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 2013-12-12 1:59 PM in reply to: ligersandtions |
Master  2912    ...at home in The ATL |  Subject: RE: SBR Utopia Season II - OPENOriginally posted by ligersandtions Originally posted by marcag Originally posted by axteraa -29c this AM in Ottawa -29c is the temperature on Mars as well. Just so you have a reference Originally posted by mndymond It snowed 35cm here yesterday....today's run may end up a snowshoe or ski...it's only -2C so that's a bonus. So much snowwwwww. The PG city workers may strike...which means no aquatic/fitness center if they do....apparently swimming is not an essential service?  Wow, 35cm is a LOT! This whole snow and negative temperatures thing just baffles me -- no idea how you guys deal with it. For reference, my house feels frigid these days. I heat it to 68F when I'm home (only because I'm cheap....if I weren't so cheap, I'd probably heat it to 78F). The last few trainer rides have been absolutely miserable -- once I heat up and start sweating, I turn on one of my fans, which then blows this frigid air at me, and I promptly begin to freeze (have goosebumps and body just feels awful). So I turn the fan off till I get too hot, then turn it back on....rinse and repeat. In contrast, in the summer, I don't cool my house unless it gets above 90F (partly because I'm cheap, but partly because I just don't find it uncomfortable being in the mid- to high-80's). But winter? Eff that! Seriously. I can't believe we are going to have to listen to this whining about the cold for the next 9 or 10 months..... |
| 2013-12-12 3:03 PM in reply to: TankBoy |
Elite 7783  PEI, Canada | Subject: RE: SBR Utopia Season II - OPEN Just give me a few more weeks to adjust and I swear I'm stop! Or at least do less of it... But since I don't have to stop yet, I'll just add that today's run was one of the more miserable experiences of my life. |
| 2013-12-12 3:09 PM in reply to: Fred D |
Pro 4675 Wisconsin near the Twin Cities metro | Subject: RE: SBR Utopia Season II - OPEN Originally posted by Fred D All apple products for our family. My 10 shares of AAPL thank you :-) |
| 2013-12-12 3:48 PM in reply to: TankBoy |
Extreme Veteran 5722 | Subject: RE: SBR Utopia Season II - OPEN Originally posted by TankBoy Seriously. I can't believe we are going to have to listen to this whining about the cold for the next 9 or 10 months..... We aren't complaining. We are sharing the training secrets of the World Champion SBR smackdown. Like Drago. Remember ? |
| 2013-12-12 4:10 PM in reply to: marcag |
| Subject: RE: SBR Utopia Season II - OPEN Totally apropos of nothing.... i got the pain cave audio set up (thanks guys) and started watching Falling Skies on amazon prime. I never watched it but it's actually pretty good. An alien version of Walking Dead, really. I recommend it fro drainer rides |
 2013-12-12 4:56 PM in reply to: ChrisM |
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| 2013-12-12 5:50 PM in reply to: ChrisM |
| Extreme Veteran 5722 | Subject: RE: SBR Utopia Season II - OPEN Originally posted by ChrisM Totally apropos of nothing.... i got the pain cave audio set up (thanks guys) and started watching Falling Skies on amazon prime. I never watched it but it's actually pretty good. An alien version of Walking Dead, really. I recommend it fro drainer rides What software are you using on the CT. I finally installed RacerMate 1. Much better than the old version |
| 2013-12-12 6:03 PM in reply to: marcag |
| Subject: RE: SBR Utopia Season II - OPEN Originally posted by marcag Originally posted by ChrisM What software are you using on the CT. I finally installed RacerMate 1. Much better than the old version Totally apropos of nothing.... i got the pain cave audio set up (thanks guys) and started watching Falling Skies on amazon prime. I never watched it but it's actually pretty good. An alien version of Walking Dead, really. I recommend it fro drainer rides Ha, I have racermate 1 still sitting in the envelope. Unless I am testing i use 100% erg mode. I forgot and did all my testing this seson on the "old" stuff. Worked fne for that. I need to buy a new laptop so waiting for that before I install the discs. |
| 2013-12-12 6:22 PM in reply to: marcag |
| Master 10208 Northern IL | Subject: RE: SBR Utopia Season II - OPEN Originally posted by marcag Originally posted by TankBoy Seriously. I can't believe we are going to have to listen to this whining about the cold for the next 9 or 10 months..... We aren't complaining. We are sharing the training secrets of the World Champion SBR smackdown. Like Drago. Remember ? I even said I wish there had been a workout scheduled where there was time off in it. |
| 2013-12-12 6:33 PM in reply to: ChrisM |
| Extreme Veteran 5722 | Subject: RE: SBR Utopia Season II - OPEN Originally posted by ChrisM Originally posted by marcag Originally posted by ChrisM What software are you using on the CT. I finally installed RacerMate 1. Much better than the old version Totally apropos of nothing.... i got the pain cave audio set up (thanks guys) and started watching Falling Skies on amazon prime. I never watched it but it's actually pretty good. An alien version of Walking Dead, really. I recommend it fro drainer rides Ha, I have racermate 1 still sitting in the envelope. Unless I am testing i use 100% erg mode. I forgot and did all my testing this seson on the "old" stuff. Worked fne for that. I need to buy a new laptop so waiting for that before I install the discs. Ergmode using the coaching software or the little handlebar controller ? The coaching s/w in Racermate is much better. For one it handles windows much better which allows playing movies/netflix at the same time, much better. I finally installed the cadence sensor as well just to see if I can see any left/right leg differences with the spinscan. Just for hoots. |
