SBR Utopia Season II - OPEN (Page 14)

It's official....

For those of you with any photoshop skills (I did this all in Paint...LOL), feel free to add to this.  I had this whole idea similar to the famous IM Tatoo thread on ST with the wolves, flames, etc...but I'm just not that good at photoshop...LOL.

Jason, those are two awesome pics!  ^^^

I finished setting up my bike this morning (race tires, latex tubes and wheel cover).  Gonna take it for a short spin and then pack up the car.  We are driving half way today and then the rest of the way tomorrow morning - about 6-7 hours each day.

Ok. I've just used the TT2 and not really thought about it much. Air does seem to get through that vent alright. I can likely make more gains by continuing to work on my head position. There is an older Rudy design that comes to mind without ear flaps but with tail. Is there anything like that on the market now?

And I think the 2011 race got it a bit easy temperature wise. Mid-80's is still quite warm, but it was up in the 90's for 2012 and I feel lucky that's all it was. Iirc, was noticeably warmer the week of and breaking 100 for a long time in the weeks before that. 103 the day before the race. The earlier start can help out with seeing less of the full force of the heat, but be wary of that creep up on you factor as you'll be on the bike during the time of day the temp increases the most. Thinking of how to approach that? As in try to push while it's still not as hot or just ride easier the whole time? I'd try to go easier, but heat has just destroyed me before so need to be more careful than others.

On Sunday, the answer will be "For your country!".  

Maybe I'm just speaking for me, but I think the helmet venting is the last thing to worry about.  If I'm moving, I get plenty of air simply from what's hitting my face.

I have both those helmets (Air Advantage 2 and Air Attack Shield), haven't tested them against each other though.  I mainly wanted the Attack for shorter races where it's faster in T1.  No glasses to put on and no ear flaps to screw with.  Seriously, the AA2 is such a pain in the as s.  Pull the helmet sides slowly, mash it on, fix your ears underneath, adjust to get tail down.  Oh yeah and glasses somewhere in that.  Even carefully doing all that I still have an ear flap that's starting to rip, and the thing in general is just painful to wear for long spans of time.

Hot though?  Nah - I wore it for IM Western Australia in 100+F.

I'm going to feel like a serious tri dork testing the two outside though.  Maybe around 4am...

Since the Canadians are actually representing the Russians from Rocky IV...I think the only appropriate answer is "I win for me... FOR ME!!!"  LOL.

LMAO

Originally posted by marcag The secret weapon

I think the CIA and NSA has just flagged this thread. 

Anyone else get the "you're OK, but not really that fast, but if you want to spend more money proving that, please do so by signing up for a USAT race....BTW - the italics are in the original email

"Congratulations! You’re receiving this email because you’re one of a select group of triathletes in the U.S. who has finished in the 11-20 percentile of your age group in at least one USA Triathlon-sanctioned local race over the past year. But, as you may know, those who finish in the top-10 percent automatically qualify for the Olympic-distance race on Aug. 10 at the 2013 USA Triathlon Age Group National Championships in Milwaukee.

In other words, you’re sooo close.

USA Triathlon would love to see you in Milwaukee, so we wanted to let you know there’s still time to qualify. If you improve your performance slightly and finish in the top-10 percent of your age group at any race distance during just one sanctioned event by July 11, you’re in. So     visit our online race calendar today to find a sanctioned event near you.

Or, simply lock-in a race slot for Milwaukee now! Yes, you can grab a spot on the start line by registering today for the USA Triathlon Sprint-Distance National Championships on Aug. 11. Unlike the Olympic-distance division, the sprint features open registration (no qualification necessary) and, based on your finish, you can even earn the right to represent the United States at the 2014 ITU Age Group World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada."

Originally posted by Jason N I only got the email asking me if I wanted to race in the World Championships.  It's a good thing I didn't get this USAT Nationals invite...might have been a tough decision. 

OK, I wanted to make a witty and sarcastic post about it being a lottery to Kona and all, but I just can't cuz it's so cool anyway (I am a supporter of the lottery)

Originally posted by ChrisM

Originally posted by Jason N I only got the email asking me if I wanted to race in the World Championships.  It's a good thing I didn't get this USAT Nationals invite...might have been a tough decision. 

OK, I wanted to make a witty and sarcastic post about it being a lottery to Kona and all, but I just can't cuz it's so cool anyway (I am a supporter of the lottery)

No worries...I'll do it for you...

Hi Jason,

Congratulations.  Despite blowing up at Honu and coming in over an hour after the athlete who EARNED their KQ spot, we have decided to throw you a bone and let you race at Kona anyway.  Many people have unrealistic dreams that they will be fast enough to KQ, and some of them are "so close" that they may actually get there by signing up for another race and improving their performance slightly.  Um...that's not you.

We figured that the 70+ year old female KQers would be lonely out on the course and needed some company.  We hear they prefer the younger guys as pace booty.  We also want to make sure that the finish line around midnight is "electric" so that's where you fit in. 

So take this opportunity to be a part of the Ironman World Championships by completing your registration.  We promise that when you finish, you'll be treated like a king because 80% of the field will already be long gone...showered and drinking beer somewhere.  You should have the finish line all to yourself.

Cheers,

WTC

I actually live about 1 mile from a velodrome so I have no excuses as far as the outdoor CdA testing is concerned.  Well, as long as the track doods aren't racing