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I think Carol's new username should be Shiner   

Have fun camping Trish! 

Cannoli, Flash, Shiner.....I'm liking all these names for Carol !!!

Any good "stories" this week?  I'm starting to look forward to them, and some good-natured teasing to go along  

I had a good day out there and finished in reasonably good shape.

I was a little slower than I had hoped, and was pretty tired right after the race, but I was happy to be out there after the roller coaster that this year has been.

I'm working on my race report, but the short story is my time was 2:22 (10:45 pace). I thought I would improve on last year's 2:17, but it didn't happen. But, like I said, it was a great day, and I enjoyed myself alot (especially the first 10 miles, the last 3 were a struggle).

I got to:

- get up early and see the sun come up
- get some good exercise
- see some friends
- met some new friends
- enjoy some delicious drinks at the aid stations
- work on my tan
- get a finisher's medal to hang on my wall (4 years in a row for this race - keeping the streak alive!)

A good day all the way around !!

Simply awesome Danny!  I'm proud of you!  I wish I would've planned ahead to do it.  I've never ran an official 1/2 marathon.  I ran 13 one time, 5 years ago.  Then last week I ran 11, but I don't run long very often.  I'd love to actually do an organized one. 

Anyway, sounds like a great day!  Maybe we can get a ride and/or a run in this next weekend.   

I posted this on the local tri club website - interested ??

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A Sat., 8/25, 7:00 a.m. Camp Pendleton ride.

If you're up for a base ride we will begin 7:00 a.m. (arrive at 6:45 a.m.)
in Carlsbad. The ride start will begin at the Carlsbad Company Outlet
Stores parking lot (see directions below). The ride will travel North
along the coast, through Camp Pendleton and then back again. We
will most likely go 70-80 miles but, you can turn around anytime you
need/time permits. The pace will be moderate 16-18 mph.

The ride will go North through Oceanside, entering the base on Camp
Pendleton (beautiful scenery, varying terrain, rolling hills, very few stops,
good clear roads and minimal traffic. A very safe place to ride.)

The start location:
In Carlsbad at the Outlet Company Stores Mall. Meet in the Southwest
corner at the extreme South-end of the shopping center parking lot.

Directions: From I-5 Freeway take the Palomar Airport Rd. exit and
drive east for 1- block. Turn left at the first traffic light on
Paseo Del Norte. Drive north for another block and make the first
right turn into the parking lot. Circle around to the left and find a
place to park in the S.W. corner.

What to bring:
Be sure to bring a picture Identification for entry and access to the
Marine Corps Base. Bring sufficient liquids and nutrition for the
bike ride. Helmets are required.

See you in the morning.

Dan Hyte
Cell (858) 735-0407
 

Ack!  I'd love to go but my boys both have weigh-in in Temecula for Pop Warner Football.  I am going for a 40 mile ride tomorrow and then immediately heading out on a 6-8 mile run if anyone is interested.  I know I'm posting this late, so I'm sure I'll be alone, but wanted to post it anyway.  I'm planning on starting in Oceanside Harbor area heading south to Del Mar and back for the bike ride, all on the Coast Highway.  Then running along the beach and Coast Highway down to Carlsbad and back for the run.  I've done both 1/2's independently numerous times, but I'm throwing them together tomorrow. 

If anyone is interested, send me a PM and I'll get you my phone number and we can settle on a time.

Sorry Jay, I can't make it.  Sounds like a great brick workout though!  Have a great time out there. 

Hi Nikki !!

Welcome back !!  Please jump right back in  !!!!!

I have to run out the door in just a moment, but I'll respond to your post in more detail later tonight.

This is a great time of the year to be picking up used bikes, as the bulk of the season is over, and people are often selling their bikes (no that they have done their "big" races of the year). 

There are always bikes listed in the email list for the local Tri club.  I'll look at the message board tonight and see if there is anything good available...

Danny 

Another ride this Sat (see details below).

