[ironman]

It sounds like you train responsibly. I've probably said "On Your Left" 10 million times in my life. I've never had a close call with a skater. Now kids, losely leashed dogs...that's another story. There are times and places to go easy, then there is hammer time. I put in so many hours of training and effort getting ready for a race like the Ironman I'd be devastated to be taken out by some mean spirited person or a silly accident.

[Skip Ripley]

Kids...geez! Just last week I had a little girl who could not have been more than three or four enter the trail directly in front of me from a side entrance. She was low enough that she was in behind the fence line wheere I couldn't see her coming. Thankfully, I was able to pass her. I think I could have jumped her, but man....

Her mom was about 10ft behind her. Would this woman have let her wander onto the street like that? I willnever understand that kind of behavior.