he cruised to a :48 for the 50 free!! He looked awesome! And he definitely had the eye of the tiger in his events, especially the 200 free relay. This is a kid who has struggled a bit athletically (he came out the end of the baseball season hitless -- but he never gave up, drew walks [and did swing plenty], worked hard, and loved every minute of the game. He nearly broke my heart at his first couple of swim practices, because he had never swum that far and you could tell it was so HARD for him. Last week he did a 900-yard workout! OMG!!! It's just so amazing to see your kids find success within themselves. I can't wait to wake him up and tell him his time (the runner whisked it away last night before we saw it)!

OK, back to your regularly scheduled triathlon programming...

GOOD LUCK RACERS!! Nothing for me this weekend, other than a good race rehearsal on Saturday morning. And lots of list-making. 

TrevorC - 2010-06-16 11:47 AM

Wow glad you are okay.
Couldn't imagine Vegas without you and Paul buying me dinner...

fattyfatfat - 2010-06-16 1:09 PM lol.  i love how you are online during the conference call.  that's gotta be thrilling meeting.   :-)

SSMinnow - 2010-06-16 2:23 PM

There are 10 people on this call and I bet 5 are doing something else.

swbkrun - 2010-06-16 1:23 PM

I come back from vaca only to find great pictures of certain members of our MG??! I love it, but I feel like a lot of "people" are not living up to their end of the bet!?

SSMinnow - 2010-06-16 1:23 PM

There are 10 people on this call and I bet 5 are doing something else.

Oh and you're lucky you GET TO put up with me

Back to business!

dalessit - 2010-06-16 1:24 PM

LOL, always funny on calls like that when someone gets busted for not paying attention.  Had it happen to me once or twice.

SSMinnow - 2010-06-16 9:22 AM Hi Kids....Today I nearly met my maker.  I was in the middle of a two car accident while finishing up my threshold ride.  Cliff's note, I was heading down the road and a guy was turning left in front of me, no problem, plenty of room.  Next car behind is also turning left, I slow down not sure if she will wait for me, she does so I keep going.  Next thing I know the car behind her is swerving around her on the left going about 60mph with blue smoke blaring from her exhaust.  She missed me by about 6 inches, but in the process hits the car turning left.  She claims her brakes failed, yet she stopped not 30 feet from where we all ended up. I was doing my best to stay upright while going into the ditch and jammed my ankle and of course that still hurts now. Waited over 30 mins for the cops to get there to give my account of the story before soft pedaling back to the car.  It's the closest I have ever come to dying on the bike and am still a little shaken by the whole thing. 

SSMinnow - 2010-06-16 1:23 PM

There are 10 people on this call and I bet 5 are doing something else.

Oh and you're lucky you GET TO put up with me

Back to business!

swbkrun - 2010-06-16 2:23 PM

I come back from vaca only to find great pictures of certain members of our MG??! I love it, but I feel like a lot of "people" are not living up to their end of the bet!?

CyborgQueen - 2010-06-16 2:59 PM Suzy - to answer your question way back...

    I was fitted for my first pair, and it felt "comfortable", but I didn't know how I would feel RUNNING in them, so it was hard to tell. I didn't really have any issues until a couple weeks ago/ runs ago.  Coach saw my shoes as I wanted to ask her about whether she thinks they need replacing, even if it's "young".  She thought they were cr*p. LOL. So I went to the shoe store she recommended, and got fitted again. He said that I needed way more support than the neutral shoe that I was using.  So, yeah...hopefully it will make all the difference.