CBS 4pm CST US OPEN FINAL

Friends, Family, Chickens and Gitchi-Gummi. A panorama of labor day happenings:




This is where it gets interesting...and this is where my family ( you blog stalkers on the east coast..who know the harsh reality of what you are about to see, especially when uncle Bobby is older than you are)

"tip toe on in."
"A bit colder below the surface. And did the sun just go under a cloud for a reason?"
"Crap, whose idea was this?"
"Ok, lets go check the temp of the river now."
Temp of the lake was 57 and the river was about 60.
So do you think i am a tad bit envious of the athletes that live and train in Hawaii?? Wish i could swim in this lake. Then again it wouldnt be what it is if there were wetsuited triathletes running around up here. Bears and Coyotes do eat speedos you know.

"Bob, your daughters are NUTZ!"


It looks so calm, and it was.
Sister Elizabeth. No she isnt THAT kind of a sister. Just MY sister.
Can you see any agates thru the water? that is how calm it was.

Ice bath baby, ice bath. I look like i am driving a bus.
Elizabeth headed on in.
Fun fun fun.
We had a super duper weather weekend on the North Shore.
The next day it snowed up there and Embarass MN was 28 degrees. Kidding. But reality is gonna hit soon. And I will be booking my tickets west, south, to the indoor pool:)

Is there really one more BlackDog?Got a call from my friend the Fed asking why I hadnt been playing at all this summer.
He reminded me that i have a great little tennis club to play at ( har-tru courts, too!)
And it even has the elitist sign reminding those that wander by that this is PRIVATE.
And on a small city block in st. paul and nobody even knows it is there other than the neighbors.
Greatest thing of all is that for green clay or har-tru as it is called, this is the best kept secret in town. For what i pay to belong I couldnt even get my name on the waiting list at the OTHER clubs in the metro that have clay. Woodhill/Minikahda/Interlachen..My yearly seasonal dues would maybe cover dinner for 4 at one of those clubs. Lifetime at Flagship in Eden P has clay but i dont think they take such good care of them. And ***Woodhill has a grass court so that is cool.
So i told Fed I would get out there. Even if i hit mini tennis the entire time and didnt serve, which for me is the thing that feels so good when i do it, then after "ripping" them cant turn my head the next day or for a good week afterwards. So this self portrait was the "Do ya REALLY want to do this?" look.
Jane is my clay court buddy. We seem to be able to hit midcourt and laugh and talk quite a bit. When it comes to playing ( which we didnt do last night) we keep it quiet, until Jane screams mid-point, and i cry foul and demand a do-over.

So thanks Fed for getting me out there, and thanks James Blake who had me up till midnight making sure he snuck past Donald Young in the first round. 5 sets of tennis player versus young hip hop tennis star. At least his cap wasnt on sideways.

So here is tonight's line up on USA cable:
Stosur is a super athlete, she could give Venus a run but S has been injured lately. Venus if she is on her game will win in 2.
Fed is up next. Under the lights.
For all of you who are numb, missing the Olympic Themesong, tune in and you can see Al Trautwig and Tracy Austin commenting how he "stuck it!" oops. Wrong sport, Al.

	Arthur Ashe 7:00 PM Start		1 Women's Singles - 1st Rnd. Samantha Stosur (AUS) v. Venus Williams (USA)[7] followed by 2 Men's Singles - 1st Rnd. Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) v. Roger Federer (SUI)[2]

Last TNTTSheryl and I did awesome. Surely the most popular kids on the team since we own the park tool bottle openers. I tried to get Bonny in on the picture but she took off to change into civilian clothing. Lets just say that if you are a woman aged 40-49yo and come out to TNTT, you may wish you were younger or older. The three of us had an awesome decimal point standing finish for top 3 women. Thanks gals for making me ride faster.
Family Picture:) Glad my shoes are glow in the dark, since it was getting dark out. Kinda forgot i had my glasses on my head till i drove off in the dark thinking "where are my glasses!"
Thanks to John Shishilla for snapping the picture for us.
Oh yea, VERVE RACING in case you didnt know. I had my favorite tennis t shirt on, the one my friend Elyse got when she played in the Maccabi games in Israel last summer.
Team First Light took 3rd in a heavily stacked team series. Gear West fasties took first, Ortho skulls took 2nd ( i think that is Team Ortho) and First Light took 3rd. Not to out anyone but these guys are over 50. (No, not me and Elliot) but that is pretty awesome. I would guess that the first and second place teammembers are in their 20's and 30's.

