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I should add... I did explore alternative arrangements after getting the e-mail:
Bikeflights = $1000 one-way (and uses UPS so if that statement re: Alaska Air Cargo is free, not a better option)
Bellingham -> Juneau ferry (minimum $2400 (USD, so ~ $3100 Cdn) round trip, not including a cabin, takes 4 days each way and I'd need to leave Saturday and add hotel days in Juneau
Riding my bike ;-) -> according to google maps, 65h not including ferry time for the 4 ferries. One of those ferries only runs twice a month and won't depart next until 2 weeks after the race.
The FB group was in an uproar over this and people were sharing their comms with Alaska Air. One person was told they should change their flights to arrive a week sooner than they needed their bike in order to ensure it would get there in time. A week!! Others were jumping to Fedex and UPS it to a local bike shop that offered to receive their bikes early. Except someone else posted that Fedex and UPS use Alaska Air cargo... which the e-mail from Alaska Air said couldn't be relied on either.
Given that I was going up there to DNF, after ruminating on this all night, I settled on "still a vacation to Alaska".
Then I compared the air & hotel costs for worst case scenario: 5 rainy days in a small town, spectating a race I was meant to do with the cost of booking a 7-day cruise to Alaska next week. It's about half as much to do the cruise.
So I canceled. Trying to decide what to do with my fitness now. Last Sunday when I was riding, I actually thought "I feel really bike fit" and I nevvvvverrrr feel positive about my fitness.
It’s been 7 hours and 35 days…
[did you read this to the tune of Sinnead O’Connor’s Nothing Compares 2 U? Am I aging myself?]
…my bike shipped!
It was an exciting many hours of waiting for DHL notifications… until the first one, letting me know it missed its flight and is hanging out in Cincinnati for an indeterminate period. Bah!
Such a roller coaster.
@Aaron Webstey said:
At this point I feel the need to specify that I am only joking and nobody will be harassing Karin
Hahaha... someone from this group once sent me an unsolicited dick pick. Looked a lot like the duke.
I don't know why someone would do that in the first place, let alone if they weren't regularly grooming!
If we are still counting hours instead of calories… 15 & change. But I strained my calf yesterday in solidarity with @James Lange so I expect my hours to go down and calories up as It heals and I drown my sorrows in wine.
I had 7 calf tears in an 18 month period a few years back and I thought I’d turned a corner but it turns out, it was just that sitting on the couch lessens your chance of sports related injury!