Beer Drinker Appreciation Society - Open For Business (Page 155)

jenn love the new bike!!!!!!! And the name is awesome

I am absolutely giddy over here - the new bike is AWESOME!!!! WANT!!!!!

So is the old one too btw, not sure if I've seen a pic of it.

WOWZA, Jenn!!!!! Amazing!

Sandi

Thanks Dave - everyone is busy today, and everyone of us wish to cross that finish line at some point in your sport life. I think it will be a good way to celebrate my 50th !!

Juan

Grrrrrreat bike! Now you have to be the one passing by the roadies!!
Congrats Jenn.
Juan

Thanks for the welcome Dave.
The half m was a fantastic experience. I'd only done 10 in previous training, and to be honest the last 3 felt like I was going backwards!
10 months ago I wouldn't have considered running part of a mile, so an amazing sense of achievement.

I've signed up for a second next year

I've treated myself to a gait analysis, which showed serious pronation, particularly in the right side. New run shoes acquired. I love this sport........

First ride with my new bike (QR kilo, Reynolds wheels) - still too uncomfortable in the aero position. After more than 20 years riding road bikes, this is a new position that will take some time to adapt.... I hope! But at least I´ve got the looks

Juan




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Awesome!! I still haven't been on mine - at the Lakehouse for a girl's weekend and the weather today is rain and wind. Tomorrow.....either in the road or the trainer but it will happen.

Juan - sounds awesome! I demand a pic

Totally settling in to run season. Another 5k yesterday, this one for my daughter's school. Cold (42F), little windy, couple steepish hills. Still managed a PR though, if only by 15 seconds. Inching ever closer to my ultimate goal time. 8th place overall, 2nd in my age group - first in my AG was 3rd overall. Yay old guys - haha.

Also something cool that I'm sure happens often, but I've never seen before - the overall winner was a woman. In the 30-39 age group too. Awesome! She beat out the cross country runners from the school and everything

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Ok Juan - I want your bike too!!!!

hahaha - let´s go for a ride and will change!

Accepting new members?

Always, Autumn!!

Question for y'all. An acquaintance of mine is a hardcore cyclist - cat 1 or 2 racer and once he heard about my new bike has offered up his Reynolds 44mm wheelset for $750 - one season of use. I know he races a lot, but can't tell you how many races exactly. Should I go this route or wait for some new Flo's (maybe 30's or 60's) to go on sale? I know Reynolds are really good.

Hey Autumn, Dave Q is our mentor and he usually has folks do a little bio about themselves - look at his on page 1 for a template.

Thanks! Here is a little about me:

NAME: Autumn or Fixie

STORY: After my second daughter was born in 2003 I started running to get back into shape. I had always wanted to do a triathlon, and quickly got bored with simply training to run, so I started tri training. I did a TON of tris between 2004-2007, including a HIM and some 10 hour tris. I cut waaaay back when I started skating with the Minnesota Rollergirls (drafted in 2007) since the two sports were tough to balance out (plus I was working full time, raising two kids as a single mom, and going through a divorce). Retired from derby in 2010, and focused on my career. Started grad school, got married to Joe (best guy ever), and resolved to not do anything competitive for a while (well, if you can count career and grad school as not competitive). It all resulted in a lot of great job opportunities, leading me to my current job which allows me the luxury of time to work out daily and a company culture that supports wellness and health. Decided it was time to dust off the tri bike and get my butt back into shape.

FAMILY STATUS: Married to an amazing guy, Joe, who also happens to ride all year round like me (we have been car-free for 8 years), is a bike mechanic by profession, has a degree in massage therapy, and makes a mean breakfast burrito (I know, I'm a lucky girl). We are raising my two awesome daughters (ages 14 and 12) who love being car-free and my eldest got her first 'inside bike' last year for her birthday (versus a bike that is okay to keep in the garage, house bikes are special).

CURRENT TRAINING: Getting back to it, doing 30 minutes of the 21 Day Fix program daily, plus bike commuting daily. Also doing 3 runs per week, 3 swims per week, and 2 bike trainer rides per week (OR, I let myself skip the trainer if I double my bike commute miles).

2016 Races: Tri-U-Mah Indoor tri, and also looking to do Oakdale Du, Manitou sprint, St. Paul sprint or oly, and Park Tool Du. And maybe the TC 10 Miler.

BEER PREFERENCE: I like to experiment and try new beers. That said, my preference is well made, clean beer, even when it is hopped to high heaven (hops cover up a lot of sins). Current favorite is Summit Horizon Red (and yes, I am biased). Other go to beers are Bell's Two Hearted, SNB Torpedo, and Surly Todd the Axeman. This time of the year I do start to enjoy porters and stouts more. Currently not drinking at all except for sensory testing at work (I am lucky enough to actually work in the beer industry. Worked at Northern Brewer during its growth years, worked at Surly for a while, and am now I intensely proud to work for Summit).