Mosquitos came out, we took our weapons ( I mean bottle openers) and headed to the car for home. This is the first TNTT i have driven home in the pitch dark. It was 8:55pm. Dang it.
The snow is coming....Ok minor panic attack. I know we have a few more..weeks?

Post Olympic let down??..nope.You have to admit you are bored with the Olympics, arent you? Ok not really, I am kidding. But in case you havent mapped out your recovery plan for when you cant turn on the TV and have 24-7 coverage of any sport ( but triathlon, ahem ahem, what is up with that?..they show the ENTIRE womens marathon and no triathlon? What??) Nothing against women running AT ALL but what about the Tri?
Ok sorry, off on a tangent.

Can FED get another one? What do you think?

Blake beat him in the Olympics in straight sets. And Nadal now is the #1 ranked player in the world. Here are my thoughts:

I wouldnt take FED's loss in Bejiing as a sign of anything. He went to represent his country, he played doubles with a relatively unknown guy and won. Roddick didnt play for the USA bc he was tuning up for the US Open with the series that lucratively leads up to NYC. Roddick needs to work if he wants to repeat as well.

I dont know. Blake plays for his JBLOCK in the city, Roddick wants another, Dokyovic sure loves the fast courts and the "show" he can put on with his mimicking other players, ( if you havent seen him impersonate Maria, you should) and of course, Nadal. Cant neglect the now number 1 in the world. Whether or not Fed did well in Bejiing he will have his hands full ...and maybe just maybe he needed to play some tennis for his country, not for himself, in less of a pressure situation.

So when you are moping about with sadness that the games are over, tune in for some awesome late night matches from Flushing Meadow. Cant beat that.

** I have played 2 x at Flushing Meadow / National Tennis Center, on the outside courts. It is a public tennis facility so anyone can book a court. The stadiums are of course not open to pedestrian play. We toured them, and wow, it was pretty darn cool. To play in Arthur Ashe Stadium would be like....playing ....the metrodome is too small. I cant even relate it to anything we have here. Court surface is actually kinda slow...sticky slow. Not like playing on grass.
Ok this ends the trip down memory lane.

US OPEN starts next week...

BlackDog 8/13/08What is more exciting..riding consistently faster than last year or...
Hanging next to CY? I think I would have talked to her all night.
Thanks Yndecam for the great pics. I promised myself that come fall when i have more time i will update my blog so i have more links, etc..until then i am too busy doing other stuff:)

BIG GREEN BUS PULLS INTO TOWN




Grease lightning: A bus that runs on vegetable oil
AIMÉE BLANCHETTE, Star Tribune

Unlike most of her college friends, who are working and living at home over the summer, Addie Gorlin of Hopkins is spending her summer on a smelly school bus.

Gorlin is one of 12 students from Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., who are road-tripping on a vegetable oil-powered "Big Green Bus" to spread the word about taking better care of the environment. While the bus has a profound smell of French fries and won tons, Gorlin said the only drawback is that it makes everyone hungry.

"There's so many life lessons to be learned from this bus. We get to learn about the United States and all the environmental aspects, and we get to talk to so many different people," Gorlin said. "And, just learning to live with 11 other people on a 37-foot-long bus is certainly a valuable life experience."

During their 34th stop of the summer, in Minneapolis last week, the crew took advantage of some down time at Gorlin's family home after driving two straight nights from Yellowstone National Park. While a few members of the crew ate lunch and napped in the hammock, Gorlin wrangled up some of her bus mates and a few of her relatives who were curious about the "greasing" process. The bus had to be fed, and Gorlin knew just the place.

Heads turned as the 1996 International Harvester school bus rolled into the parking lot of Wagner's Drive-In on Hwy. 7 in Hopkins, one of Gorlin's favorite childhood eateries. This time, she was there to collect the restaurant's waste grease.

After checking the quality of the grease (it cannot contain water) Gorlin lowered a hose into the smelly black dumpster behind the restaurant. Fellow Dartmouth student Trey Roy fired up a pump, and the oil was sucked to a filtration system where fried morsels were removed. After a french fry clogged the hose, the crew stopped and checked the gauge: 37.6 gallons in the holding tank. Success.

Gorlin said powering the bus with vegetable oil is not only cheaper than using gas and better for the environment, it's also a way for restaurants to recycle a product that would normally be thrown away.