| 2013-12-12 6:58 PM in reply to: marcag |
| Subject: RE: SBR Utopia Season II - OPEN Originally posted by marcag Originally posted by ChrisM Ergmode using the coaching software or the little handlebar controller ? The coaching s/w in Racermate is much better. For one it handles windows much better which allows playing movies/netflix at the same time, much better. I finally installed the cadence sensor as well just to see if I can see any left/right leg differences with the spinscan. Just for hoots. Originally posted by marcag Originally posted by ChrisM What software are you using on the CT. I finally installed RacerMate 1. Much better than the old version Totally apropos of nothing.... i got the pain cave audio set up (thanks guys) and started watching Falling Skies on amazon prime. I never watched it but it's actually pretty good. An alien version of Walking Dead, really. I recommend it fro drainer rides Ha, I have racermate 1 still sitting in the envelope. Unless I am testing i use 100% erg mode. I forgot and did all my testing this seson on the "old" stuff. Worked fne for that. I need to buy a new laptop so waiting for that before I install the discs.
handlebar controller. Also never used the cadence sensor or spin scan, lol |
| 2013-12-13 1:04 AM in reply to: TSimone |
| Subject: RE: SBR Utopia Season II - OPEN Originally posted by TSimone Originally posted by ChrisM Totally apropos of nothing.... i got the pain cave audio set up (thanks guys) and started watching Falling Skies on amazon prime. I never watched it but it's actually pretty good. An alien version of Walking Dead, really. I recommend it fro drainer rides Sweet. I'm currently building my pain cave as part of my larger basement finishing job. Will be nice to have some space dedicated to that. Just enough to get my trainer/bike, treadmill and TRX in there. I started watching Falling Skies when it first came out and kind of lost interest. No real reason why. I may go back and pick it up, but I normally just watch a movie or play some iTunes stuff. I've got my pain cave set up already...those of you on FB may have already seen it today. For the rest of you...I'll spare you the details. |
| 2013-12-13 5:27 AM in reply to: Jason N |
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| 2013-12-13 7:57 AM in reply to: TSimone |
| Veteran 2842 Austin, Texas | Subject: RE: SBR Utopia Season II - OPEN I think we're going to re-do the basement this winter. Very psyched to have a new setup for the drainer and mill, but not looking forward to hearing about my bike being set up in the LR while we do the work. As for weather, it's up into the teens today! Effective temp is now also above zero - score! I wonder how to convert snow-shoe times to run paces… maybe if I use metric? M |
| 2013-12-13 8:01 AM in reply to: mcmanusclan5 |
| Veteran 2842 Austin, Texas | Subject: RE: SBR Utopia Season II - OPEN Anyone hear anything about the Powerbeam Pro? A friend just got one to replace her CT and is all kinds of happy about it (gotta love tri-geekery!) by comparison. I've been thinking about replacing my 10 y.o. cyclops for a while now (but haven't, as it works after all, and I'm a yankee), but she's almost too excited about this thing for me not to wonder... ?? Matt |
| 2013-12-13 8:53 AM in reply to: 0 |
| Extreme Veteran 5722 | Subject: RE: SBR Utopia Season II - OPEN Originally posted by mcmanusclan5 Anyone hear anything about the Powerbeam Pro? A friend just got one to replace her CT and is all kinds of happy about it (gotta love tri-geekery!) by comparison. I've been thinking about replacing my 10 y.o. cyclops for a while now (but haven't, as it works after all, and I'm a yankee), but she's almost too excited about this thing for me not to wonder... ?? Matt My only concern with the Powerbeam pro is the popularity it will see in the future and the impact of a lack of popularity. I expressed this in the past, I think these fancy trainers are becoming a hardware platform that will evolve separately from the software platform. The hardware will be built by the CT, Wahoo, Cycleops....vendors and the SW will come from TR, PerfPro, GC, Giro...the one Rusty showed us, Ergvideo, and many more will come I will become Hardware Platform and independent software vendors and software services. These software vendors will support the more popular platforms first. I think Kickr is the hot platform and CT is the huge installed base. I think these guys have a huge advantage over the Powerbeams or Tacx or others. Very much a personal opinion. The future of some of these services is very very interesting. GoPros, social media, cloud, google....are all ingredients to a very cool future Beats -27c this morning, but we are not complaining, we have all these cool services Edited by marcag 2013-12-13 8:54 AM |
| 2013-12-13 12:30 PM in reply to: marcag |
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| 2013-12-13 12:33 PM in reply to: Fred D |
| Subject: RE: SBR Utopia Season II - OPEN Still struggling with the foot. Coming up on three weeks no running. I am swimming 2X to maintain, and riding 5X week to build bike fitness, but getting frustrated. |
