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[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 )

[Tater]

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 )

I know! What's worse is that I had specifically left out a few items NOT to be packed, the can opener, sandwich baggies, toilet paper, silverware, you know the essentials, until the movers delivered our stuff this coming Monday. Everything got packed except the tp and the silverware. I am certainly hitting Target after work for a darned can opener!

[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'm on the list and read your response to it, which made me hang on to it. I usually read those right away but my inbox was so full after not checking that account for a few days that I might have deleted it otherwise - I still have to read it. Lucky I have some time on my hands....

[Nanci]

He sounded like he was in a poor mental state for much of the ride- and never seemed to really believe he would make it. He was already sounding bad by 5PM of the first day! Well, actually, he was sounding bad before the first Control...

Someone on there today had a quote, "If you don't think you can finish, [a brevet] don't start."

(He _does_ finish.)

My buddy I met for the June 200k that abandonned with only 30 miles to go or something is sounding like he isn't going to do the July ride. Too bad- I really had fun with him! I'm sharing a room with a local (from here) girl, but she rides just slightly faster than me. It was keeping up with her and her group that killed my knee on the 400k. Maybe she'll be hot and slow down some, though. She just bought a Bachetta, but isn't riding it- there are a ton of hills- including the same one going out, coming back, and then one more time in the going out direction- the biggest hill in the area! Plus the hill that they mentioned in the triathlon pre-race meeting about you'd better be in a low gear when you turn the corner or you're going to tip over, and the long hill I came the closest ever to vomiting while on the bike on. (Yeah, I bet that sentence construction is making some people cringe!)

I'll be halfway to the R-12 award when it's over, though!

Crap, so how long until you get to ride? Is crap a word that gets filtered out? I can't remember.

Hmmm. I wish the new saddle would get here so I can hate it.