shhh calm down, what's wrong? I ask her but I can feel it, can feel her back tire rubbing too hard on the pavement. Twisting out of the pedals, I look to confirm my suspicions - it's flat, damn it. She won't stop crying, and I try to reassure her that it's not her fault, and we'll call a friend and get back to school.

This is when I realize that I've forgotten my cell phone. All that's in my pocket is my student ID, which won't get us much in the way of a ride.

We walk to a nearby house, where I can see a guy out working on his car. "May I please use your phone?" I ask, explaining that I'm a college student whose bike has just gotten a flat, and that all I need is to call a friend to come get me. He brings the phone outside for me, but when I try to call Sarah, it just rings. Chatter clings to my side, afraid. I can't think of any other people I could call - all my other friends' numbers are in my cell phone memory, I don't know them off the top of my head. So I called my dad. "What do I do? Who do I call for a ride back to school?" The guy whose phone I'm using offers to bring me back, but he seems a little sketchy. On the other hand, I can't think of a second option. "Dad, this guy has offered to bring me back to school - I'll call you when I get back to school." Okay, I'm still a little scared, but at least someone knows exactly where I am.

We have to take Chatter's front wheel off to get her in the guy's car, and she is just shaking - one tire flat, the other tire off, and now she's upside down in the back seat, poor girl. I watch her in the mirror the whole ride back, shooting her reassuring glances. It feels like forever to get back to school, but we finally make it. Chatter and I both sigh in relief. I bring her up to my room and let her curl up in bed, knowing she will want a nap. I head to the pool so I can calm down, and wonder if "my bike got a flat" is going to fly as a valid reason for missing exercise phys lab.

bike, 50 min
swim, 28 min

Right now, I can't fix the flat. Chatter is sulking, and she won't eat dinner, she wants her wheel back on. I told her I AM TRYING MY BEST! and she's still mad at me.

a writer Alyie. Just make sure you let us know if she starts talking to you;)

the point. Right now, she is NOT talking to me :(

she doesn't start.

I hope coach didn't run off the face of the earth. I can't seem to track him down.

not Clatter!

chatter clatter what ever
Shelly P has two boys and I can't tell them apart either

if I get in trouble biking this summer you're the one I'm calling to come rescue Chatter and me!

(your phone number is the only one I've got memorized of all you island friends, because it showed up on my cell phone about five times a day in Boston when you called to make sure Ginger and I were still okay. Actually, I think your phone number is the only one I know anyway, because everyone else I just email)

p.s. I'm in for both 10ks :D

Well, i'll take it off your hands :)

I'm also looking for some old-school Oakley blades if anyone has something like that collecting dust somewhere.

Chris

the top I gave Alyie came from an Expo somewhere with an autographed tag From Mark Allen .
a friend who worked at Nike got it for me >
I did find a Hind top my e-mail address is takirby@adelphia.net send me your home mailing address and I will send it out. No Oakley's but I will ask around

I have to check with Bruce B TO SEE IF HE AGREES I think clatter /chatter/ whats the matter= or what ever name it goes by had indoor wind trainer old
winter air and needed to have been replaced with summer air I can not be sure without talking to the bike One -on one not with Alyie talking for it !
Ginger go to bed you have a hard day ahead . next time you use the Garmin i will set it up so you can race the little man they have in there ( not sure how he got there but he is )

the last time I mid-week island escaped.
I'm doing the same thing this Wednesday, and you can talk to her then if you want :) she's coming around, but only because she's hungry. We're sharing a couple bagels with peanut butter and jelly for a bedtime snack (Ginger maybe I won't wake up hungry tonight :P )

I don't work and it's also my day off from running, but I'm going to come to the track with my boys to visit and watch. Hopefully soon I'll be able to do my workouts Wed. evenings.

I have a class from 4-8 that night. I'll be around from noon to 3 - visiting Jill, going to SAND BEACH!!!!!!! and biking and/or running. My ankle is acting up again so it may be biking.

I look forward to Wednesday evening workouts this summer as well.

Have you ever raced one?

well it was more like bi's in the early 80"s there were a lot of run bike run events than there are now and they were a lot of fun we used to have a 10 mile time trial weekly up by Graham Lake
so I have a lot of that stuff scott areo bars time trial bikes road bikes the bikes still fit but the clothes are another story

a "high tech" bike jersey or two from the era. Lots of fun events (including a triathlon put on by Harbor House) and less interference from pesky laywer types. Sometime in the early 80's there was a time trial every week from the Fire House in Somesville to Murphy's in Southwest. It was always fun when the road shoulder disappeared right before the descent down Carroll's Hill.

when is the orrington 10K?

May 5 - look at the calendar on the front page.

for tracking our progress.

Looks like the Antarctica Marathon is right on our course..

I LOVE sending postcards...

:D

;)

MY name right either
;)

Make sure they can see you. Dodging dump trucks is very good training :)

she won't like you guys.

I don't like the "cl" blend. Ch/tt/er all have nice, sharp sounds. Her middle name is Juilet.

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:)

Good to have you back from the sidelines!

Just good to hear you are able to run again.

dark side
What is YOUR bike's name?

if you're recovering from a marathon Tim, especially a tough Boston. Give that knee a well-deserved few weeks of easy-does-it and you'll be good to go again.

And no displacement is at work here. There's plenty of room on the carriage roads for all of us this summer--and I hope everyone is fit and healthy enough to take full advantage, me included at long last :-)

was I forgot my running shorts and had to settle with boxers and hiking shorts. The guys will understand, ouch.

My backup shorts I alwasy keep in my car I'd used the day before when I'd forgotten my shorts. And i forgot to replace them. Then my running shorts for the day I used in my 30 minute bike ride in the morning and left them hanging to dry.

Still, with the views it was a great run. But some ice was needed at the end.

Zouwey, Ouch.

Keep running!