SBR Utopia Season II - OPEN (Page 12)

Ohhh...I like this format.  You can't give up just because you're having an off day...you've got someone else depending on you...as well as the weight of your entire COUNTRY!!!  HAH!!!

Miracle in Mont Tremblant? 

Well if Canada is the new Soviet Union, sure. Seems close enough. Might want to be more specific to which movie as Rocky did actually lose several of the fights. 

Was it supposed to be negative split? And by how much? I usually don't worry about it too much and just run at *about* the right effort most of the time. Some could be over, some could be under. I'm only disappointed when I actually design it to be a negative split and don't get it.

Thanks, Matt. I am heading out this morning. Bike route planned. Provisions stocked. I hope to be gone most of the day. We will see how it goes. This is urban riding, which I don't do any of. Ever. So I'm not expecting much speed, but I should get a chance to break in the saddle.

I was thinking more like one of these....

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Sorry Arend, but Rocky IV may work out very well. With the Russian coming out very strong (the swim), but ending up losing later on!

How close are the US pair to Philly too? I see they're already in Pennsylvania.

I didn't say the outcome would be in our favor but it could produce some equally compelling drama.  

Honestly when you guys said "Rocky" and "Canadian" I actually thought more like this:

versus this:

Of course I first thought that James and Fred were Rocky and Bulwinkle, and Marc and Arend were Boris and Natasha (we all know which is which of course) but then I just read that Boris and Natasha were secret agents from Potsylvania - isn't that where Fred and James actually live in real life? Now I am completely confused as to who is who and who I am pulling for even....

Ok group - I have real-life predictions from both James and Marc (as well as my own) I gotta at least get one from both Fred and Arend. I'll take 'em from anybody else in the group that wants to play as well.

And hopefully without giving anything away, I can say that Marc is just as good of a sandbagger as James....

Stupid BT, self posting for me.

Are we just estimating their finish time or who wins as well?  and if who wins as well, is that by country (go Canada) or by individual, or both?

Felicia - that bit about your husband is awesome! He should know that is a nice little car though - there is a fairly funny Top Gear episode where James May drove the Evoque across Death Valley to pick up Cher. As for your bike it is awesome, and even brings a little tear to the eye. I still have a set of Spinergy Rev-Xs that I am going to put on my fixie if I ever get around to building it up. Really the only thing that would be better on that bike (only to make it a complete legit throw-back, as it is sweet as-is) would be a set of those swoopy scott bars or the loop triangle profiles (that is what I had). Or maybe at least a set of Profile Centuries - they would probably be more contemporaneous with the frame. Have fun riding it today, and for a lot more days to come!

Oh, really what ever you want - just for fun. Marc and James just gave me individual finish order, no times (it was before the international team challenge) and James even broke it down by discipline. I have an idea about discipline placement, but only listed my individual overall finish predictions.