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Here are couple photos from last Sunday the one on the bike I was doing about 26 on a a little down hill section. Bike Photo 

Run Photo.

I have considered it, not sure how to price them. I might think about building one over the fall/winter for someone.

Shannen - I had this number in my head all day and now I know why it was 29:01. I kept thinking why does this number keep coming up.  After I read you post I see the light now.. Its your finish time for tomorrow.  Good luck..

Craig - Nice photos of your race.  Heck my last race the photo of the run caught me walking and not running so not a good action photo. 

Johanne - I forgot to answer your question earlier. My back is a lot better, its still a little stiff when I wake up but no pain, after about 30 minutes of moving around it will loosen up and all is good then.

Jeff - I'm raising my hand for the trailer you are planning to build.  Man I got a great price for you to sell it for $15, but with the allowance my wife is giving me, I might have enough money saved up by the time you complete it. 

Anyone know where our leader is?? It's unusual for him to go this long without a post. Helllllooooo out there is Steveeeee Around??????? Cann you Hear Meeeee!!!!!

Thanks George,

I didn't realize I made my bike look so small.

$15 might get you a scale drawing, or perhaps a  scale model

8am. It is  5 mile ride from the RV park to the start line so make it a 72ish mile day. I should do the ride in 3:30 to 3:45 hopefuly back to the park noonish and on the road. MY little rig is air conditioned.

Thanks Craig! i think it will be a fun weekend!

Yes, my birthday is on the 4th. We moved here in May before my 4th birthday and when my birthday rolled around I thought all the fireworks were to welcome me to the U.S.! I was, and still am, such the youngest child!

Jeff, have fun on your ride! It's kind of nice to travel all self contained.

George, glad your back feels better. Have a good ride with your TNT buddy.

Craig, great race photos! Isn't it great to be out doing this stuff?

Shannon, I hope you kick butt in your 5K. Breaking 30 min is also a goal of mine. I've done it during training but not in a race so I'm not counting it Your series makes for a tri weekend. I admire you for getting training in with your little ones

Steve, quit that! You're not supposed to get injured doing yoga, remember??? So my run went ok. It's just taking me more mental focus staying in a good posture. I'm running faster for the shorter distances. Today, I had to run 90 min and I started with an under 10:00 pace but then I took some walking breaks to get my heartrate down. I should os just slowed down but I knew I was going long and took advantage of walking.

Alex, happy swimming this weekend!

Johanne - Where were you born?

Steve - I hope you start to feel better and can get back to your normal training.

I was born in Montreal. My parents spent a few years there after leaving Algeria. The French were not going to be welcome there for much longer so they immigrated to Canada. After a few years there, they decided it was too cold, packed up the car and started driving west and stopped in California. They didn't speak english at all. It's a neat story. They were quite adventurous!

I don't notice that my knee comes close to the handle bars. The bike is a Trek 2.1 60cm

That is amazing.  I know that my family has been in the country for generations, but my grandfather's grandfather came from England and settled in South Dakota during the homestead era.. it is amazing what people can do going into the unknown.

Alex

stevebradley - 2011-06-30 6:22 PM CRAIG - Nice photos, and I'm glad you risked the camera to take them. Would that be Kathy in the foreground.....and maybe Mt. Hood in the backrground? Thinking blisters here, try either BodyGlide or Vaseline on the part of your show or sock that is rubbing. BG is great, and ain't gonna hurt a thing. Are you using it around your neck when in your wetsuit? Remember, though, NEVER Vaseline on your wetsuit, as it's petroleum-based and eats neoprene for snacks. Somthing called Glucose, eh? Makes me wonder what that could be, short of straight glucose. People talk about creating their own energy drinks and gels, and maybe the race director has determined that mixing his own stuff using a few tubs of glucose powder works as well as HEED or Gatorade. As you say, having something with some taste is good enough. I like to think I am getting soemthing more perforamance-enhancing in terms of quantifiable energy-boosts, but there rally is never any true guarantee of that. Which September one are you eyeing?

Steve,

Yep that is Kathy in the foreground but one of the lesser peaks in the background. Mt Bachelor would be at about 2 o'clock  from that picture and Mt Hood is about 95 miles north of that.

Blisters... I'm learning to be a forefoot striker. It'll be nice when this thing heals because I'm only forefoot on one foot.

That would be a fascinating story to hear all the details. How did they come to be in Algeria and the rest of the story. Quite the adventure.

Hi All,

Happy birthday Johanne. I think an aviary is a cool idea..Is it like the ones at the zoo?  I have about 7 bird feeders in my backyard and we get lots of birds but , of course, they are free to come and go as they please.    I am riding to Gettysburg tomorrow and back (I hope).  It is about 67 miles. I can't say I am looking forward to it but the miles will be good for me.  I have met several groups of riders here and they are pretty gung ho.  The do have a Monday night ride which they call "sane".  That means 15 miles per hour on the hills (ascending).  I try to keep up but...well that does not always work.  I am going to keep it up because I don't want to be remembered as the slow chick who disappeared after 2 rides (the first one of which I almost died). So I guess I will try to run on Sunday and then there is Monday which is a holiday so  guess I should find some other way to get out the door and try to hurt myself.  The last time I rode with the fast gorup I hit grtavel and went into a ditch.  I tried to catch up but there was straw attached to the clips of my left shoe...BUSTED!!! I probably mentioned that since that was the day I lost my computer.  I will have a very checkered riding history if I keep showing up.

So good luck this weekend Jeff and  Shannen.

Steve, Should I assume that since nothing hurts I am not working hard enough. After Eagleman you told me it was ok but now I am not so sure.  I hope you are better soon.

George, Your family history is pretty amazing.  Mine is pretty boring stuff comparatively.  Twenty years in prison?  Wow.

Everyone have fun this weekend and happy Fourth of July.

Ellen