4/5/09

friday 3pm - the bike shop called to inform me that my bike was ready! hooray

friday 9pm - did my shot at the 6:00 position in my left thigh. went well.

saturday am - 3 pgh police were killed in stanten hts, not 10 minutes from our house and less than 5 minutes from homes of family. i'm not a huge fan of cops but you have to respect them for what they do. it was surreal, knowing that this was happening so close to us; that the cop that flew past us on highland ave was on his way to this scene while we were on our way to Courtney's parents house. we stopped for coffee a block from their house. that's where we first saw the news about the standoff. why the hell does a 23 year old have an artillery and a flack jacket?!?

saturday noon - i pick up my bike. Courtney's dad, Mike, joins me. purchases include my bike, a computer (to track time, distance, etc), an underseat bag, a lock, a spare intertube, a helmet, and a rack for the car. Mike loans me his "rear wheel of the bike holder upper" so i can train indoors.

saturday 2pm - i head to the 1/2 mile track near the police station on washington blvd. the track is awesome. it is really a lot of fun. there are uphill and downhill parts, banks and bends. and lots of wind. i ride for an hour and estimate i've done about 12 miles. the flags at the station are at half mast. i see ambulance drivers and police officers standing in the parking lot. i wonder what they're feeling. i decide that i'm going to walk over when i'm done and tell them how sorry i am. a little after 3 i walk over with my bike. there is noone outside anymore. there was a 3pm press conference.

sunday 1pm - i drop Courtney off at the gym and i head to the track. i go around once, feel sore (my butt hurts) but good. i'm going to match yesterday's performance, at least. i am just finishing my first lap and a damn bug flies into my eyeball. instead of freaking out i hit my brakes, remember that my feet are in clips, unclip them, and drag myself to the side of the track. the next hour sucks big time. i finally make it back to the car where i continue to force my eye to water up. i wait for a while before driving home. i did get to see the d and d'ers (dungeons and dragons) prepare for battle in the field by the track.

it is now 4pm. my eye is better but still messed up pretty good. nothing came out of it so either the bug bounced off or my body is going to absorb it. i think that it just scratched the hell out of my eye. on the bright side i hooked my bike up to the "rear wheel off the ground holder upper" and tested it out. that thing will be great for training.

i'm pretty fired up about the bike. i just have to wear sunglasses or something from now on.

tentative date of next shot: friday 4/10 in the 9:00 position of my right thigh.