The bus tour is about 80 percent over, but the people they meet on the road are as curious as ever. While Maple Grove resident David Sandmann was having lunch with some co-workers at Wagner's, he was inspired to talk with the crew about their mission. "I think it's a great inspiration for students or younger kids to see this kind of thing," Sandmann said. "Maybe they'll inspire others."

The Dartmouth students say that's exactly what they're trying to do -- inspire people young and old to make small changes in the way they live.

Don't get the wrong idea though. The enthusiastic 19- to 23-year-olds described themselves as typical college kids who want people to know that "you don't have to be a Birkenstock-wearing, green-loving, stereotypical hippie" to make a change, Gorlin said. "That's not environmentalism today."

The crew is able to maintain a sustainable lifestyle on the bus while enjoying many of the comforts of home, except air conditioning. The tricked-out school bus has broadband Internet access powered by five solar panels on the bus roof. The panels provide more than enough electricity to power a TV, refrigerator and freezer, PlayStation 2, laptops, iPods and cell phones.

How the bus works

The bus has a diesel engine that was converted to run on vegetable oil. A second fuel tank was installed to store the oil, which powers the bus once it's heated to 158 degrees. The oil is heated when the engine is running, so it takes a while for the oil to get warm enough to use. Then it's a matter of flipping a switch from diesel to vegetable oil.

A summer road trip isn't complete without its share of mishaps. It's not unusual for the bus to have problems, then to find one of the guys shirtless, trouble-shooting a hose problem beneath the chassis while grease drips on his forehead. In an emergency, the bus can switch to running on diesel fuel.

The crew also runs into restaurants that say "no" when asked for their waste grease. With the increase in biodiesel production facilities, many restaurants have contracts with businesses that pick up the used grease.

"With the price of oil in general and the move toward biodiesel, in a lot of cases now, restaurants get [waste oil] picked up for free," said Jon Getzinger, vice president of sales and marketing for Eagan-based Restaurant Technologies, the biggest U.S. grease recycler for the McDonald's Corp. In some cases, Getzinger said, restaurants will even receive a small payment for their waste oil.

So there is no Chicken McNugget grease for this green bus.

"It's a good problem to have," Gorlin said.

Although the work along the way has been difficult, so far the students have had a great time, surfing in Oregon, stopping for the Bonaroo Music and Arts Festival in Tennessee and seeing fireworks on the Fourth of July in Colorado. During their Minnesota visit, the crew met with Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak at a light rail stop. Metro Transit joined the discussion with one of its hybrid, electric-powered buses. By the end of 2012, Metro Transit officials say they will have 172 hybrid buses on the roads. HourCar, a Twin Cities car-sharing service, was also on site with one of its vehicles.

"It was really cool seeing that combination of all the modes of sustainable transportation," Gorlin said. "It's interesting ... seeing Minnesota with a new green lens."

Aimée Blanchette • 612-673-1715

1. • Firehouse 50 Again
   • Bambi sigthing why is this underlined? I dont know.

Martin, Jen and I are studying something outside the Garmisch USA

sunny photo op on the patio.
Martin's first Firehouse. Jen's weekend off from rowing. She is headed to master's nationals next week. You think your hands get sore gripping the handlebars? Those rowers dont wear gloves and i would rely on Jen to portage my canoe or put my bike on top of a car more than i would some cyclists with under developed upper bodies. ( Ok I should just speak for myself, shouldnt I?)
Friends, good food, good times.
Scott took a bit of a tumble in the 4 person TT. He will have some hardware installed thursday that will make his security clearance as a pilot for NWA a bit more suspicious when he sets off the metal detectors. We wish him a speedy recovery and hope Jill doesnt go nutso with him home for the next few weeks.

Firehouse 50 weekendBig Kevin gets his wheels rolling
"Man is he good to ride behind!"
Elliot runs/skis for Sibley High School and is quite the budding Triathlete
Chuck is Elliot's dad and a fine musician as well.
Julia has finally developed the skill that Rich has had all along. Self portrait while cutting off half the other person's face.
Dont get too excited .. I had a swimsuit on and just had to get a pic of those tan lines. And that is a tan line having worn 50 SPF religiously with re-applications all summer. If you look you can still see the bulge of tissue on my left cheek where i still have scar tissue and a hematoma from being taken out in june in a crit. There is some painful soft tissue work ahead. And yea, it still hurts. Nothing a little dip in Lake Owen post race wont help, tho.

