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**KnottedYet** · 08-21-2006, 04:54 AM

I'm a little sore, but not bad. The 50 minute walk was a good cool-down from all the swimming and riding effort. By then end i felt great. Other than a headache and a little muscle soreness I feel fine today.

Of course, I haven't gotten out of bed yet... (gotta love a laptop)

SKnot was visiting a friend yesterday and his mom was very interested in the Danskin. She said she'll do it with me next year!

See what you started, Lise?

**KnottedYet** · 08-21-2006, 04:59 AM

Oh, yeah, and while I was snoozing a little I was looking at the bare wall in my bedroom and thinking how nice it would look with framed medals/numbers/pictures from Danskins covering it top to bottom...

I think you can buy those box-like deep frames that will hold a medal, number, and picture. Kinda like a scrap book on the wall. Shadow boxes? What're they called? Anyway, has anyone framed their stuff? Is it pretty easy?

I don't think I'll frame my tank top that Sally Edwards signed. I think I'll wear it. Sally's got my back!

**Pax** · 08-21-2006, 05:28 AM

Hi all!

Update on life in Tucson:
-Waaaaay too expensive (insurance tripled, housing doubled...)
-Very pretty scenery
-Unbelievable traffic
-Lots of cool twisty roads
-Going broke exponentially
Moral of the story...we're most likely heading home to IL.

Oh well, life is all about the experience and this has been an interesting one.

**Trek420** · 08-21-2006, 05:33 AM

Nanci "Fell asleep on the floor after much cat petting, woke up, they'd made grilled chicken and baked beans and coleslaw for dinner."

Your cats made dinner?

I gotta go back to being a cat person. Just kidding you.

Queen, come to CA, maybe the Bay Area could be too expensive (I don't know how I manage) but try Sacramento!

**crazycanuck** · 08-21-2006, 05:34 AM

Queen-I'm going to have to go through all the posts to read up on your move to Arizona in the first place...I hope your move/poss move back to IL goes smoothly.

I need cheering up kids. We are entered in the 6hr mtb event this weekend and am feeling a bit down.

Whenever I see two of our biking group friend, I'm always reminded of how slow I am...

They don't verbally remind me, it's just there...
I know i'm slowly getting faster & better but just not faster fast enough in my mind.

Ian has been trying to cheer me up but with purchasing a house & the 6hr I'm just a tad bit

Off to bed...

c

**Nanci** · 08-21-2006, 06:13 AM

It wasn't my cat, it was our friends' cat. He was very snuggly. The people made dinner, not the cat. If there was a cat that actually cooked that would be pretty nice. Maybe better than a DH that cooked.

Queen- that's disappointing, or is it? Did you get to do any cool diving while you were there? Will you have to find a whole new job? Cost of living here in Gainesville is cheap!!

**mimitabby** · 08-21-2006, 06:24 AM

Originally Posted by Kitsune06

I wonder, Mimi, if the work you're doing on a Tandem is all the same aerobically but on a slightly lesser scale strength-wise, so while the long rides on the Tandem have done great stuff toning and improving your endurance, a shorter ride on a roadie (at the same speed you'd expect on a Tandem) has your muscles screaming "HEY! LUNGS! HEART! WAIT UP!!!!!" Just a thought. It's early and I haven't had my coffee

Originally Posted by salsabike

I think that's pretty accurate. I get happily fried after long tandem rides but rarely have muscle soreness--however, I always come out of my single bike rides (where I try to work myself pretty hard to build strength and speed) with some mild muscle soreness--it's how I know I'm working those muscles hard, with no help.

Thank you both, I didn't know. I was starting to wonder if i was a dilettante, sitting on the back of the tandem while dh slaved away under my weight.

So we now have a knotted tri veteran here. very cool, huh!

thought of Nanci last night; as we got to know the son's new girlfriend who is allergic to cats, dogs, and other furry things, SHE had pet snakes.

**chickwhorips** · 08-21-2006, 08:41 AM

kit your mind is a danger but that's a different story!

winddance i don't seem to get runner's high everytime, but when i do, its good! what keeps me running is DPITA's words "the more you run the skinnier your legs will get" i always think of those words before i go running.

queen sorry your moving out of tucson. parent's moved me from wi down to phoenix and then 5 years to the day they moved back to wisconsin. they weren't happy with life in phx. i stuck around for 2 more years and moved up here. like it much more up here.

my new saddle: i got the terry damselfly in the mail on saturday and it just barely stopped raining enough for me to try it out yesterday. after some moving of it, and retightening it once i almost fell off because i didn't screw it down all the way. it was great. my sitbones are still sore from the other saddle (i think). i'm going to keep it and see what happens after my sitbones 'heal'.

**Nanci** · 08-21-2006, 08:42 AM

Craze, I'm not sure how to cheer you up. If I go shopping and buy some stepping stones for the walk I am making, will that help? If I put off doing a gastrografin enema (on a pt, not me) till tomorrow, will that cheer you up? (It works for me!) I will give Mr. Bird some kisses- that always makes me happy. I have a new bottle of wine, a Chardonnay/Riesling from SE Australia that I plan on tasting tonight- what an odd combination- I am looking forward to it! I will toast to you with Dillbird and the tort babies- that should help...

**chickwhorips** · 08-21-2006, 09:08 AM

mmmmmm.... australian wine.... oh so good!

**Nanci** · 08-21-2006, 09:20 AM

I'd have to say my overall favorite state is Washington. Covey Run, Chateau Ste. Michelle, Columbia Crest all have excellent cheap wines.

**Bruno28** · 08-21-2006, 09:28 AM

Chilean red is my favourite. Australian's not bad either. If anyone offers you Scottish wine just say 'no'.

**Lise** · 08-21-2006, 09:32 AM

Queen, sorry to hear you're needing to leave Tucson. It sucks to have the same things in life cost way too much more.

CC--cheer up, mate! There's Clif Bloks on the way! And Lara bars! All the house hunting stuff can be exhilerating, but exhausting, too.

I posted my tri times up in the Race Results. I am, overall, happier about them than I expected to be. I must've added 3 min on the bike, fiddling with my race #. I'll never put it on that way again. It was like a flag between my knees, blowing and scraping my legs with every pedal stroke. I finally wrapped it up under my bento box.

Today: Vacuum, clean, grocery shop, return the Zero X to LBS. Think I'll stick with my Serfas saddle for now, unless Nanci convinces me to try the Vitesse! L.

**chickwhorips** · 08-21-2006, 09:37 AM

Originally Posted by Bruno28

If anyone offers you Scottish wine just say 'no'.

didn't know there was such a thing.

i'm just happy to get good wine here, as rare as it is.

**Trekhawk** · 08-21-2006, 10:00 AM

Originally Posted by Nanci

Craze, I'm not sure how to cheer you up. If I go shopping and buy some stepping stones for the walk I am making, will that help? If I put off doing a gastrografin enema (on a pt, not me) till tomorrow, will that cheer you up? (It works for me!) I will give Mr. Bird some kisses- that always makes me happy. I have a new bottle of wine, a Chardonnay/Riesling from SE Australia that I plan on tasting tonight- what an odd combination- I am looking forward to it! I will toast to you with Dillbird and the tort babies- that should help...

Hey Nanci what winery is it from?? I use to live down the road from the Barossa Valley (South Australia) and had a lovely time tasting wines....no idea about wines just liked trying them all.

PS Do you know what the bird is in the Holstein thread pictures???

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