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Today: The day before ORAMM, one of the biggest races on the East coast. I procrastinated registering because of my bruised ribs but once I knew they would be OK for racing I found a last-minute transfer entry. I paid my monies, rested my legs, prepped my Rotwild R.R2 race machine, my nutrition products, and every other little detail that goes into a race like this. I haven't raced since June 19 and I am champing at the bit. I haven't even been nervous for this one..in fact I think I have been trying to find things, like tire choice, to be nervous about. It just seemed so odd for me to not have all the normal nervous energy that I normally have before the race.

I eventually settled on the Continental Race King 2.2 with Stan's tubeless setup, in case you are wondering.

Back up to yesterday.

Yesterday: The day I was finalizing every detail, packing the car, eating lots of good carbs. It was two nights before the race..time to get lots of sleep since I don't usually sleep that well the night before a race.

Yesterday, my older dog got really sick. He wouldn't keep anything he ate or drank down all day. He's the kind of dog who chews out of anxiety and I feared that he ate something like a soft toy, a piece of a blanket, or something else. I took him in to the E.R. and they suggested x-rays. Nothing obvious was found so they decided to keep him over night for blood work, IV fluids, and monitoring. The damage: just under $1000. OUCH. I didn't get much sleep last night.

Back to today.

I went to pick him up today and we still don't have any answers except his liver enzymes are through the roof. Today he is laid up on the couch and not doing much. It wasn't much of a decision making process for me..as much as I was so excited about racing I couldn't leave him home. I would never ever forgive myself if he went downhill and I wasn't here to help him.

I can only say I am majorly disappointed right now. I don't know what this weekend holds except I will do my best to make it good for me and the dogs. On Monday, I will hopefully find out more about what we need to do next.

Good luck to everyone racing ORAMM tomorrow. Now I have to find a race to do next weekend...I have lots of energy to burn!!!