Sooo, it must have been when I was driving to work Friday my car was trying to tell me something. I got a rock in the brakes about a mile and a half from my house. I couldn't get it out, usually I can go backwards and forwards and it will fall out. No luck. So I called my husband and he came down to save the day. I ended up taking a different vehicle in to work.
Saturday as I was driving in to get my Bountiful Basket I thought maybe the brakes felt a little sluggish, but blamed it on all the snow. Sometimes when the wheels get all packed in with snow the brakes feel kind of funny.
Sunday driving in to the Hoofin it For Hunger 5k I thought maybe they felt sluggish again, but once again blamed it on the snow. Once I got off the interstate, I said to my sister something about the brakes not feeling right. I had to pump them a little to stop.
Luckily the race was only two stoplights and turn off the interstate. About ten feet away from where I parked the brake light came on. I managed to pull in and call my husband. He came in after the race and needed one look under the car to diagnose the problem.
Somewhere along the way I had snagged my brake line and it had a pretty good leak in it. He drove my car home with minimal brakes and I got to drive his pickup with the trailor on the back. I was a little nervous driving it, but at least I knew I had brakes!
After we got home, he made me drive around in my car, with no brakes and practice driving without brakes. ( Don't worry our roads are never busy.) I told him it neither sounded like a great nor a fun idea, but he didn't care.
We both survived, but he is still going to be fixing my brakes before I drive my car willingly again.
In running news..
I did a fabulous 7 miles Monday in the cold and stayed warm enough while running but once I got home I was freezing! Guess who came with me. Yup one small Cola dog. He did pretty good, but still has a bit of a limp. I will make him stay home the rest of the week. Progress! YAY Cola!
Yay for Cola being on the mend. And, yay for brakes that work!
ReplyDeleteHoly crap, I'm glad you guys were ok. How does one drive without breaks?
ReplyDeleteYay for Cola!! I'm glad he's recovering nicely!
Yikes- that is kind of of scary about your brakes!
ReplyDeleteI am so happy that Cola got to run with you on Monday. That must have been why the 7 miles was so fabulous. I bet he was one happy little guy!
Boo to your breaks... That's scary! Luckily you knew there was a problem and Didn't just ignore it.
ReplyDeleteYay Cola and the fabulous run. It must have been awesome running with your precious pup again :)
Holy Moly! That is scary! I am glad that everything turned out okay! I love that your husband made you practice driving without brakes! That sounds like something my Dad would do!
ReplyDeleteLosing your brakes is pretty scary! Glad that nothing serious happened! I am happy to hear that Cola is feeling better but it looks like he needs more rest. Praying for his full recovery!
ReplyDeleteScary! Yay for a great 7 miler with Cola! So glad he is starting to feel better:)
ReplyDeleteHoly cow, WHAT?? How do you even drive without brakes?? I didn't know that was an option!
ReplyDeleteYay for Cola!!
Yikes! I'm really glad you didn't need to brake suddenly at any point while you were out on the roads with that leak in the brake line.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad to hear that Cola was able to run again!
Brakes are very important indeed! Glad you made it to the race safely and were able to get them fixed before something happened.
ReplyDeleteYAY for your running partner!!
wow that's crazy!!! I know I had a break line issue once and the mechanic was like - don't worry it's not like the movies where you can't stop and you drive off a bridge - so reassuring ;) Glad you made it to your race, and home safely :)
ReplyDeleteI love running friends.....I need to find a new one!
Yikes! I'm glad nothing dangerous happened! (I'd have been in a cold sweat knowing there was something wrong with the brakes.)
ReplyDeleteYay, I'm so glad Cola is feeling good enough for a run!
ReplyDeleteWow scary!! I've had no brakes on my bike and that was scary enough I couldn't imagine on a car, actually I have nightmares about that on a regular basis! Glad everything turned out ok!
ReplyDeleteI cant even imagine losing my breaks but I think its awesome you made it safely to your destinations and what a great hubs! yippee for cola recovering and getting back out to run!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh that's scary! I'm glad that you noticed the signs and your husband was close by!
ReplyDeleteso glad you're okay and also that cola is making progress!
ReplyDeleteHappiness all around! No serious issues about the brakes and Cola is mending.
ReplyDeleteActually it is a good idea to know how to drive without brakes! Kind of like me learning to steer the sailboat without a rudder. Ya never know when you might need to do it.
Oh goodness, I'm glad you are okay! Brake problems are scary.
ReplyDeleteYay for Cola and running!!
Oh, don't you hate spending money on cars?????? but losing brakes???scary!! so good to hear cola doing better and keeping you co mpany ;)
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