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Hey! Look at Me!

After my post about Infinit a couple weeks ago, I got an email from Infinit themselves asking if they could feature my post on their blog. Of course they can!

And they did. Check me out on the Infinit Loop HERE! I wouldn’t call it my ticket to fame, but it is fun for the blog to get a little recognition and it’s all the better if it happens while promoting a product I believe in. Before this, I think my biggest moment in the media was when I got my photo and a quote in a New York Post article about the safety (or danger!) of eating food from falafel carts in midtown Manhattan!

Besides that, it was a slow week around these parts. I’m still in my year-end recovery mode. I got out on the bike twice for pretty chill rides. I did get side-swiped by a truck on Tuesday’s ride and ended up on the ground, but the bike barely got scratched and except for some road rash on my left hip and elbow, I’m fine. It’s a stupid story. We were riding through Manhattan Beach and a truck was passing way too close, for absolutely no reason, squeezing me in between him and the cars parked on my right. The truck got past me fine, but I think I relaxed for a second and didn’t realize that he was towing a trailer and that his trailer was just a little wider than the truck. So, the side of the trailer brushed me, which sent me to the ground. Thankfully, I had slowed down when the truck passed and I was going very slowly by the time I went down. It could have been worse.

Promptly after that, I came down with a 48 hour flu bug, which kept me in bed until Friday afternoon. Saturday was a ride on the PCH and yesterday an easy run around the neighborhood. Strangely, despite (or maybe because of) all this time off running, both my right achilles and right knee are bothering me a little today. Will have to spend some time evaluating both, but I was hoping that by this point in the month, after three very easy weeks, I would be pain-free…

Bike – December 22
Distance: 34.4 miles
Time: 2:22 (ride time)
Course: Culver City to Palos Verdes
Conditions: Sunny, chilly (50’s) and windy
Notes: Side-swiped by truck in Manhattan Beach

Swim – December 23
Distance: 1,750 yards (1,600 meters)
Time: 36 min.

Bike – December 26
Distance: 41 miles
Time: 2:16 (ride time)
Course: Santa Monica, PCH to Trancas
Conditions: Overcast, chilly (high 40’s/low 50’s)

Run – December 27
Distance: 4.8 miles
Time: 39 min.
Course: West Hollywood, Beverly Hills
Conditions: Sunny, low 50’s