Mankini Madness in Chicago

HP01 spotted the Team Mankini at the Chicago Marathon. She wanted to yell “WooHoo Mankini HotPants,” but she feared possible confusion by Mankini, given that he’d had just run 26 miles.

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BTW, yesterday’s bike ride was a bit of a debacle and in fact, Neil was a bit uncooperative. First, HP01 mistakenly leaned on what she thought was concrete pillar but turned out to be flexible foam. Down she went, bike and all. The bright side is that the foam pillar cushioned the landing, so no road rash ensued. Second, Neil’s back tire was a little low, so that turned into a 10 minute ordeal at mile 8. Finally, Neil’s chain came off near mile 18…what a greasy mess! HP01 will consider keeping rubber surgical gloves in her pack for the next greasy chain episode. On the bright side, several good-looking biking fellas offered their assistance to HP01 on her many stops, one of which was a bit of a Swedish bike god! In all, HP01 completed 22 miles, an hour of Pilates (sans HP04), and drank some vino with HP02.