...I rode 83 miles....of hills. Well, okay, that's not the truth because 14 miles of that was not in the hills, the rest of it...hills. Oddly enough they were better the second time around.
It was hot. I was salty. I was smelly. But outside of the one driver who laid on his horn to me for riding my bicycle on the road (He obviously hasn't seen the bumper sticker that says same road, same rules, same rights. I will call the cops to let him know the law. I'm not beneath that.)versus the ditch beside the road, things were fun. My suggestion (in my head of course as he went blazing by me in a huff) was that he should pick a different place to drive other than the bike course for one of the biggest races in the world. He's probably honked all day as there were at least 100 cyclists out there all over north Idaho. I wonder what Lance Armstrong would have done if he had honked at him.
My mind wanders when I ride and today it wandered to, Wouldn't it be nice if there were no cars, but only bicycles. There are parts of the Ironman course where I know I could die every time I ride there because people pull out in front of you, turn into you, run you off the road, etc. etc. I know two people who have been hit by cars out there and every year there is someone who is killed by a car while training for a triathlon. It would just be easier if we all rode bikes. I mean, it's not completely safe because bikes of course can run into other bikes and that can be a dangerous mess, but it is much less likely to be life threatening. It's just a thought. Perhaps in the Ironman-Only village that Stephanie are going to build one day we can have that only biking and running are allowed. The people who are important to you just have to live closer, or you would never see them.
I'm full of good ideas tonight.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
In Cycling News Today
Posted by honestgrl at 12:33 AM
Labels: Ironman village-no body hair allowed. When are you getting the m-dot?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
Ewww! What a jerk! It was probably a honk meaning, "I wish I could ride 83 miles today, but I'm stuck driving this lame vehicle... I'll take my frustration of not being physically active today out on you". Stupid driver! I can think of one spot on the course that I always fear my getting hit.. I can't think of the road, but it's at the blind corner when you're coming down a hill going maybe 30s and you have to turn left.. you know what i'm talking about, right?
I can see some problems with the biking only law in our town... We'll just have to find a civil engineer to join our planning committee. No drafting allowed, obviously. Hairless, totally the way to go. In our town, and everywhere else as well!! ;)
As for the M-dot, I'm not sure. I can wait until after your wedding.. I'm already going to be ruining all of your pictures with my hideous tan and more than likely my hobbling around like an old lady- so having a tattoo across my entire back that has, "I'm Amazing!!!" arched over a massive M-dot, would just make me stand out that much more. hehe. jk.. it'll be small... I'm thinking right above where my shoe hits (achilles area). I want to be a walking advertisement FOREVER! ;)
I'm going to have to disagree with you, because 70mph is a whole heck of a lot better than 20-30..(faster maybe?) And I would go even faster if I didn't have 7 points on my liscence and a speeding ticket reduced to a non moving violation posted to my bulliten (HOW DO YOU SPELL THIS WORD?) board, waiting to be paid. And anyways, my butt doesn't look sqwuashed and fat in my car like it would on a bicycle seat. (If it does, you can't see it:) I think the man was probably honking cause he wants you, don't hate people for that.
Post a Comment