Wearin' Out

Both Jonnene and I are dealing with a few aches and pains right now, probably leftovers from all the activities we've done over the year. I'm still dealing with what I thought was a tendon problem in my left heel but she thinks it's more of a soft tissue issue under the tendon. She did some ultra-sound on it during a break at work and taped it up. Jonnene, meanwhile, is having a shoulder problem brought on when she picked up her bike with one hand to fix a chain during a bike tour. She's having one of the PT's at work look at her right now. It's really restricted her swimming and makes it difficult to sleep on her left side.

I can run with the heel the way it is, the pain goes away after a half mile but if I leave the foot in one position for a while it hurts to get it loose again. Doesn't happen all the time but often enough. I've just about decided not to do the half-marathon trail run on Nov. 8th and might just curtail all my running before our trip to Australia (I've already run for 8 miles this week). I don't want to have to deal with keeping my foot in basically one position during all the flights we have to take...especially the 13-hour one between Los Angeles and Melbourne...and try to loosen my foot up every time I try to stand up. So it looks like I'll be spending time trying to get the thing healed as much as possible. I'll play this by ear but The Wife is thinking I should try to see an ortho before the Oz trip if it's possible.

Busy last few days!! I spent most of last Monday in Little Rock doing a photo shoot with my friend Paul. We shot a bunch of pics of bicycle saddles being developed by John Cobb for his new company, Cobb Cycling. Yep, Blackwell Research has bit the dust and the remainder of their inventory is being sold off which is a shame. Their website is still up but most of the major players are doing other things. Dave is now doing sales for the ISM Saddle while JC is starting up his own biz with Cobb Cycling. Right now he'll start with two basic saddle designs and will expand that next year. One of his new saddles, the VFlow, which is a redesign of the Flow saddle that Blackwell used to sell and has been a popular saddle. Here it is with the new graphics:
We have three of the old Flow saddles on our bikes and I need to replace one of them.

Last Saturday we spent in Monroe, doing the Tour de Ouachita bike tour that morning...a cold ride with lots of hills! Showered at a friend's house and hit the mall that afternoon. Then went to the ULM football game where we watched my beloved Warhawks blow a 21-0 lead and lose in the last 22 seconds, 29-28, to Florida Atlantic.