Race was fine. Hard. Epic may be too strong a term bc people like to use EPIC for races like Ken Woods, when really i would just call that plain crazy or "dumb" for racing in conditions like that. Maybe mentally Epic is a good term for the Firehouse 50 TT. And cant argue with the beauty of the course, the variety of the terrain, the fun times and the great spectators and volunteers.

I won my age group and placed 6th overall for women and didnt empty the tank. I hope to return next year and see what more i can do with this course...

A Shout out for advice from Triathletes and Swimmers or anyone who has an idea:

What would YOU do with this pool, if you were ( me ) a swimmer who would like to be a swimmer again..and will be using this pool regularly in the short spring/summer/fall months in Minnesota? Granted I need to define "swimmer."
For me in the last year, due to some shoulder issues, a crappy hot indoor pool that makes my eyes itch, and a not too cordial aqua aerobics teacher who doesnt like to share her space..."swimmer" is defined as 800 meters on a short day. And maybe 2000 on a long day.
Some sets of 1, 2, 3 or 2 x 500 but nothing really really harsh.
Whenenver I thought I would do 10 x 100 I usually gave in after hitting 1'30" thinking, heck, that was it. done. "my neck hurts. My shoulder hurts, the aquatics lady is gonna bonk me in the head with the lane line and there are 6 people in my lane. outta here."
So tour the pictures and look at the options below and let me know what you think.



Phew, glad this warning sticker is here. It should just say "Diving could cause massive trauma to your brain, spinal shock followed by either temporary or permanent hemiplegia or quadriplegia depending on what level of your spinal column is affected and whether there is a full break in the vertebrae with anterior dislodgement into your spinal cord."
"You dive, you are screwed."
That ought to keep the neighbors out.

Options as I see them:

1st) Endless pool or some other motorized attachment. Sends a current that you swim into and hope that your buddies dont turn it off so you fly into the wall. Pro: cool and seems like it would mimic open water swims. Con: $$ And if i get an endless pool I may as well enclose the pool so i could use it year round... more $$.

2nd) Some bungee cord dealie I saw on the Body Zen newsletter. Harness around your waist, suction cups to the wall and you swim tethered to the wall and hope the suction doesnt come loose. Pro: Cost, ease of use and likely could get two for side by side use. Con: Does it work? I tried the aqua jogger hitch and since i am not too large i am afraid i would swim out of the belt

3rd) Means pulling up some dirt. Extend a portion of the pool to make a lap lane. My sister has a double lap pool in Houston ( yea i know, they have more months to swim than we do here.) and it is sweet. It works just fine for parties and my nephew can swim laps and kick around just fine.

This pool looks long, but for me it is about 4-5 full strokes and i am at the wall. Flip turns are fine but i dont really need to be practicing those. I think it is about 12 M long.

Injured runners, there is a deep end. That is cool ...let me know, Aquajogging is boring solo. Not on my training log right now, thankfully but would have some aquajogging parties in support of those of you that need them!

So...what to do?

Tour O' Granite Country

Since i started on this whole "...The Granite of New Hampshire in their muscles and their brains.." posting a bit back, I had better finish it off.

Jeannette, Catie and I went up to Albany to see if we indeed had the granite of..umm..granite country, in our muscles and our brains. The weather the first day took some brain work to tolerate, a bit of rain, a few delays and well, kinda miserable really. After the TT, BW had about a 50" gap on me, Jeanette and Missy. Catie was close behind us. Circuit race neutralized all that and Jeanette was 12" up. I got my first "naughty" violation, crossing the "virtual" yellow line on the back side of the 5.6 mile circuit. Granted it was close and I kinda thought i was done, fell off the back a bit until i sheepishly asked Matt if i was done. "Nope."

Sweet, get back on but i am more cautious with my attacks from there on. I did get a time penalty which didnt help my already slow-ish sprints to the finish line where the others were racking up some time bonuses. I did manage a long-ish sprint to at least not finish DFL in the circuit. That felt good. I've got the long sprint, or the long acceleration down especially uphill.

