YAY! This is by far my favorite holiday. Why it is the best:
1. It is always warm and sunny. I am currently blogging from the sunny spot on my patio with my swim suit on and itunes playing in the background. What could be better?
2. It always smells good. My neighbors have already started up the bbq. No idea what they are cooking but it smells GREAT!
3. Fireworks. I'm not sure why I think they are so fun to watch, but every year I get excited for the big show.
4. Food. As mentioned above, it smells great. I particularly love watermelon and had some for breakfast this morning.
5. No work. Although the new job is great, I would rather be sitting outside in a swimsuit than in my cube.
Other great things this year include:
- Trials - Always entertaining to watch/follow online.
- Weather - is PERFECT this year. 78 sunny w/ a breeze.
- My neighbor (the one grilling) just fell off his chair. I think he broke it (yes, this is hilarious!)
On a more serious note, I have f'ed my left knee. When I was racing in rochester I twisted/sprained it comoing out of the first lap of the swim. I finished the swim, and attempted the bike (mostly in a small gear) I tried about .5 mile of the run and then decided to stop. The medic on site said the knee was sprained/strained and to give it some time off. I pulled monday morning and it was feeling a little better so I did my usual tuesday night brick (35/6). It was feeling fine (well, except stairs) at this point so I swam Wednesday morning and did a short 3-4 miler in the afternoon. I ended up walking the last half mile or so 'cause it started to hurt again. I woke up thursday morning and WTF I couldn't put weight on it. Soo...I pulled again ...and plan on taking today off and swimming sat/sunday. =(
I'm extremely frustrated; I am not very good at sitting still and I wanted to do some serious milage this weekend.
