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[Kitsune06]

I think it's called an 'xtracycle'. With seat, footies, and stoker bar. If you ever find a Trail-a-Bike for teens, let me know, maybe I can stick DGF on it. How much can one hear "I'm tired. My butt hurts. How can you stand that hard-a$$ saddle?! It's really annoying when you go that fast, that far ahead of me. SPEED UP, we're gonna WRECK! My bike sucks. I'm tired, My butt hurts..." without your ears starting to bleed? But I'm patient, and she has fun once she 'gets out there' so who knows? Maybe someday.

[crazycanuck]

Sitting here rather knackered....we did the 6hr today & thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. I think there were about 100 riders. Before you say"gee that's not alot"..it's because
1-the city to surf (biggest fun run in WA) was on
2-the Western Derby-AFL game btwn the two Western Australian teams-the dockers vs the eagles
3-there aren't normally alot of participants at mtb events in WA. There were 181 i think at the 12hr last year...this is compared to say 2000 at the 12 & 24hr events in NSW....

I ended up doing the three 3 laps I had agreed to do & Ian did 5. (The internal engine needs a bit of work but riding the road bike during the week has helped immensely with my off road riding.) I think my first lap took me 50min....wayyyyyyy behind the top guy of 29min.. When i heard about his time at the end i thought "WTF..holy *** i have a lot of work to do... "


I'm not 100% sure about times but shall post them along with pics when they come available.

You know you're a true mtn biker when you talk to a triathlete at the 6hr and the conversation goes like this:

Me-"so are you going to do the 12hr"
Him "no way..it's in the dark"
Me "there are some awesome lights though to use at night"
Him

Oh well, more for us then!!! I love riding in the dark...i seemed to do enough of it this winter!!! I now have nice lights too......

So the training for the 12hr begins...

c

[DrBee]

CC - that sounds like fun! Good luck on the next one!

Ooh I felt like I was riding on a closed course this morning. In 1 1/2 hour ride I only saw 1/2 dozen cars. It was nice! Too bad I totally bonked at 10 miles. It was so wierd. I wasn't sure I could get myself home. I took a break, drank a ton of the Clif lemonade my SS sent me (yumm) and then I was okay. I am coughing a bit today, but geez. It could be that my schedule has been so crazy this month that I have only ridden 4 times. Oh well - at least I felt okay for the remainder of the ride.

I hope everyone has a glorious day today! We're supposed to get rain here. That is a good thing! I weeded 3 flower beds yesterday and have 4 more to go. Rain would help loosen the dirt considerably!

[betagirl]

Man I hate fatigue. I slept til 8:45 today, which for me is late. I fell asleep around 10 or so. I feel like I got about 3 hours of sleep right now. I need to get a ride in today, hopefully around 40 miles. I did get my meds via mail order and took a double dose per doc's orders yesterday. So the gloves are off in kicking my disease's arse.

Kinda overcast today, wonder if it's going to rain.

I went to REI's garage sale yesterday with Fuji Girl and picked up way too much stuff. They were also having their labor day sale, so anything ending in .83 was an additional 50% off. Retail therapy is always helpful!

School starts on Monday. 16 weeks of pure unadulterated bliss. I start my dissertation process also. All the more reason to have to shake this stupid fatigue. Or invest in Starbucks

[DrBee]

Beta - is this your last semester? Do you have candidacy yet?

[betagirl]

Hey fish. I'm a candidate but it's not my last semester. I'm going into my 3rd year. This is the heaviest year of classes really with 5 each semester (though 2 are Pass/Fail). You take some electives your 4th year for your specialization. The dissertation process is pretty strict at my school, as to ward off that notorious ABD status that can go on for years. This year we design and collect data. 4th year you write and defend it. I'm already doing work related to my topic, so I'm ahead of the game. But in the same vein, that adds another layer of work/pressure because I have to submit for a new grant in the spring.

I'm sure you understand the fun of academic research

[KnottedYet]

Knot-the-traitor. Knotted-ict Arnold. Knot Fawkes. (Knot quite)

Through a tri board I found a biking PT who does a lot of work with bikes, posture, atheletes, and feet. (my favorites) Went to his website and found he is moving to a new larger facility in the fall.