Sunday we went back up, team VERVE and planned our strategy to keep Jeanette up and to hopefully pull Catie into a podium spot. All went well, and after the first lap we were having a fun time working it, attacking, etc.. I knew since Missy dropped out that there was a slight = good! chance i may get dropped in the final lap so i worked as much as i could, until it was time for me to do some TT work for my upcoming 50 miler. Worked out fine. They went and i didnt, and i ended up having a nice ride for the last 20 miles. Cant say it was what i wanted but at least it wasnt raining and the course was so hilly and challenging it was a good mental workout as well.

Worst is that i didnt see the finish. Jeanette held off 2 BW's and won. Sweet job.

Way to go VERVE.

Thanks to Mike D and all his homies for the work. I loved the set up and the courses, very fun to have a circuit race and the RR course was the most challenging i have ever done in my long 1.5 years history of cycling. (Ok maybe 2 years cuz the season is almost over isnt it.)

Up next is Firehouse 50 Solo where i sure hope that Marlo Crosby Mcgyver isnt doing it bc she is in my age group ( oh well, she is super talented so if she is it will be a nice person to finish behind!) and then Irongirl Du in september. Um. Assuming i start running again ..sometime.

Twenty Years ago what was my main passion? What got me out of bed in the morning?

I thought about this as i woke up after a really fun and challenging TT last night and a long weekend of racing in Albany, MN. After bumping into a college friend last night at the TNTT and helping him do his first ever TT ( super job, JAY!) that my life is really so great. I am so lucky to still have awesome friends and teammates and still be healthy and fit enough to do a team sport AND an individual sport.

Tennis, is really an individual sport, but when your team score is tied and you are on the court in the 3rd set, trust me, it becomes a team sport. Doubles is obviously a team sport, kinda like a 2 person TT or a tandem.

All the folks i copied below are women i played with or knew. I suspect many dont play anymore..but i know a few do, and they are still playing with passion and intensity and for fun. 20 years ago and even 10 years ago i was either playing tennis, teaching tennis, watching tennis ( Pat Rafter was the FED of that era for me) or driving in snow storms to play indoors wishing i lived in a better climate for tennis. I have played in snowstorms before the MSHSL took all the tourneys indoors..I have played on red clay I have played on hartru- green clay and i have played in just about every country i have visited ...you see it is very easy to pack a tennis racket. Much easier than a bike, and cheaper too!

The only time I took an extended break, and that was needed, was while i was in full time graduate school. 3 Years off. Much needed and like now, i didnt look back. I just looked ahead and was thankful I could run, swim and bike. But like CJC knows, I didnt want to play and not play or compete to my ability and at the level i once had. So i let it go from 1994-1997.

Must comment that while playing tennis the extent of "impact" injuries was getting pegged with an overhead at close range, or having a mixed partner nail me mid-scapula with a serve at over 100 mph. Neither felt good. So if i tend towards TT's its bc i really dont feel that that the "rite of passage" of a broken clavicle is something i need to experience to fufill my life. Really.

The Class of 1985 Spirit Award:

1985 Debbie Willing

1986 Davida Sherman

1987 Christina Stearns

1988 Julia Mairs

1989 Christina Kirkmire

1990 Christina Kirkmire

1991 Shannon Crockett

1992 Sara Welch

1993 Alexis Boss1994-1996

2007 Kerry Snow ...MN native, tho her parents moved to FLA.



Most Improved:

1982 Kate Rugen and Diane Henry

1983-1984 Jan Gordon

1985 Stephanie Taylore

1986 Davida Sherman

1987 Christina Kirkmire and Stephanie Taylor

1988 Julia Mairs

1989 Heather McClelland

2006 Kerry Snow


Top Doubles Players (Based on Percentage -- 25 Match Minimum)
Player
Matches
Won
Lost
Pct.
Patty Hannon '86...my partner for 1 year
37
29
8
.784
Carly Bashleben '02
89
69
20
.775
Sarita Yardi
104
79
25
.759
Doris Lee '91...Dor-Tree remember the Atlanta wedding? Dor was my partner my Sr. year.
59
44
15
.746
Julia Mairs '88
53 matches
38 won
15 lost
.717 percentage
Kiyoe Hashimoto '95
46
33
13
.717
Debbie willing '85
27
19
8
.704
Heather Staley '90
30
21
9
.700
Allison Taff '00
66
46
20
.697
Kelly Busby '89
39
27
12
.692
Cathy Birkeland '94...Edina native
48
33
15
.688
Chris Stearns '87
35
24
11
.686
Jenny Lange '00
54
37
17
.685
Chrissy Kirkmire '90
56
37
19
.661

The Granite of New Hampshire:



Baker Library

this weekend is the Tour of Granite Country. And so the tangential thinking has had me singing and thinking about the Granite State, New Hampshire. And our Alma Mater song...

