Halos and Water Coolers

I finally got tired of trying to find my only neoprene headband and decided to fix the situation. A quick call to REI found they had 7 Halo headbands in stock.

In case you're not aware, Halo headbands are a bit different. They have a strip of rubberish material that creates a seal along your brow line, similar to the seal that swim goggles make.



The guy on the left is me when I don't wear a headband.

The seal causes the sweat that's coming off your forehead to drain off and away from your eyes, and the rest of the wicking band soaks it up. A lot of people I've talked to swear by the thing, but I've been resistant for months. I've finally taken the plunge.

On the way to REI, a truck that was few cars ahead of me and a lane beside lost its water cooler. It wasn't a small one either, it was one of those 5-gallon jobs that you see commonly strapped to the backs of work trucks. In this case, it wasn't strapped, it was flying out of the truck, and into my lane.

The car in front of me slowed, and so did I as the cooler bounced and then rolled into the lane to my left. The person in an SUV in that lane didn't even make an effort, and WHAM, it hit them. The cooler's lid came off, but I didn't see it go anywhere. The SUV pulled 4 lanes to the right and stopped on the side of the road, and as I passed, I saw that the cooler was stuck underneath the front of the vehicle.

Does this matter? Nope. Three days until the California International Marathon! :)