View From the Bushes:

I'm not sure how much longer I'm going to be able to bike to work. It seems like every time I do I'm so wiped out that biking is kind of all I get done that day. I got a good night's sleep last night and still woke up this morning feeling that I was in the middle of the Bataan Death March. Part of it is that my eyes are bothering me. This was the same problem I was having last year and I'm still not sure what's causing it. I tried out the symptom checker at WebMD, but it didn't help that much. I guess the best theory is still UV burns to the eyes, but I am wearing sunglasses, so I'm not sure what else to do.

In cycling news, an 18 year old woman lost control of her car (whatever the Hell that means) and plowed into the Australian women's cycling team, killing one and injuring five others (two seriously). In honor of his fallen countrywomen Cadel Evans got into a breakaway and managed to jump from 11th in the general classification to 7th. It would have been nice if he had won the stage, but since he did the majority of work in the break there was no gas left to fight for the stage win. I'm still confused by this lost control of her car: did she take a corner too fast, did the steering wheel pop off suddenly, was she drunk? In my experience, unless road conditions are really bad (black ice, etc.) or you're going way, way too fast you don't just lose control of your car.

In reference to some of the comments from yesterday, since I no longer have OLN there was very little choice between watching and reading, though I did read HP6 while I followed the progress of the race using the Live Update page on Velonews.com. And as far as the page prediction, I haven't had a chance to look it up, but the prediction was for more pages than 5, which was clearly not the case. If you have finished reading and you're interested in someone else's take on what happened in the book, check this (WARNING: SPOILERS. ONLY CLICK IF YOU HAVE FINISHED HP6) out.

Old and fragile
Ross

Posted by direkobold at July 19, 2005 11:25 AM

It could be pollutants in the air. The Wasatch Valley is a pretty good trapper of pollutants. Eye drops might relieve that.

As far as UV and sunglasses, make sure the sunglasses have UV protection, otherwise the damage could be even worse (your pupils are more dilated, hence more UV). At least that's what I read somewhere.

Posted by: Ed at July 19, 2005 03:15 PM

Contaminants in SLC?

Wouldn't have anything to do with cars would it?

Salt is a contaminant, at least when you add it to your eyes. My suggestion might be to work out more often, sweat less. :) or wear a headband |:)

Actually I may have a suggestion, but I would hate to lament my medical conditions on someone else's blog...

Posted by: ttocS O:) at July 19, 2005 04:40 PM