WEIGHT LOSS: Between 2003 and 2007 I lost over 60 lbs. Guess what? I need to do it again! This is the reason I am not drinking until I'm really able to get my training and nutrition plan dialed in. Since I am doing 21 Day Fix, my plan is to do 21 days on, and then on Day "22" do maintenance calories and have a beer, then right back onto the plan.



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good luck mark! I'll be back in CA in Jan for star wars again.

Autumn- Welcome. If you worked at northern brewer then you have prob seen my name or talked to me on the phone at some point. Dead Ringer is about my favorite kit beer.

I have done almost nothing since my ironman. Started my weights stuff now and planning a run tomorrow. going to try for 6. I have a half marathon in a week and a half but I'm just not motivated for it.

Ah, Dead Ringer! That was actually the first beer I ever brewed, back when it was called Three Hearted Ale. When we had to change the name I recommended Broken Hearted Ale since Two Hearted is an all time favorite in our house. I did help answer the phones for a spell (everyone did), but then I was in charge of keeping the lights on and the employees happy.

Hi Autumn, Welcome! I love the bio. You're about 155 pages of forum posts behind since we're now entering into the final few months of 2015, so let me see if I can summarize the past year for you: We came, we saw, we tri'd and we drank beer. There you go!

Dave (Qua17) is the ringleader here. He'll pop in shortly and introduce himself. As for the rest of us, you'll get the full spectrum. I'm a tri-newb this year, others are seasoned vets. Most are beer people, but a stray wine lover has snuck in. There are a group of insane morning people, they are nowhere near as normal as us night owls. In general, we're a hodgepodge of folks sharing a common interest. Welcome again.

Mark Good luck on your race. Are you racing on the 15th? That's my big day.

Check-In
Long time no post everyone. I've been keeping my training log up to date, but just silently lurking in the forum keeping up with everyone. I haven't really had much to post about. For the past 2 months I've been running....and running....and running. This is my first time following a training plan this closely. I see the benefit over free-form training now. Even for my Oly I strayed quite a bit. I see the mistake in that.

I have decided to not deprive myself of fuel for my runs and I think I may be the only person in history to put weight ON while training for a marathon. The first week after my race will be me jumping back on the wagon. I bet I'd run much faster without these extra pounds. Then again think of how much faster I'll go once it's off in the spring.

I'm 3 weeks from hitting for the cycle (for you baseball fans). 2015 was a year of trying new things and proving things to myself.

5K - Done
10K - Done
10 Mi - Done
Half Marathon - Done
Sprint Tri - Done
Oly Tri - Done
Marathon - Talk to me in 3 weeks

In about 3 weeks I'll have to come up with new goals for 2016. So far I've only signed up for one HM in April....it's tradition. I'll really have to put some thought into next year since I know I don't have the time to devote to training for a HIM or IM. I think I peak at about 7-8 hours a week. Life gets in the way if I try to go beyond that.

What are everyone else's plans for 2016? I remember seeing some HIM and IM folks out there.

Dave - (and Autumm - welcome!!), I hope someday we can drink together a bottle of the redwine I make, it will another thing to add to your "to do" or "done" checklist.

Juan

Very nice, Juan!!! ( I finally got on a computer so I could see the downloads)
Yes, the positioning will take a bit to get used to - I agree!

The weather here has been garbage so I still haven't taken mine out yet - and frankly the pedals are so "tight" even with them on the easiest setting I have a hard time clipping out of them so I'm paranoid of not being able to unclip and buying the farm.
I have it up on my trainer (right next to me right now actually) but I don't feel like it's on the trainer tight for some reason. I have the trainer skewer on so it should hold it tight but I feel like there's a slight wobble to it compared to my road bike and I'm not sure what to make of that. I don't mind working the pedals to start getting some wear in there to make clipping easier but I hesitate to ride hard at all - not wanting to torque it too much. I'll play around with it some more and maybe do another comparison with my road bike to see if I'm just being paranoid.

On a sidenote - my private pilot student soloed on Tuesday! Yes, it's a pretty big deal (my ticket is riding on him not making a smoking hole...). For those with kids - imagine the first day of kindergarten and putting your 5 year old on the bus for the first time.....way worse than that. hahahaha.

Nice Mark, well done!! Good luck on the Oly!! I'll be praying for good weather for you!! So exciting!
I'm so happy to hear about more races going on - I feel like my season ended forever ago!