SBR Utopia - OPEN (Page 164)

I am here! I am here!
Would you believe I actually had to WORK for the past couple of days???! Horrors upon horrors, I am telling you, I am not really cut out for it. I did manage to survive the ordeal. Work for me often means being completely away from both internet and cell service, which is quite pleasant on occasion, actually.

I am racing this weekend as well - Rev3 Knoxville Olympic. Sounds like a big weekend for the group - good luck everyone!

Congra...... wait, what?

Yes...this is the confusing way my med school tells us if we passed or not. They send us an email saying "if you didn't get an email, you passed"...and then our OCD takes over and we check our junk mail and trash to see if we missed the "YOU FAILED" email. 

Depends if the race is affiliated with USA cycling.  Sort of the same thing as triathlons that may or may not be affiliated with USAT.  If they are affiliated, you have annual licences and one day as well.  Same deal...one day is about $10.  And you can't qualify for nationals, etc. without an annual license. 

I was thinking something like that too. It may not have been an issue before, but could be preventing things from getting better now. It's not always directly on the spot, which makes things tricky to figure out.

I'm ready for hot. Well I'm physically not ready...but I am ready...haha. 

Jason, do you remember if they had a shuttle running on race morning to the swim start from the Fairmont Orchid? I went through the race guide and didn't see anything about it. I think I'm going to book a room for myself and my friend at one of the hotels next to the Fairmont instead of driving up island early that morning. Just debating if its best to do that or closer to the Hapuna beach park. 

So it's an aquabike.

I always have stayed at Hapuna, but I am about 99% certain that they do have shuttles running from Fairmont to Hapuna on race morning.  I also believe they have shuttles running between Hapuna and Fairmont in the days before the race for those staying at Hapuna that want to do packet pickup and T2 bag drop off, as well as those staying at Fairmont that rode their bike over to Hapuna for bike drop off and need a shuttle ride back.

If you choose to stay at Hapuna, or somewhere not near Fairmont, just know that unless you have a ride with someone that can put your bike in their car, you will have to ride (with your T1 and T2 bag) back to your hotel.  I've seen many people make that ride from Fairmont back to Hapuna, which is about 6-7 miles...but it's dead into the afternoon wind and people hang their bags from their handlebars which makes me cringe.

IMO, the simplest solution would be to stay at or near Fairmont unless you have someone that can pick you up after the race.  In which case I would choose Hapuna because your race morning will have no rush.

Thanks Jason.

We have a 5k for me and Kim and a 1 miler for all three kids on Sunday.  Tough to work the balance of the workouts in around it, and Kim *might* be having shin splint issues again, but it's such a great race for the kids (and we see a lot of friends, as we used to live in the town that holds it).

Looking forward to it, but not expecting to do much with the actual race ("training through" as they say).

Good luck all!
Matt 

Impressive, does he have a running background?

Good news. 

That's great - really tough to get back on the horse...

My wife is still hesitant to ride (the biggest limiter to her doing tri's - she finds speed scary), and she's doing a lot more road races as a result.  Trying to work back onto the bike slowly.

Any tips?

Matt

I have no tips, this is only her second time riding outside.  Both times have been on a flat bike path to take cars out of the picture.  I think it will be just a matter of her riding more.  I'm not pushing her at all, if she brings it up I go along.

Wow. Those most have been some pretty impressive 12 miles -- all very high intensity, I assume.

No. I've not ever met anyone like that.

A local guy who used to race CC and MTB, I believe (not sure - maybe crits, too).  Now he's an old (40's) codger like me - but has a HUGE engine.  I've heard him referred to as the human lung.

Dude decides to hop into a local sprint tri last summer and does so well they made him race elite at the next one.

Impressive…  He's messing up all our local strava segments, as I have to turn myself inside out to get close to his cruise speed (and he can cruise straight up a wall, I think).