I had a great weekend despite a few bumps!
Crashes
Saturday I was going to go for a 60 mile bike ride followed
by a short transition run (I’m on the taper portion of my IM training
now). Around mile 40 of this ride I had
a little bit of a crash. It was the
silliest thing ever and probably bruised my ego more than anything. With only 2 weeks to go to IM it messed with
my head more than anything. I was
immediately thinking “NOOOO not now!” and “Is my bike ok?” I was riding with a friend and she was in
front, we were going under a bridge and it dips down to take us under the road
then come back up on the other side. She
tends to slow down on the downhills then speed right back up on the uphill so I
usually let myself get pretty close to her but don’t pass. The problem was I wasn’t paying close enough
attention to her and when she thought this line of pigeons weren’t going to
move she slowed down drastically. I had
to slam on my brakes, skidded out, could smell rubber burning and then last
second I couldn’t clip out fast enough and down I went! Bruised palm, elbow and hip! Luckily it’s just bruising and swelling
because I was wearing 2 layers I didn’t get road rash so I will be able to swim
just fine today! Same side I fell on
when I was running downhill early in the season so I think that bump on my
elbow is going to become permanent. I
also put some flat spots on my tires so had to get new ones. I called it a day with just a 50 mile bike ride. They are also doing away with my size wheel (650s)
so I had to buy something different from what I’m use to!!! I hate making
changes right before a race even if they say it’s better, folding tires, but
what happens if I have a flat during the race and I can’t change it, guess I
have some practicing to do!!!! I’m not
panicking at all, don’t worry deep breaths…
Doggie Dashes
The next day I had a 5k Doggie Dash to raise money for
Animal Humane of NM and it was my dog’s 1st 5k race ever. I was a little nervous with all the other
dogs and owners around cause she gets really hyper and wants to jump on
everyone. But after we got out of the
congested start area she did awesome!! I’m so proud of her! She likes to be in front so she kept weaving
in and out of people and dogs and I just ran behind her saying excuse me and
sorry. She got a little distracted when
she heard her dad cheering for us and tried to go over to him a couple of
times, and she also went around a pole a few times wrapping the leash but other
than that we were great! We got 3rd
in our AG 30-39 F w/Canine with a 23:50 official time so this counts as a PR
right since it was the first 5k with dog?!
We also took her through her first agility course and she’ll do anything
for treats! Needless to say she’s been
sleeping ever since we got her back to the house yesterday! We had so much fun all three of us and is
just what I needed to get my mind off the race and being a nervous wreck. I love days like this! |
| Look how tired she looks, we sprinted it in!!! |
Sarah Silverman
So at the race I was told that I look like Sara
Silverman!?!??? Not only that but it was
two older ladies that told me that, one had to have been well into her
70s. I said I hope I don’t have her personality :-) and one said No, that’s
why they hesitated to tell me but that I looked like her with my hair back in a
ponytail. Ha!! Hubs has had a field day
with that one for the last 2 days!
3 comments:
You do look a bit like Sarah Silverman :)
I love the picture of your dog with the medal on, I think my dog would love to do one of those someday
Heal up..
Who is Sarah Silverman? And yes, you do look like her... Actually I think Sarah Silverman looks like you now that I think about it..
Your dog looks very proud with her medal.
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