ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED (Page 10)

I suppose the BP should have begun to come back up immediately after you went supine.  At least that's what should have occurred unless there was some other traumatic injury or life threatening condition.  Since you weren't carted away in an ambulance I'll suppose that wasn't the case.  That said, your BP would not have returned to normal within a few seconds, nor would your veins have begun to regain their normal "rigidity" quickly.  I am certainly hoping they find nothing through any of the testing they do and everyone can deduce that it was nothing more than dehydration.

(BTW, I tried texting you to let you know my concerns the other day and the message was undeliverable.)

It sounds like there were a couple of tough women down that way.  I suppose that is somewhat the nature of Xterra racing.  I guess if it were easy I'd be doing it.

You should hear the story of Jeff wrecking last year.  The 2 wrecks from last weekend are nothing!!!!

As I was swimming this afternoon, with my face in the water, I began considering another possibility from last weekend.  Have you been checked for a concussion?  The concussion would not necessarily cause the low BP but if there were something else going on it could include that condition (low BP).

I have also been trying to remember what went on last season.  I know you had something going on a while ago that seemed to indicate other issues as well.  I believe they were checking you for some over training issues and maybe something to do with thyroid?  I know how hard core you are into your training and you've come off some heavy miles with Jordan as she was getting ready for the mary, could this be part of the issue?

Nice swim!  Growing confidence is a key element to getting ready for IM events.  The swim can set the tone for the day if you don't have the confidence to get through well. 

Hopefully things go well with the planning and you can do it.  I have to say, with you and Tony doing IM this year I am pretty jealous.  I would like to do one this season but I'll have to wait for another year.  The budget committee and family life aren't on board for this year.  Honestly that's alright with me.  In one more year I plan to have a lot more base to help set myself up to have a great IM next season.

BTW, don't skip the run!!  Do the bike and make it a brick workout.  You'll thank me later when you're getting off the bike in NC for B2B.

Let us know what you think of it for your normal training rides too.  I doubt I'll pick one of them up for myself but I would be interested to hear how well it does for warmer weather rides.  (Although I know you're not likely to get many of those for a while yet.)

So, today I had my normal long ride scheduled and I might have ridden with the group but there is a cycling event in town today with some crit races and a touring ride.  I chose not to pay for a group ride because I can do it with these folks almost whenever I choose.

I had planned my first long ride of more than 60 miles this year because I really need to get my butt in gear and get ready for my HIM events that begin in July.  As I set out for the ride I began to consider just how long I could go if I wanted to add some extra miles.  I wasn't sure just how far I could go because I hadn't planned on fueling for anything farther.  After considering going longer for a few minutes I remembered I had 2 gels in my bento.  I felt confident I would be able to get almost as far as I wanted with that extra fuel.

I had a route planned for almost 65 miles but I knew several ways I cold stretch to make it almost anything I chose.  I began to consider where I would need to make adjustments to make sure if I bonked I wouldn't be too far from home.  I intended to ride in an endurance HR zone all day anyway, so I didn't think I would suffer any kind of severe fatigue from overdoing my effort. 

The winds were light and variable and when there was much of a wind it was from the due south and I was riding east or west most of the time.  This aided me in keeping my effort under control and allowed me to maintain a higher rate of speed without getting my HR into a less tolerable zone.  I chose not to do any interval work at all because I am planning to ride long for the next 2 days too.  With the holiday weekend and the group riding tomorrow and Monday I plan to ride with them on both occasions and I don't want to blow up.

I ended my ride with and average speed of 20.3 MPH, average HR of 140 and a total of 80.1 miles...........My longest ride by 14.5 miles and the longest ride of this year (including trainer rides) by 18.1 miles.

I followed the ride up with a quick and easy 2 mile brick.  My legs felt pretty good.  I could have run more miles for sure, I just would have needed some nutrition for anything very long.

I said something to Lis but she's not responding.......You know what that means?  Right?  I would love to do the race but I am not sure I'd be ready for it.  The run would be the hold up probably.  Sure, I could get the volume and be ready for a somewhat decent race but that would be a little to much this year.  And by too much I mean 4 big races in one year.  As much as I would like to do it I can't even give it much consideration.  With Boston done, Muncie 70.3 in a month and a half and then Rev3 Cedar Point again in September I will already have a bundle wrapped up in racing "A" races.  Then there are the smaller races like last weekend, Winona Lake sprint, Tri-Indy and possibly Kewpee again (long shot race).  Now, if I hit the lottery I guess I could swing all of them.  However that's one little problem with hitting the lottery.  I've heard you have to play to win, and well,  I guess that limits me a little bit.

I agree with Tony except for one part (see the stricken through part).

You should be pretty happy about that ride!  Riding with a group will present challenges but it will make you a better cyclist overall.  As you learn to ride in the group and draft well you'll see how much farther you can ride and recover while riding. 

You're also going to have to learn how to run through that heat and humidity as well.  NC in October won't likely be too bad but it is pretty hot and humid there, so I wouldn't skip too much.  The fatigue you may have been feeling could have been as much to do with nutrition as well.  Try to make sure you get a few extra calories on the bike the next time you plan a brick.  AND drink plenty too!

Ha!  Maybe I'll think about that.  But it wouldn't be right for me to help you that much.  I think it's against the rules to provide assistance to athletes.  so, I'll just stand next to you when you bonk and scream at you for not taking your nutrition when you should have.

I've never heard of using vinegar to remove the stench.  I use Tide Sport.  It seems to do a decent ob most of the time.  the only issue I've had is that on some of the garments it doesn't seem to remove it completely or something.  Sometimes once I've begun to sweat the smell returns pretty quickly, but this only occurs with a couple of the items.  The rest of my clothes are fine.  I have one shirt that I like to wear that I really can't plan to wear it all day (not workouts) that will develop odor.  Maybe I should try to use the vinegar for a load that includes that shirt and see if it removes the remaining bacteria.  How much vinegar do you add?

I tried to go on a bike ride today.  The inevitable has come to fruition.  I need to change out my cassette.  My chain kept jumping ship!  Apparently, it was acting as my bike coach because it thought I needed to ride a hell of a lot harder!   Anyway, I took it into my friendly bike shop.  They are going to hook me up with a new cassette that will help me climb our steep hills.  I'm getting a 12/28 put on!!!!  I'm so excited!!!!