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kickitinok - 2010-06-10 6:16 PM Andy - 

Have you checked-out the bike route for Saturday's race? Last time I was on Portland Ave. that far south it wasn't like...semi-paved with lots of potholes. Surely it's been repaved.

SSMinnow - 2010-06-11 7:16 AM Hey good swimmers, woud you ever try this?  Brett is one of the coaches in Chicago that I know and he teaches all sorts of advanced techniques for OWS...his athletes are all WAAAAAY better than me so I personally wouldn't be doing this one.  Just hope I am never on the receiving end!

SSMinnow - 2010-06-11 11:11 AM For those who fly Delta, it might be worth watching this if you plan to ship your bike.  Makes my FED EX experience look pretty darn good.

gdale - 2010-06-11 10:34 AM

Suzy...you are getting as good at finding YouTube videos as John is!!

badgerintx - 2010-06-11 8:29 AM

1st off, Suzy will you quit Pooping in the Lake!  

And on a serious note:  Anybody have any advice for a run to bike transitions?  I have done lots of tris...but never a du, so I have no experience with this one.  Do I try to run with a really fast cadence for the last 1/2 mile of the first run, so my legs are ready to ride?  Ha Ha.  

Oh well, adapt and overcome, as my Dad always taught me.  I am running this race in his honor so maybe this is fitting.

Dino 

SSMinnow - 2010-06-11 8:16 AM Hey good swimmers, woud you ever try this?  Brett is one of the coaches in Chicago that I know and he teaches all sorts of advanced techniques for OWS...his athletes are all WAAAAAY better than me so I personally wouldn't be doing this one.  Just hope I am never on the receiving end!

Mett - 2010-06-11 11:05 AM She works at BikeSource in Columbus part time. THat is how I met her. Her website is http://justtri.net

Cheap is good for me, i cant afford much over the 50 and even then I can only do it a month or two. I do have another ride set up on Sunday with my buddy who has done several tris.

I think she said coaching is her primary job.

ashort33 - 2010-06-10 10:52 AM

I am going to check it out today after packet pickup...  I think I heard that it had been repaved - how many loops do you think we are going to make? - I am thinking thee...

Havin'Fun - 2010-06-10 12:21 PM

I was taught to treat others like you want to be treated.  Besides someone could really freak out in this situation and an ows is not where you want to cause someone to freak.

Personally I would never intentionally swim over anyone!  My opinion is if you don't like the situation change it, but at your cost.  Speed up, slow down, go around, but never go over someone.   

I hope it is a joke!!!

ashort33 - 2010-06-09 10:00 AM

I am racing on Saturday - Oklahoma County Community College Super Sprint (500m, 14mi, 5k)!!!  Definitely a "C" race for me though. 

Plan - swim hard - 500m in 50m lanes - cruise the first 250 and then try to negative split the last 250...  Bike - push throught the pain - rpm 85+  HR 155-165  Run - hang on for dear life  - no not really - go out at a decent pace and then push it from the turn around back to the finish line!  EMBRACE THE SUCK!!!  (maybe I can improve my VT times for the guys team)

Holly and Trina are both supposed to do the race as well, so it looks like a MG race!  Plans for the rest of the day - lunch with the MG'ers and then an 80min RPE 6 ride around the lake and a drive home to Frisco (about 3hrs). 

HollyW - 2010-06-10 1:26 PM

I will be there!!  Going to go pick up the packet this afternoon.   Got a short swim in this morning & I am ready!  Andy, Trina - if you have time, post your race #'s so I can find ya.  I will post mine when I get home this evening.  We still heading to Charlestons after? 

kickitinok - 2010-06-11 12:32 PM

Holly - I'm on my way to the Y for a swim right now then down to pickup my packet. Will PM you with my race number. I'm down for lunch at Charleston's if that's the plan. Which Charleston's?

CyborgQueen - 2010-06-11 10:03 AM Sorry for not posting much. 

First it was my kitty, Keno - I just found out that she has FeLV - Leukemia, so it's been a bit rough for the last couple days. She's "okay" now. Just very anemic.  We have a couple months left with her.  It's been tough because last year we had to put down Blackjack (BEST CAT EVER!!) after just a year of owning him because he succumbed to FIP.  Now Keno - we had her since November. :-(  We're working on treatment options. So far, the only issue she has right now is she's anemic. Her brother, Reno, has been tested negative. There's a chance that he'll be a blood donor. 

 I'm doing good now and thinking positive, but it is a bit affecting my mental abilities the past few days. I am expecting to have a bit crappy training for the next few days. I am getting "uh I don't feel like doing anything" pangs and starting to feel blah.  I do have finals next week, and I'm off from school for 3 weeks, so hopefully with a much less demanding schedule from school, I will start to feel better and get my groove back.  At first, I was going to just give myself a week or so off from any training, but then I know I will have a bit of a hard time getting back into it. Luckily, my training schedule is not that all demanding as it used to be, so I'm happy if I have to cut a workout short or whatever, but at least I'll get it done. Is that okay?


Second reason why I'm not posting as much is the fact that I'm having problems viewing BT's site on my laptop. My Firefox kept crashing on me, and I tried everything, and decided to download Google Chrome. BT site won't show up, and it won't show up on IE either. So it's very weird, so I'm working on trying to figure out why I can't do stuff on BT (I can view the forums and people's logs, but can't post anything because I'm using Pagewash.com).   So, If you don't hear from me for a while, that's why. :-) I'll try to chime in if something catches my eye. :-)

Mett - Good luck with your coach consultation! I think everyone else covers the bases. If you don't click with her, look for someone else. Ask for client recommendations. See if she has a "trial" period. Most coaches charge monthly, so ask if she has a cancellation policy. Give it a try for a month. 

Good luck to all the racers this weekend!


 

Reno8 - 2010-06-11 4:37 PM Hey guys...just checking in and wishing all those racing this weekend good luck and fast times.

Been SUPER busy lately and have kind of been MIA from the computer...which is not a bad thing at all really

Going to the Marietta Butcher (AKA my Orthopedist) on Monday and I HOPE/PRAY/VODOO that he will let me start back running./..please send good thoughts and vibes that he comes to that conclusion.

Have a great weekend MG peeps and race hard and be safe.