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[Lise]

Fish: as a friend from Tennessee used to say: Mo-wer will be ree-veealed! (MWBR)

I swear, I pass out handfuls, armfuls, bucketfuls of condoms at work. Sometimes I think, seriously? You guys are using these? Or are you just taking them to make me feel good?

MP: I just keep thinking how glad I am that the Death Ride didn't get to live up to its name. I cannot believe you did all the riding you did with clots in your lungs. How great is it going to feel when you've got this behind you and are up to speed?!

I remember one summer ('97) when I just felt so bloated and fat in the belly...and then, mid August, the 10cm endometrial cyst on my right ovary ruptured and filled my belly with blood. Oh. Maybe it was that big, blood-filled cyst in my mid-section! No wonder the crunches weren't doing much! Asthma....pulmonary embolus...my goodness. How odd that you were satting at 100%. What an amazing compensatory ability you have. That mouthful of blood may have been the best thing that could've happened for you. That has a way of getting one's attention!
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The Green Hornet is at the LBS, getting a new Serfas tri saddle and aero bars put on! I am so psyched to ride her tomorrow. I'm going to pick her up, ride downtown, donate blood, renew my driver's license, sit around drinking fluids and eating lunch for awhile, then go for a spin. Nothing too hard because I'll be down a pint, AND I start a 24 hr call shift tomorrow night. But still. To "go aero" on my own bike. Wow. I must be something like an athlete!

[crazycanuck]

I'm knackered kids...

Due to june 30th end of fin year, we started at 6am today... I knew i needed energy so what does this crazycanuck do...I left my house at 440am to go for an 1hr ride bf work...Why..err..why not...I worked on speed...

What's even funnier is when i went to have a shower at work i realized...no bra...so i had to keep my cycling bra on..oh well...At least i had underwear & socks......

Anywho, i am knackered...We finished at 5pm..freakin good thing we get paid for overtime!!!

I really wanted to go for a ride tonight but i highly doubt i'd be 100% awake & alert...I'm going for another ride tomorrow am & hopefully tomorrow night...

Bring on the weekend...the dirt awaits...
c

[Brina]

I must be something like an athlete!

something like that.

have fun on those aero bars.

I don't know if you are on Turin Cycles mailing list, but next Sat - the 8th - they are having a big sale. According to the postcard there will be supplier reps there with items they don't normally keep in stock. Sounds like some fun toys will be available. I have to take my bike up to WI to rack it for the danskin the next day, but I am going to try to check the sale out as well.

[Lise]

CC, hang on for the weekend!

Brina, thanks for the heads up about Turin. I'm not on their mailing list anymore, but I'll go to their website. I think I can get up there on the 8th.

You would think I was being poked with sharp sticks. My doc ordered a fasting cholesterol panel about, oh, say, 6 months ago! I just never, never leave the house without eating. I went to see her for something else recently (all's well), and she said, "I never got those results". That would be because I never gave them the blood....finally went and did it today. Oooh, oooh, faint with hunger, can barely drive....

Due to nervousness about the date last night, I had eaten, essentially, a piece of salmon, a few lettuce leaves, and (when I got home) 6 Thin Mints (the last of the Girl Scout thin mints). So, at 4 AM, I'm up and STARVING! I ate a fat free yogurt...I figured...it won't affect the cholesterol...then had my blood drawn at 8:15. If the numbers are all wonky, I can blame it on the yogurt.

[DrBee]

Lise - you bad girl! 4 hours of fasting - I'm thinking that's not going to do it. Hopefully you're levels will be perfect and it won't matter anyway

I ran this morning (first time in over a week) and felt good. My knees were talking to me a bit too much when I started. I told them to quiet down and away I went. My next chance to ride is probably going to be Sat morning. I can't wait!!! The last time I rode was a week ago. Whatever was wearing me out seems to have subsided. Now - if only I'd get the call about the job!!!!! Every time my phone rings, my heart skips a beat!

[Nanci]

Something really bad to eat before getting your chloesterol checked is lo mein!! That raises the total by like 100 points! (I know this from being a blood donor).

