The question of the day is "what has Brooke done to her foot?" Yesterday Mark e-mailed me to tell me that Brooke had injured her foot and may not be able to compete.
I immediately called Laurie and we said "No way is Brooke going to miss the triathlon after all this training." Brooke laughed when I called her. She didn't know what she'd done. Her toe was swollen and didn't look good but she was still in. Someone told her she'd broken a bone and suggested magnets as the secret antidote to the swelling. Apparently one magnet applied to either side of the injury would help realign her foot. Whatever. I guess we'll find out tomorrow if the magnet therapy is the magic cure.
Meanwhile I should write about the latest open water swim from last Friday. (Brooke seemed fine that night by the way.) We met Kristin, an Olympic triathlete (not as in the "Olympics" but as in "Olympic triathlon" distance, the next one up from the Sprint triathlon which we're doing). She's also a cancer survivor, as is Brooke. Kristin had graciously agreed to meet us to give us hints, tips and pointers on how to be more comfortable in the water. We met at Lake Washington at about 6:30 Friday evening and donned our wetsuits.
Kristin immediately pointed out a buoy that was about 1/8th of a mile off shore. She said we should swim out and back twice to get a sense of the 1/2 mile distance we'd need to swim in the race. We chatted about our various phobias (some of us having more than others) - feeling that you're out there adrift, fear of murky water, inability to breathe, you know, the usual type of things. She encouraged me to roll onto my back to collect myself if panic set in and to close my eyes in the water so I didn't have to look at the murk.
Her advice proved to be very sound and I actually had a great experience. We all did. We all made it out to the buoy and back t wice but not very quickly - we were passed by several other swimmers. But the point is that we made it.
We then drove to Genessee Park boat launch where the race will take place on August 17, saw where we'll park our bikes, how we'll ride to the Mercer Island floating bridge, and where we'll run and cross the finish line, victorious. We're wondering how we should celebrate the momentous occasion. Should we have champagne? Should we do it twice? Perhaps we should just go home and take a nap. The options are endless.
Anyway, then it seemed to be time to go and find a place to have a cold beer and fries to celebrate our successful open water swim.
By the way, we need a team name. So far the best we've come up with is Hells Belles. After reading this if you have any good suggestions, let us know.
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Glenda, the magnets make my foot hum from the inside out and it does take away some of the pain. I will continue magnet therapy despite the "Whatever". I broke the middle bone on the top of my foot just below my second knuckle. Instead of listening to my hips complaining when I ran I got the bright idea to use my orthodics and run. By 4pm that friday just before seward park, I started to limp. Have been ever since. On thursday after standing all day and letting gravity take its course I had quite a bit of swelling. The swelling took me to the doctor Monday. I am now wearing a big black boot cast. I will get re-xrayed on the 4th of August. I will do the danskin, I love this game! If I don't get the go ahead to run, I will walk, if I can't walk I will rent a wheel chair. I'm fundraising for a great cause. I am so glad I have the sisterhood of Jane and Laurie, thanks for choosing to get fit by training for the danskin.
Glenda, I'm looking forward to a blog update, it's been a week. Just wanted to let you know the magnets went from a hum to a tune. Thanks to Nancy Sinatra, This boot is made for walking. Looking forward to your update.
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