I'm a believer!

I took a week off because of the horse incident.  My shoulder is still messed up, but better enough.  I could stand taking more time off.  I never would have guessed that I would say that.  This week my biking was awesome.  I see how tapering before the race will really help.    I wasnt sure before if it made sense but now i know.  I flew on my bike this week.

Tuesday I went for a ten mile and it was my ride of large animals.  I was riding and came across two worms that were over a foot long and as thick as a sharpie.  Then as I was pedaling home I came across a turtle the size of a dinner plate.  It was in the middle of the travel lane on a busy road.  The cars go  60-65mph on this road.  How could I leave it?  I put my bike down and walked over to this large critter and it started hissing and jumping at me.  I am not a turtlist.  I can't tell them apart.  I knew it wasn't a red ear slider but other than that, I know nothing.  I was afraid it was a snapping turtle.  I car was coming so I went back to the shoulder.  The SUV just straddled it, but it still jumped up to attack the car.  I knew I had to get it out of the road.  I went looking for a stick.  That way if it was a snapping turtle I could get it to snap onto the stick instead of my finger.  Well,  i couldn't find a  stick, go figure, the only time I think I could find a stick.  I found a thicker green weed.  The turtle started walking toward me and the green leaves.  His little nose was bleeding from where he hit the car.  I then thought he might just walk the rest of the way.  Well, then another car was coming.  It stopped.  I was like crap, now I have to go pick it up.  I went over and told him that I was going to pick him up.  I started to and he kinda flipped over a little.  I sternly told him to stop that and I picked him up again and moved him into the tall grass next to the road, in the direction he was going.

Then yesterday I pedal 16.7 miles.  I was only two shy of my race distance.  It felt really good.  I wasn't sure how long I would go.  I left early so I would have plenty of tme to go as far as I wanted and not have to turn around because of time.

This morning I ran an easy 2.9 miles.