HILDEBEAST'S Mentor Group, CLOSED! (Page 14)

Hey all!  Summer has arrived a week early here.  Temps near 100 and high humidity the last 2 days although we're getting a bit of a break for the next couple - highs only in the 80's.  And our A/C needs to be replaced.  We knew it was dying but were hoping to get through one more year.  Doesn't look like it's going to happen.  It's an expense we didn't need right now but don't really have much choice. 

I think I'm going to do a July 4th run - just a 5k but I need something on the calendar to shoot for.  It'll give me some motivation to get outside for my runs in the heat instead of falling back on the TM.

Sorry about the AC- that sucks. 

4th of July run sounds fun. I need to get something on the calander too!!!

I got my bike pedals today!! AND: I signed up for the Santa Rosa Island Sprint Triathlon!! Yipee!! Now I just need to learn to swim in the ocean, sound like I need to schedule some beach trips 

I have a question regarding that, beach trips to practice. I would love to bring my bike and practice riding there too- beautiful sea shore with bike lanes-Anyway, I have a cheep bike-rack (Walmart) so it would be easy to just take that whole thing off the car. How can I prevent someone from NOT stealing my bike when I am not on it (say I'm swimming)?

Actually I would love to do a practice tri like Alex is doing for her Oly, so that would be even longer to leave the bike.

Melody, the bike should fit in the car for sure with the front wheel off... do your back seats go down?  you might be able to fit it in lying down through the trunk without taking off the rear wheel that way...

Welcome back Shawn!!  What he neglected to tell y'all is that his wife has come up with a reward for doing his tri, he's also come up with a punishment if he doesn't do it... hmmmm, but he hasn't shared what those are, but it must be pretty good incentive.

Good luck to Michelle on her tri in her new tri kit... I want pics!!  I just printed myself out a 6 week schedule taking me up to my July 28th tri.  I used the Custom Plan maker here at BT... this used to be only available to Gold members, but I guess now everyone can use it?  It's awesome, you get to pick how many days per week you want to do each sport, what your estimated race paces are, and if you want to build for 2 or 3 weeks and then have a recovery week, and then you can drag each sport onto a calendar and print it out!  I put in 3 swims/4 bikes/ 5 runs and still managed a rest day... all doubles with only a long run on one day and 3 on another.  I figure I can use the bike and run as a brick on those days... AND it prints out in all pretty colors too!

So Andrea, which OWS are you going for?  3 miles is a long time in the water for  a continuous swim!

Happy Father's Day to all our Dads out there in Beastie Land!!

Michelle - I hope you have  blast at your race today- AND PR of course!!!

Hilde- I saw the custom plan maker- I think I am going to use it too!!

I am going to try and attach a pic of my bike rack. Yesterday on the way to LBS (1 1/2 hours away) the back of my bike way sliding out away from the car no matter how I tried to tie it to frame. Second time I pulled over, I took  the wheel off and put in back seat, I was not chancing it flying off the back of the car. (thanks, your advice gave me the confidence to do this) I'm not sure if it is just a crapy bike carrier or if I do not know how to use correctly.

on a sad note.... I miss my bike!!! it was like dropping one of the kids off somewhere for a week, when they were little and I missed them, sniff sniff... miss my bike!!! This is me and my bike in my front yard lol, can you tell I live in the woods?? I have not named my bike, though I do think of it as a her, but I have read of this (naming bikes) have any of you named yours?

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And of course, if you're a BEAST, then your're even MORE awesome!!

Love your bike, Meloday!  My first road bike was a Giant and did me well... my bikes have all had names, my current bike was originally named the Dominatrix, but has now fondly become the Beastie bike... 

I have a friend that uses a similar bike rack, and I think she ties her bike down to the rack somehow so it doesn't move all around.  I would just experiment, being careful that the bike frame is not rubbing on either the car or something so that neither the car nor the bike get scratched up.  You could at least bungee or tie the front wheel to one of the pedals which would keep it from moving back and forth.  If your wheel is on there correctly, there's little chance it should come flying off!!  And don't worry, your bike will be back soon enough and will be all fixed up!!!

Wow.  Lots of things going on for everybody.  I got in a nice run yesterday and good bike today.

Melody -- yeah on your pedals AND your bike rack.  Great picture.  We have managed to fit a single bike on our cars with the seats down if needed.  But, like Shawn said, be careful of the chain getting grease everywhere.

Michelle -- hope you had a great race.

Alex -- how did your custom homegrown OLY go?  I need to think about doing something like this in a month or so.

Andrea -- your swim times are really impressive.  I hope you do the 1.5 mile swim.  That seems like a terrific distance.  Long enough for a really good challenge.

Janet -- we also had to get a new AC unit.  Thank goodness it is done.  My house was starting to feel like a jungle with the humidity.  No telling what is now growing in my downstairs carpet and closets.

Custom plan -- I put one of these together too.  This was my first week to start.  I didn't quite get off to the start I wanted.  A total 2 hours shy of what was planned.  But that's the way it goes.  I hope to have a better week starting tomorrow.

Kristen, VERY nice bike- I love it!!!

OK, I christen my bike, Arya.

This is after Arya Stark; I just started reading the Games of Thrones series and she is one of my favorites so far. She's definitely a beast, or will be if she grows up, these characters are vicious.