Lise!!!! Good to see you! I was thinking about you and wondering if you were there for the rainy Bike the Drive...I'm guessing you were warm and snuggled up instead?
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06-04-2007, 04:05 AM #1
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06-04-2007, 04:32 AM #2
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Nope! We were out there! J's statement the night before: I don't care if it's raining. Unless 20% of participants have been struck by lightning, I want to do the ride! As it turns out, zero % of participants were struck by lightning
Originally Posted by Queen
Lise!!!! Good to see you! I was thinking about you and wondering if you were there for the rainy Bike the Drive...I'm guessing you were warm and snuggled up instead?
, so we were out there! It was nice, really. We did the 30 miles, and had a great time. Did you do it? Are you in Chicago now?
Ahhh...I feel much better after yoga with Rodney...Run like a dachshund! Ride like a superhero! Swim like a three-legged cat!
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06-04-2007, 04:41 AM #3
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We're in Urbana but we went up on Friday and spent the weekend with my niece (she lives in Wrigleyville). We did the Northern loop and had an absolute ball!!! Next year we'll have to swap cell #'s and see if we can meet up by the coffee tent (we spent a long time there after the ride Originally Posted by Lise
Nope! We were out there! J's statement the night before: I don't care if it's raining. Unless 20% of participants have been struck by lightning, I want to do the ride! As it turns out, zero % of participants were struck by lightning , so we were out there! It was nice, really. We did the 30 miles, and had a great time. Did you do it? Are you in Chicago now?
Ahhh...I feel much better after yoga with Rodney... ).
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06-04-2007, 04:52 AM #4
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Great idea! We were at the coffee tent, too. Originally Posted by Queen
We're in Urbana but we went up on Friday and spent the weekend with my niece (she lives in Wrigleyville). We did the Northern loop and had an absolute ball!!! Next year we'll have to swap cell #'s and see if we can meet up by the coffee tent (we spent a long time there after the ride ).
Did you see the line for pancakes? And the line for cheesecake? WHEW! J. lives north, so we rode to the drive from his place, and then just pedaled right up the on-ramp to join the ride. We rode south to the Museum. That's a fun turn-around, and the drive is lovely down there. Then north to the start point, where I bought one of last year's long sleeved tech shirts for $20, and a bike sticker that says, "I AM TRAFFIC", for the Larkspur. Then up north for waffles for me and an omlette for him, then home again for a well-deserved nap. It's a fun day.
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06-04-2007, 05:21 AM #5
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Lise- it's soooo nice to hear from you again. Congratulations on finding J and falling so deeply in love. It's a good thing!!!
I'm sorry about your kitties- both losing Isaac and Ariel being sick. It's hard to make the decision, but you're a kind and gentle soul who always does right by others.
Glad to hear from you again- please don't be such a stranger!!Check out my running blog: www.turtlepacing.blogspot.com
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06-04-2007, 05:33 AM #6
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We both forgot to pack extra shoes so when we were done we went back to the parking garage, loaded up, and drove home for three hours in sopping wet shoes...THEN we took a nap! Originally Posted by Lise
Great idea! We were at the coffee tent, too. Did you see the line for pancakes? And the line for cheesecake? WHEW! J. lives north, so we rode to the drive from his place, and then just pedaled right up the on-ramp to join the ride. We rode south to the Museum. That's a fun turn-around, and the drive is lovely down there. Then north to the start point, where I bought one of last year's long sleeved tech shirts for $20, and a bike sticker that says, "I AM TRAFFIC", for the Larkspur. Then up north for waffles for me and an omlette for him, then home again for a well-deserved nap. It's a fun day. It was such a fun ride that we're already making plans for next year.
I sure hope you keep dropping in Lise...you've been missed.
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06-04-2007, 05:48 AM #7
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Hey Lise,
I have not been posting much at all - or training much for that matter. I have been stalking the board looking for an update from you. glad to hear all is so lovely in your life - you deserve it. I so wanted to do bike the drive this year, but now that bank of america is the sponser I don't know if I will ever do it - I refuse to thave anything to do with BofA.
What tri are you doing on 8/5?Brina
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06-04-2007, 06:54 AM #8
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Hi Lise
we miss your wisdom and point of view here. You know TD moved to
Australia. FYI
How's the job? and is the BF riding a bike?
welcome back (and don't go away again!)
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