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It's been a tough week here.  Last Saturday morning my friend Cindy was was struck and killed while riding.  The funeral was yesterday.   Hard to type this without crying again.

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I'm doing the MS 150 tomorrow.  It's was one event Cindy really promoted.  Her mother had MS.  I'm pretty much healed from my crash.  Still have a tiny bit of pain in my left elbow.  I'll try to make it as far as I can tomorrow but if I seems like I'm making my left arm worse I'll cut it shorter. I'm excited and sad to do the ride.  I'm also a member of my local ham radio club.  My friends from the club are doing communications and sag for the ride. 

Tiana

Yeah - same concept as regional slangs/dialect. Such as pop/soda, sub/hoagie, etc. The sign for "brother" in China is "flipping the bird". Seriously! The letter "T" in ASL (American sign language, or pretty much the alphabet for English) means the F word in China. So it can be a bit tricky.   There's even "Universal Sign language", which is more of pictorial language than words (hard to explain), but I personally do not know how to sign Universal Sign Language, but I can figure it out as I have better reception skills than signing skills. What's even harder is I "think" in English so I sign as if I spoke in English. Many deaf people with ASL or any other sign language tend to just break down the spoken language into a pictorial language  (they don't sign the word "the", "of", etc). Such as "I'm going to the store tomorrow." : SPOKEN ENGLISH. In ASL it would sign out as "Me store go tomorrow" or "store me tomorrow will". So yeah.

Anyways - yes I saw that Seinfeld episode. Hilarious. :-)   There was one episode of CSI that Grissom was signing (horribly!!!) to someone, but it wasn't subtitled or anything so I had to translate that to my fiance. Kinda funny.   I don't think anyone can read lips THAT well in the Marlee Matlin episode.  There can be confusions though - Mommy and Bobby has the exact same mouth movement....hence why my mom thought it was hilarious that I called her Bobby for a long time until she found out that I was deaf. :-)

I called Funnel Cake "funeral cake". My grandma had to call my mother at work because I wanted some "Rape Juice" (grape juice).

Edited by CyborgQueen 2010-07-23 11:11 AM

Tiana- I am so very sorry about your friend, Cindy. What a beautiful tribute to her memory and doing something she loved and supported. May she give you strength tomorrow. My thoughts are with you. Take care of yourself out there.

My sentiments as well - thoughts and prayers for both you and Cindy's family.  I know you'll feel her presence with you as you ride this weekend.

Peace,
Matt

Stories like this break my heart and tear at my stomach.  I'm so sorry for your personal loss and what seems like such a loss to your bicycling community.

Edited by tahrens 2010-07-23 12:20 PM

Tiana - What a terrible loss. The photo of the bike tribute broke my heart. Best wishes for your ride tomorrow, I imagine it will be an emotional day. 
-Julia 

Ahh another one. Thoughts are with you and your cycling community down there.
Frustrating that this kind of stuff continually happens.

I am really sorry to hear that, I just volunteered for a ride that was a memorial for a great guy in my area that was hit. Cell phones are a plague to all driving and traffic accidents, I swear that this is why I ride on the bike trails. I can get the same enjoyment and mileage with less worry of getting hit.

This is the group I am working with: considerbiking.org they are really trying to help columbus become more bike friendly. I recently lost some friends on facebook for their BS comments about how annoying bikers are on the road. I do not take kindly to people talking badly about what we do.

Edited by Mett 2010-07-23 1:00 PM

Well I have been quiet. There has been a stomach bug that has plagued my family recently and has hit me. Well I passed out yesterday around 4 pm and woke up around 8 pm. I started watching TV and realized it was 2 or 3 am and I thought well I might as well stay up since I get up at 6:30 AM. Can I say how much I am regretting that now? I can barely stay awake.

Words escape me, Tiana. I am so sorry and this tragedy just breaks my heart and leaves me speechless. The photo of the man guiding her bike on that ride -- ugh -- it really got to me. Please take care of you, and I am so sorry for your loss. She sounds like a truly amazing woman. Damn.

I'm so sorry to hear about your personal loss. :-(

i'm so sorry tiana.  how terrible.  will keep all of you in my thoughts and prayers. 

Verry sorry to hear that Tiana.

