Pre race smiles!

  
Got my bib and am ready to go!

Aerodynamic Look

  
Not sure I wanted it *this* short. Although it should save some seconds from my marathon time …

Lake Tahoe is cursed

First it was frozen bikes.

Then fires.

Now broken clavicle’s…

Had to withdraw.

Hopefully next year, I will be able to do it…

Long Run at Altitude 

  
Lots of elevation gain. Lack of oxygen. Heart rate monitor was broken. Really wish I could have gone longer … Must train more to run to Mariah Pointe …

Trail Run

  
Went running in the woods … Tomorrow I will go to Royal Gorge

Lost in Translation – The meaning of douche

I recently broke my collarbone and wrote on facebook as way of explanation that I collided with a douche and fell down.

My Greek friends read that and thought I meant this:

DoucheCombiABC

And were confused with what I collided. One of my friends had the theory that apparently was circulating with my friends that I had some kind of electrical water system that fell off and hit me.

Let me clarify I meant something else. A douche is slang  to describe an individual who has shown themselves to be very brainless in one way or another (as per the urban dictionary). You can find out the etymology there… we’re a G rated site here.

No accidents in bathrooms happened. I was biking and some douche hit me on a blind left turn. That douche wrecked my season and is going to cause me to skip IM70.3 in Tahoe as well as partially ruining my summer vacation.

If I could I would scream at that douche at the top of my lungs and tell him to pay more attention.

Although he *might* politely point out that if you only a *douche* would do a wide left turn and not look to his left as he re-entered traffic to make sure that there was no one coming…

It takes one to know I one, I say…

Long run

  
Did a two hour 9 mile run. 

Could have gone for more. Speed is simply not there.

Did a few relaxed sprints…

Post operation muscle loss

here is what my arms looked like before Hawaii 70.3

  
And here is what my surgically altered right side looks like

  
And for comparison the left side

  
So much muscle loss 

A very slow but satisfying run

  
First post injury run!

Our fitness is gone! Gone!

Cleared to RUN!

After 7 weeks of not being able to run, I can now run and swim and bike

I never thought doing 12 hours of training could be something I would miss.