(Dartmouth College)

(Redirected from Men of Dartmouth)

The "Alma Mater"[1] is the official school song of Dartmouth College, an Ivy League university located in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. It was officially adopted by the College in 1926.[2] Richard Hovey of the class of 1885 wrote the original lyrics in 1894, titling the song "Men of Dartmouth".[3] On May 28, 1988 (About the same day I graduated), Dartmouth changed the title and words to reflect the presence of women as part of the College, since Dartmouth had become coeducational in 1972.[1][4] The transition generated significant controversy at the time from students and alumni wishing to maintain the original lyrics,[1] attracting national attention.[5][6][7] The use of the original version by some fraternities and men's..and women's might i add.. sports teams continues to fuel debate as of 2007.[8] ( I have my opinion on this...as the college was founded by men, it doesnt take away anything from the women that attend or have attended since Dartmouth went co-ed.) Songs written after 1972 sure should be "We of Dartmouth," but for this version dont butcher it with words that weren't relevant in 1894. Respect that this song had meaning then, and write a new one. Just dont try to manipulate history so it is PC now. Men is replaced with "We" and the sons is replaced with ...some version of "We" as well.

[edit] Hovey's original lyrics
Men of Dartmouth, give a rouse
For the College on the hill!
For the Lone Pine above her,
And the loyal sons who love her,
Give a rouse, give a rouse, with a will!
For the sons of old Dartmouth,
The sturdy sons of Dartmouth,
Tho' 'round the girdled earth they roam,
Her spell on them remains;
They have the still North in their hearts,
The hill-winds in their veins,
And the granite of New Hampshire
In their muscles and their brains;
And the granite of New Hampshire
In their muscles and their brains.
They were mighty men of old
That she nurtured at her side;
Till like Vikings they went forth
From the lone and silent North,
And they strove, and they wrought, and they died;
But the sons of old Dartmouth,
The laurelled sons of Dartmouth,
The Mother keeps them in her heart
And guides their altar flame;
The still North remembers them,
The hill-winds know their name,
And the granite of New Hampshire
Keeps the record of their fame;
And the granite of New Hampshire
Keeps the record of their fame.
Men of Dartmouth, set a watch
Lest the old traditions fail!
Stand as brother stands by brother!
Dare a deed for the old Mother!
Greet the world, from the hills, with a hail!
For the sons of old Dartmouth,
The loyal sons of Dartmouth,
Around the world they keep for her
Their old chivalric faith;
They have the still North in their soul,
The hill-winds in their breath;
And the granite of New Hampshire
Is made part of them till death;
And the granite of New Hampshire
Is made part of them till death.

From the Dartmouth Song Book (6th ed., 1950).

Have fun weekends y'all.

Is it a law...???

Does anyone know...
Today we rode the sunday GP ride. Stopped at a gas station in Hudson to get snacks, water and to use the facilities. Since i was the only female on the ride, the Ladie's room cleared out faster than the Men's. So I stood outside the door to the Ladie's room to be sure we didnt freak out Grandma on her way to church or some woman that wanted to use the bathroom. Granted it was 9am, and the place was empty so i wasnt worried...and there were only 2 or 3 guys using it....then...
The woman at the counter had a bit of a tizzy...

" NO NO NO. Men cannot use the ladies room."

Door shuts and another guy goes in. I went over to her counter to try to soothe the angst so our group and other riders would be welcome to buy our salted nut rolls, water and gatorade at this Hudson stop again.
" They cannot use that." As she is starting to magic marker up signs saying..
"LADIE's ONLY..." in black cursive...
"Why? I am watching if anyone comes in i will make sure they keep it clean."
Again, it was empty in there. I thought about making a joke about the guys having good aim, but i decided against it. It was then she told me.."It is against the LAW for a man to use the women's room."
OKAY...
So is it against the law for me to use the men's room, as I have done more than once, whenever there are women taking way too long? And not even on a bike ride? And what about women that, like me, prefer Bib shorts, and to think that we dont take FOR-EVER to get those on and off? So i know women use mens rooms, why cant this be a reciprocal gift?

Great ride..despite the massive head wind on the way back. But super day.