| 2013-12-13 12:35 PM in reply to: Fred D |
| Elite 7783 PEI, Canada | Subject: RE: SBR Utopia Season II - OPEN That is a good, interesting thread. Swim and a short run for me today. Wind is down considerably from yesterday so much more tolerable. |
| 2013-12-13 12:36 PM in reply to: Fred D |
| Extreme Veteran 5722 | Subject: RE: SBR Utopia Season II - OPEN Originally posted by Fred D I don't know if anyone here has been following the HS swimming thread in TT? Pretty interesting. I think most triathletes would be amazed and humbled by the yardage and times 9-12 year olds put down. I had a decent swim today and was going to run, but legs are feeling tired, so will probably rest as I didn't get much sleep with work last night. Anyone else training? Jordan wrote quite a bit about his training with a kids swim team and keeping up with the 15 year olds. A pro triathlete and 15 year olds. My swimming is coming along. I am a good 4s/100m faster. I am starting to learn to suffer properly. All I need to do is heal this achilles and learn to suffer on the bike. |
| 2013-12-13 12:39 PM in reply to: Fred D |
| Subject: RE: SBR Utopia Season II - OPEN Just my usual commute to work today. Longer rides this weekend, but will hold back a smidge on the effort to avoid going overboard on the TSS this week. I'll be mainly fussing with my coworker's gopro. Steady at around 160 right now...and trying to fathom how I'm going to make it through the next two weeks. I've got holiday lunches, brunches, and dinners stacked almost everyday. |
| 2013-12-13 1:48 PM in reply to: Fred D |
| Master 2912 ...at home in The ATL | Subject: RE: SBR Utopia Season II - OPEN I actually got in the water yesterday for the first time in probably there months.It surprisingly was not horrible. Early run this morning, then about 6 hours of car travel to and from a meeting out of state - just finished up and headed home. For the Canadians in the group you will be happy to learn that the temp was a balmy -3c for my run which is highly unusual for this time of the year here. I suppose I should have kept my mouth shut earlier. There was no wind so I actually got a little sweaty. Suppose to race a 5k tomorrow but the weather is reporting +1c and pouring rain at the start time, so I will most likely scratch that and be on the trainer. Fred, I look forward to reading the swim with HS thread when I get home. While I don't get to swim with high schoolers I do train with with our university tri team which is packed with swimmers that would be on the collegiate team had they decided to go to school pretty much anywhere else but Auburn.... It is truly a whole other ball game for those kids. |
| 2013-12-13 2:14 PM in reply to: TankBoy |
Expert 1260 Norton Shores, MI | Subject: RE: SBR Utopia Season II - OPEN I will jump on the swim bandwagon! I have really been making some really nice improvement in the pool. I am hitting splits that I never have before. A really good feeling at this point in the year. Hopefully I can continue to make improvement but stringing some 10K+ weeks has really really helped. |
| 2013-12-13 2:17 PM in reply to: 0 |
| Subject: RE: SBR Utopia Season II - OPEN Originally posted by TankBoy I actually got in the water yesterday for the first time in probably there months.It surprisingly was not horrible. Early run this morning, then about 6 hours of car travel to and from a meeting out of state - just finished up and headed home. For the Canadians in the group you will be happy to learn that the temp was a balmy -3c for my run which is highly unusual for this time of the year here. I suppose I should have kept my mouth shut earlier. There was no wind so I actually got a little sweaty. Suppose to race a 5k tomorrow but the weather is reporting +1c and pouring rain at the start time, so I will most likely scratch that and be on the trainer. Fred, I look forward to reading the swim with HS thread when I get home. While I don't get to swim with high schoolers I do train with with our university tri team which is packed with swimmers that would be on the collegiate team had they decided to go to school pretty much anywhere else but Auburn.... It is truly a whole other ball game for those kids. Which is why I played water polo instead of being on the swim team (they tried, one season, to make us all swim. It didn't go well... I don't even remember the events I swam). It was much more fun pounding the cr@p out of eachother underwater than swimming laps. I fondly remember tight rubber speedos so the opposing side couldn't get a grip on them (and eitehr pull you under or pull them off completely.....). good times Edited by ChrisM 2013-12-13 2:17 PM |
| 2013-12-13 5:33 PM in reply to: Fred D |
| Master 2621 Mechanicsburg, PA | Subject: RE: SBR Utopia Season II - OPEN Originally posted by Fred D I don't know if anyone here has been following the HS swimming thread in TT? Pretty interesting. I think most triathletes would be amazed and humbled by the yardage and times 9-12 year olds put down. I had a decent swim today and was going to run, but legs are feeling tired, so will probably rest as I didn't get much sleep with work last night. Anyone else training? I just read that. Interesting....... I can't help but wounder how some of us would have turned out as swimmers, if we had been trained like this as kids. btw Is this group going for a Season III? |
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