Be careful tomorrow.

What a story, and another great biker is killed foolishly.  Brings tears to my eyes and makes me mad at the same time.  
 
This story actually picked my mood up for the day, made my issues seem really small.  Milwaukee got 7 inches of rain in a little over an hour last night and close to 9 inches in about 3 hours and I have spent the last 24 hours pumping, cleaning, etc. a friends basement that is out of town, my aunts basement, and one of my rental propertie's basement.  At least my house was bone dry!  I have never seen rain like this, big trees just falling over roots and all, man hole covers being blow off in the street from storm sewer pressure, sinkholes (in Wisconsin?), they even evacuated 3 blocks in one neighborhood because basement walls were failing due to water pressure.  Pictures if you are interested:  

http://www.jsonline.com/

But all this doesn't compare to the story above.  I still got to ride yesterday and still got to swim today, and I may even get a run in yet tonight if the wife gives me enough leash. 

Have a great weekend, Enjoy your races, Be safe, and Represent the MG!

Dino

That is just terrible.  So sorry for you loss and the emotional pain you and your friends must be going through.  Take care and be careful tomorrow.

OK you two....WTH    Just because i hurt my shoulder doesn't mean I can't READ!!!

You are welcome DR and it was great talking to you....John...you on the other hand have no shot at getting any information. 

x2 Tiana....so sory for your loss and thoughts and prayers go out to your friends family.  And PLEASE do be careful out there tomorrow.

Hi gang,

Back from the land of corn, cows and tornadoes.  I think I'll stick w/ the East Coast heat waves.  It was great to see the MN folks and I managed to bury the hatchet w/ the step mother-in-law.  Apparantly for 15 yrs. we both thought the other hated each other.  LOL

Still not much time to post - my daughter's bday party is tomorrow at 11am so I need to get cracking w/ food prep and party assembly.  It's at a small local park up the street and the heat index is only supposed to be 110.  UGH!  Oh well - short party.  Then we hit the road an hour later to drive to our race on Sunday.  I know we are crazy.  But I love it!  Also get to meet Linda (Terp).

And then I should finally be able to catch up - kids are gone through Thurs.  And for the month of August - no school, no sports, no activities and quiet work load.  Yeah - I am dedicating Aug. to me and my OBX HIM training!  Sub 6 hr. here I come!!!!!!!!

I am so sorry to hear your news Tiana. My prayers go out to you in this time of need. Also to your friend who is now in a better place where stupid drivers cannot hurt her.

Edited by Redknight 2010-07-23 9:30 PM

thanks everyone for your kind words.  I heading out in a few minutes and I'm going to have fun cause that is what Cindy would want.  Everyone have a great weekend.

Tiana 

Tiana--really sorry to hear about your friend and I am sure as you ride today you will think of her a lot.  Be strong!

Glen--agree with George, I would stick to the plan.  Unless this is a killer A race for you, no taper needed.  Just go out and put the hammer down.

Andy--camping? really? is there a potty in your tent? 

Tracy--while I don't have any cowboy boots or frilly skirts, the look doesn't strike me as all that odd...of course that's coming from the girl with the oddest tan lines in the Midwest

Kyla--two scoops is a 120 calories.  Given my size I usually only do one at bedtime, 60 cals, 12g of protein....well worth it.



And now for Rob--I am so happy you're part of the MG.  Whenever I feel like I take the prize for dumb moves, you pop out and save me....glad you got a really loooooooong swim in, but seriously be careful.  It's one thing to get lost on your bike and a very different beast to get lost in a lake!

Had a great day yesterday, a super duper threshold ride that I killed and then a boat ride with some visiting friends.  Today, rain.....but even that's ok, short speedwork run and long IM pace swim on tap.  I keep telling coach SJ I only have one swim pace--HIM, IM, Sprint, it's all the same....he doesn't think it's funny ...me, I just want to get out of the water in the same place I started (unlike Rob)!

Edited by SSMinnow 2010-07-24 6:10 AM

Whey protein is mentioned in Matt Fitzgerald's book "Racing Weight".  He reccommends it for increasing protein intake, keeping the appetite satisfied, and it does not cause inflamation like milk protein.  This book is really good btw.

Linda