She's BAAAAAAACK (and so is Liz's Dad)

It has been a while since there was all that much to report.  Liz has continued with her therapy and training, and was able to do a 500 meter time trial in late October.  We're still watching to see how much the tibial nerve regenerates, but by Christmas the item at the top of her wish list was new Oakley goggles!!!

The comeback took a really good turn today (a left turn, of course), when Liz took the ice at the Utah Olympic Oval for 500 and 1000 meter time trials!   I should mention that several months of back and knee problems for me are starting to resolve, to the point where I've been on figure skates for a few weeks.  So, early this morning I went through the snow to the rink, and while not quite ready to trust my back to the speedskates, did figures for an hour or so, sending positive vibes to Utah.  I have decided to believe that it helped:  Liz had good starts, and pretty decent results in both events.  As a result, she will return to competition next week, at a US Speedskating long track event at the Oval.  I could not be more pleased, or more proud of her achievement!

Jerry Search took photos today:

As you can see, she got the Oakley goggles!  Anyone who knows us both will know with absolute certainty that she did not inherit her crossover from me.  The elder Looby has some catching up to do.
Here is what Liz reported to me about times:
http://speedskatingresults.com/index.php?p=17&s=10140