Lise, was it hard for you and your date to recognize each other?

My 200k Saturday, the super torture hill ride, is 133 miles, not 124...

[Lise]

Something really bad to eat before getting your chloesterol checked is lo mein!! That raises the total by like 100 points! (I know this from being a blood donor).

Lise, was it hard for you and your date to recognize each other?

My 200k Saturday, the super torture hill ride, is 133 miles, not 124...

Yeah, I know, 4 hr is not "fasting". But I'm special, don't'cha know? I am hoping that the numbers will be fine, and no further discussion until I balk at fasting again one year from now. I just have to eat more real food the night before so I can sleep through the night.

On top of all that, I'm also caffeine deprived. It's a new thing prior to blood donation. Sheesh! I came home from my rigorous 4 hour fast/blood draw and ate 2 eggs scrambled with cheese and salsa, two tortillas, OJ, some almonds and walnuts, an over ripe banana (gag), and...oh, yeah, I had a Lara bar in the car on the way home. Anybody want state secrets? Deprive me of food for 6 hours, I'll spill all. Good thing our gov't has seen fit to keep me in the dark!

I'm going to pick up the Green Hornet, ride downtown, donate blood, and drink a BIG CUP OF STARBUCKS!

When I was up at 4 AM (eating yogurt), I googled my sister's name. She's a journalist, writes about a variety of things, personal to political. I was horrified to learn that people say mean, stupid things about her on their blogs! About my little sister! I was about ready to drive to Indiana and smack this one woman upside the head! My sister never tells me about these mean, stupid people, and I am glad I didn't know. I won't go looking again. I did find a sweet article she wrote about her best friend from childhood, who's an organic farmer...nobody wrote anything DUMB about THAT on their STUPID blog! Grrrrrrrrrrrr....don't mess with the siblings of the oldest, I'm telling you. How do the family of famous people take all the mean things folks say about their loved ones?
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Nanci, we recognized each other easily when he walked up to me and said, "Lise?" In describing himself, he hadn't mentioned the goatee. I would've mentioned that. Except, of course, that *I* don't have one.
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133 miles of "super torture" does not sound good. You, however, are the woman for the job. Looking forward to hearing about it! L.

[Tater]

Doesn't tuna spike the cholesterol as well?

I really dislike moving and being without household items that I really need. Like a can opener!

[Lise]

Doesn't tuna spike the cholesterol as well?

I really dislike moving and being without household items that I really need. Like a can opener!

If it's high, I'll blame it on the salmon at 8 PM, and not the fat free cherry yogurt at 4 AM.

You seriously need a can opener. ----------------> TARGET! (any excuse )

[Lise]

. My knees were talking to me a bit too much when I started. I told them to quiet down and away I went.

I know I'm lucky, fish, it's not my knees that talk back, it's my head. L.

[maillotpois]

I know I'm lucky, fish, it's not my knees that talk back, it's my head. L.

At least you're never lonely...

[Nanci]

I have to remember to e-mail you this guy's 600k report that was on- wait, you're on that randoneuring list with me, aren't you? Did you read it? Man, did it bring back memories!

Nanci

[maillotpois]

I remember one summer ('97) when I just felt so bloated and fat in the belly...and then, mid August, the 10cm endometrial cyst on my right ovary ruptured and filled my belly with blood. Oh. Maybe it was that big, blood-filled cyst in my mid-section! No wonder the crunches weren't doing much! Asthma....pulmonary embolus...my goodness. How odd that you were satting at 100%. What an amazing compensatory ability you have. That mouthful of blood may have been the best thing that could've happened for you. That has a way of getting one's attention!

Holy cow!! Blood filled cyst! Nice - isn't it amazing what we push through - and beat ourselves up for. You were all "fat" and I was all "stupid slow on the hills" and "out of shape". Crazy. The take away lesson is sometimes you don't need to beat yourself up and maybe there's something behind it?

Yeah the O2 sat at 100% really threw my doctor. Fortunately, she was persisten enough to order the d-dimer test as well just to make sure (which is the blood test that shows markers for PE) - and that test was what sent me to CT scan.