I emailed and asked if he was hiring...

Not that I don't like where I work. Well, ok, the co-worker who is sleeping with a supervisor and makes my job life hell and complains about me obsessively and calls me at home to tell me how much I suck and bad-mouths the owners and left a "Hanky Panky" thong underwear wrapper in a patient's chart as a cutesy joke for someone else but I found it instead... yeah, I could do without that.

I ask you, is it too much to expect to be able to WORK at your job? I just want to be able to do what I'm good at. I want to be able to use what I know. So much of my advanced training is slipping away because I don't get to use it here. And so much of my energy is squandered just trying to keep an even keel in the face of this barrage of unprofessionalism.

I go to work to WORK. Not to make friends, not to coddle someone else's emotional insecurities, not to compromise my standards.

I'm not actively looking for another job yet, but think a few positive thoughts for me. (I've got my fingers crossed, and commutermobile is crossing her spokes for me.)

[Kitsune06]

Fingers and spokes crossed, Knot.

[betagirl]

Not that I don't like where I work. Well, ok, the co-worker who is sleeping with a supervisor and makes my job life hell and complains about me obsessively and calls me at home to tell me how much I suck and bad-mouths the owners and left a "Hanky Panky" thong underwear wrapper in a patient's chart as a cutesy joke for someone else but I found it instead... yeah, I could do without that.

I don't see what the problem is......

Fingers crossed for you on the potential new gig.

[Trek420]

fingers, toes, legs and eyes crossed.

[KnottedYet]

Thanks, y'all!

Might wanna hold off on the legs and eyes crossed, Trek. That's not gonna help you find the next DPITA... Or, it could, but that'd be the wrong kind of DPITA.

I need more coffee.

Gonna make fried Portobella mushroom and scrambled eggs with cheese for b'fast. The Portobella has been marinating in soy sause and sesame oil overnight. mmmmm Served with steamed green beans, broccoli, and zucchini. (of which SKnot will probably take one bite) Maybe I'll do up a potato, too.

What are you guys having for b'fast today?

[Trek420]

sounds wonderful, I'll be right over.

Nothin' fancy, sourdough toast with pb & cream cheese, coffee with soymilk. I'm off to an EZ bike ride with Different Spokes, byeeeeeee.

[KnottedYet]

coffee with soymilk

What soy milk do you use? I can't seem to find one that won't curdle in my coffee. Rice milk works ok, but it doesn't taste so nice.

I need to find a good soymilk, cuz I gotta have something in my coffee.

[dachshund]

Gonna make fried Portobella mushroom and scrambled eggs with cheese for b'fast. The Portobella has been marinating in soy sause and sesame oil overnight. mmmmm Served with steamed green beans, broccoli, and zucchini. (of which SKnot will probably take one bite) Maybe I'll do up a potato, too.
What are you guys having for b'fast today?

god that sounds great! I'll be right over!
I had my usual toast and a bucket of coffee. I was out real late last night, my band had a gig, and I'm soooo tired. The Cook has her nose in the NY Times, so I'll have to wait until later for Good Food. Maybe lunch...

KnottedYet, you seem to have a corner on high drama at work. That's really bad! Are you gonna document all this and hand to the Personnel folks on the way out? Might be satisfying. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. "Actively looking" would be OK.

I have my bike fitting appointment later today, I'm looking forward to it. We're going to try wider handlebars, and maybe raise them again. I really want to banish this lower neck pain.

I just previewed my post, and it looks like Trek420 & I will be there shortly... So make more, OK?

[KnottedYet]

You got it! Breakfast at Knot's!

I'll start heating up the BIG frying pan!

(and then we can all go for a little ride down to the beach and watch the ferry toodling over to the Olympic penninsula, check out the islands and the other 2 ferry routes you can see from the beach, and order some coffee at the harbor building. For lunch we'll ride down the coast to a little seafood place and eat outside, and then ride inland to a great chocolate shop for dessert.)