Sunday morning will be a 10 mile trail run in San Elijo lagoon (Encinitas). 

blondnik - 2007-08-30 1:43 PM Hi Group! I hope everyone is having a great Thursday! Congrats on the new bike Trish, I can't wait for one of my own. From what I've found I'm leaning towards the Motobecane Grand Record from the list I posted earlier, BUT I just found this bike posted in La Jolla: http://classified.triclubsandiego.org/default.htm?action=view&i... I asked a few questions and here's what the seller said: "I am the original owner (never crashed- cosmetic scratches from car bike rack, etc.) I did 2 half Ironmans with it and a fair amount of training in the last 2 years- before that it was barely ridden. I don’t even have a good guess on the mileage, but the teeth on the cassette and crank are in good shape It has always been stored indoors I think it is an 8 speed Shimano 105 with Index Shifting (shifting on the brake levers) The wheels are standard 700s (not 650s) Pedal brand is Exxus- they are the Look style The bike is aluminum and is stiff and responsive. I have found it to be a very reliable, solid bike…and lots of guys like it b/c it is classic Italian bike racing geometry. The bike is ideal if you are new to road riding, or want an all around bike to get started on triathlon with. I started getting more into riding since I moved to SD, and after 2 years, I decided to dive in and spend way too much on a bike." It's about half the cost of the other and about 10 years old . Does anyone have an educated opinion? Is it even worth the 2 hour drive to take a look and a test ride? The seller seems to work for Active.com which makes me think maybe she's taken better care of it than otherwise...? Any thoughts would be much appreciated!

I'm not familiar with either of these bikes. I googled the Klein Quantum bike and found some reviews of the 2000 version that were all favorable.

The fact that the bike is 10 years old is a bit of a concern to me.  I'm not real big on aluminum bikes as they seem to rattle right up my back...

When I bought my bike, I thought the Felt bikes were a good balance between $ and value.

I was just looking at Nytro.com website (Encinitas) and they have intro bikes for $700 (but have a 10 % off labor day sale going on). Still a little more than you wanted to spend. A lot of the bike shops are having sales this weekend - I would definitely go visit some local LBSs. Did you get fitted yet?

You also mentioned wanting to buy a wetsuit. I bought my most recent wetsuit from DeSoto (I love it) and got a 25% discount for TCSD (Are you a club member? I saw that the Klein bike was listed in the TCSD want ads).

I am personally inclined to buy new (or barely used equipment). Just seem to have less hassles....

Have you been checking Ebay for bikes near your location? There is always a lot of bikes listed there also.

Ron,

What a cool story (both races) !!
I hope you guys got some good pictures (including the bloody knees) that you can all look back on in the future !

Congrats on getting through that swim.  Backstroke is A-OK in my book!

For your 400 yd goal: I would focus on swimming at the slowest necessary pace required for continuous swimming.  It doesn't matter if you feel like you are taking extra time.  Once you find that pace, swim your longest distance possible, and then keep adding distance to it every time you get back in the pool.  The speed will come in time - focus only on distance for now.

Good luck, and let us know how it is going!

Danny 

BTW, I saw Carol at the Imperial Beach Triathlon last Sunday.
I went to watch, and then go for a ride afterwards.

Carol was kicking butt !  She has been a racing machine this summer.

WAY TO GO CAROL !! 

On a side note, I broke a spoke during my ride, badly deformed my rear wheel in the process, and had to rent a bike from the LBS to get back to my vehicle......    

Trish,

Way to tough out that hard run...you should have kicked that guy in the shins !!

What race are you doing in Napa (your A race)  ? 

Hi everyone, I've been away for a while, but hopefully now things are slowing down.  I got really busy at work, working 12 hours. Now things are starting to slow down and I can start to focus once again.  I did the IronGirl Texas back in July, you can read my race report if you liked to see how I did/didn't do.  My coach and I started working on a trianing plan for 2008.  We have come up with two options, but depending on how my work schedule goes, we will decide here in a few months which to focus on.  I hope to be getting a day shift here in the next month or so. 

Option 1

1. Pacific Shoreline (Surf City) Half Marathon-Feb 3
2. Ford Ironman California 70.3- March 29

I'll do this option if I start working days, it will give me more time to do 2 a day trianing and get a good amount of volume in.

Option 2

1. Pacific Shoreline (Surf City) Half Marathon-Feb 3
2. IronGirl Las Vegas Olympic Triathlon-April ??
3. Mooseman Half Ironman-June 6-8

I may have to switch to another Olympic Distance on June 29 and do the LongHorn Half Ironman in Oct 2008. 

Which ever option I do I'm doing a Half Ironman in 2008.  Sprints seem to not challenge me.  I'm slow but I'm always going to be slow, I'd rather do a longer distance for a little more $$$, and the further I go the better I feel.  Doing sprints I feel like I just start getting warmed up and then it is over.