SBR Utopia Season II - OPEN (Page 140)

Well, this would fit with my oft repeated assertion that the only way I'm competitive is if no one else shows up (note there is NO pink font here).  

I could see why the Oly is way more popular this year, given the venue for worlds.  I suppose ITU is less popular than an Ironman™ 70.3™ Triathlon™  - (did I miss anything else that they've trademarked? don't want to get sued).  I know the triple Oly format is also an intimidating swim for most of us (Arend excepted).  I kind of like the total race balance, though.

Has there always been this discrepancy in popularity between the distances and the different organizations?

And it makes sense, of course, that the qualifiers for a country would be within that country… (slaps forehead).  Still learning the ins and outs of racing beyond a local sprint.  

btw, honorary citizenship makes it a much more competitive offer to come back North for St. Andrews!  Do you have beer in Canada?

Matt

Edited to fix silly formatting stuff

Matt, Grand Rapids is the only US qualifier. Arend & Marc would be looking at Canadian qualifiers. And for long course qualifying, there is a much better shot of making it than you think as it hasn't been as popular in the past from what I know. People do it, but there isn't nearly the buzz like for short course this year, or other more normal years. I think your chances of making it are realistic. Your Timberman time would have been well within the top 20 at Rev3 Anderson this year.

I went to Canada a couple years ago and I was appalled at the number of people I saw ordering $8 Coors Lights when there were perfectly good microbrew options.  What is that about (aboot?)?  Canadians spending money on the pee-water that Americans won't drink?

I meant as compared to the Oly, but it would also apply to WTC WC.

Quite a few don't even know there is an ITU LC or Nationals LC, and that's due to several things. Among them is how little it's promoted, scheduling keeps moving around from year to year, not sure they pick the most interesting locations, and announcing of it has been very low key and/or kinda late to schedule for. Last year they ran it at Rev3 Anderson in October. This year it's in June. People are picking up that Oly and Sprint are 2 consecutive years at 1 location, but LC doesn't seem to be that way. They did do a lot better at getting the list of locations up for all their nationals races for next year, but previously had been rather late and had confusing cut-off dates for qualifying. Those kept moving with the race date. A lot of people had their bigger races planned by the time they announced, and that tends to go for the short course as well. How many knew that there are 8 different National Champs any one of us could qualify for in various combinations of s, b, and/or r? Plus a few other categories like collegiate or para. Hoping they can build off momentum from Milwaukee as they could really have something here.

Very interesting.

Some people have made the argument that every power meter has it's advantages and disadvantages...but Stages is the only one that has a potential disadvantage that it will give you unreliable power data.  Sometimes you have to take a step back and ask yourself why you're getting a power meter in the first place.  Is it to actually use it to guide all your training...or do you simply want to use it to perform 20' tests.  I'm guessing if you only want to track your fitness for 20' tests, then your L/R power distribution should be fairly predictable for that effort.  But if you want to use power for anything from pacing an IM to 30" intervals, then accuracy and precision of your PM should be a must have before considering advantages of price, ease of swapping onto different bikes, etc.

Not NE or mid Atlantic, but you guys can come do St. George 70.3 in May with me

I'm always up for a good soul crushing!  My options would be pretty limited though, I'm trying to keep the travel time down a bit next year if possible.

We've got another big dumping of snow headed our way.  I had to get out earlier than normal for my long run this morning to stay ahead of it.  The flurries started with about 15 mins left in the run and now (about an hour later), it's a full on snow storm.  Good thing I went out when I did!

Anyone signed up for the ST 100 runs in 100 days?  I signed up just to see where I end up - not going to alter my training in anyway for it but seeing as I am running 6-7 days/week already, I figured I may as well.

Not only that, but Prohibition mostly killed off all but the big 4 (Anheuser-Busch, Miller, Coors, and I forget the other one).  Then before microbrews could really start up again, WWII came along and there was rationing and supply difficulties.

Fred, I rarely post in here but continue to read voraciously. I agree with both of your suggestions. Any one of the folks  in here (or a multiple thereof) would really help some of the raw talent learn, grow and improve. I believe you are a fan of the mentor groups and it has been my experience that they can run hot or cold, good or bad. It would be beneficial to see some groups being headed up by quality racers like yourselves. 

Marc, your PM group is a really cool offer. A focused opportunity for people to get more out of that type of equipment is really a chance for some folks to grow. And the fact that you have a couple of other resources on board is pretty cool. 

A big thanks to both of you for your kindness and willingness to give back.

Nice progression Chris!

You guys were busy this weekend - lots of good posts.  We got a fair amount of snow on Friday/Saturday and I ran on Sunday.  I fell less than 2km into the run and just below my knee is now sore and bruised.  Also struggling with ongoing issues with my left Soleus - think I probably pushed a bit too hard on the threshold test .  Massage later this week will hopefully help, and I'll avoid running for a couple days.