Penn State's mentor group - CLOSED! (Page 109)

kenj - 2010-09-22 4:38 PM

still have a month or so left to our races, so I will probably drop a question or a comment on my training every now and then! 

GRB1 - 2010-09-22 6:53 PM

PennState - 2010-09-22 4:20 PM

I hope to get a chance to meet up with you at IMMOO in 2011. I suspect you will be serving up some significant vengence to that course

PennState -

Off-season training is something I really like. Fewer hours, but still pretty consistent.
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I am not sure the goal of off season training? What is the difference to normal consistant SBR training?

IdealMuse - 2010-09-23 3:54 AM

 

I will be serving up some IM perform or powergels at an aid station

PennState - 2010-09-24 10:30 AM I just bought a cross bike. Lots of fun, I will post pics Later

furiousferret - 2010-09-24 11:06 AM I've never had the Perform but is it really that bad?  People on here and st are acting as if its undrinkable and has zero use on the course.

BTW, Pete and Ken still have their A races in 2 months, I don't think its really fair to pack in the group until they're done (not that they need us)!

Question for the group; I may have to work the day before IMAZ, is there a mandatory check in for volunteers the day prior?

PennState - 2010-09-26 10:34 AM Good 3+ hour cross ride yesterday and a 10 mile run today.

Anybody else training at all?

Have a great day

kenj - 2010-09-26 9:42 AM

Sounds like a fun day on the cross bike!!

Med/long run yesterday and a short recovery run this morning.  Heading back to CA for the remainder of my training.  Shipped the tri bike out on Friday so hopefully I'll have that by mid week.  Road bike till then.  I still need to find a suitable swimming solution, but I have a couple of ideas. 

Hey Ken,
How did you ship your bike? Did you use Fedex or UPS?  I am planning on shipping my bike to FL in November but have never done it before.
Thanks,
Kathleen

WittyCityGirl - 2010-09-26 8:30 PM My husband is a volunteer firefighter and so we went to NYC to do the Tunnel to Towers 5k www.tunneltotowersrun.org (I think).  I would HIGHLY recommend doing this race, just get there early.  It was an expensive fee for a 5k ($50) but it included a t-shirt and tons of food post race.  It was a really awesome tribute to the men and women who died on 9/11, have died serving in the War on Terror and those currently protecting our country.  We ran through the Battery Tunnel on the way to Ground Zero and I was sweating my azz off in shorts and a tank top... there were fire fighters wearing all of their gear in memory of the firefighter that the race was organized in memory of. I can't imagine how hot those guys were!!!  It can be emotional, like when they ring a huge bell in memory of people, but then it's really neat to run through the tunnel and along the water and see where the Freedom Tower is being constructed. =)

Kath2163 - 2010-09-26 8:50 PM

My business is in transportation and I had one of our company vehicles to put it on.  But in the past I have used both UPS and Fed Ex to ship the bike.  The biggest key is packaging it so it is safe.  Price wise they are going to be about the same in most cases, but the schedule might not be.  So check that out.  Do you have your own case?  I have one now because I travel a lot, but I have gotten boxes from my bike shop that the bike originally came in (or one similar).

Let me know how you make out.

PennState - 2010-09-27 8:22 AM Ken, how are you finding the late season IM training? ie; is it hard to keep this up as we enter fall? Has it prolonged your season in a positive or negative way?

Just curious.