Team Gear Goddesses (Page 17)

Updated through Thursday 6/23. One week remaining.

Ride Lots!

oh no!  Rest up and heal fast- what happened?

Goddesses, fear not about me: I'm actually at 80% as of this morning (not the sorry 68% he shows) and I'm good to get in my remaining 24 miles in the next week.  I'm just going to scare you, though, since I'm off-line all next week, incommudacado, not able to log - until JULY 1!  So the final results won't be final until I get a chance to log, okay?

Gwendal

Gotcher back!  I peeked at your logs a few minutes ago and had a bad feeling...

Get better, we will need you strong for the next challenge

Ladies...

Have you all looked at Bear's updates XLs File? 

Gwendal's correction notwithstanding we are QUITE A WAYS BEHIND!

This is it, Gear Goddesses, the final push, our very last weekend to throw the bones' smack back into their faces.  We MUST encourage our fellow goddesses while riding our tails off!  Load up on the chamois butter and RIDE, GODDESSES, RIDE!!!

It ain't over 'til it's over!

We have 6 days left in this challenge. I am so impressed by the Goddesses! You are all working so hard; it's humbling to see.

Keep up the good work and have a great weekend on your bikes!!

You haven't let anyone down - if you're hurt you shouldn't ride - no one wants you to ride injured. I think the bear tosses out the highest and lowest percentages, if I recall correctly, so you will just get bumped off the total anyway.  It's all good.  You can still be a cheerleader, right?

Hey, Jodi - make your goal and I'll buy you a beer during RAGBRAI to celebrate!  What do you say?  Same offer to any of my other sister Goddess doing the big ride!

Tania - I wouldn't worry about it, and would keep your goal the same.  We've already shown them enough mercy by letting them kick one of their injured teammates to the curb, since they just couldn't pull together like a team and put in extra miles like the Goddesses have done.  One has to wonder what their team percentage would be if they hadn't done that.

And for our injured Goddesses....don't worry!  Those of us that can still ride will put in extra miles for you! 

Do not change your goal. You signed up for the century after the challenge started (I think) and did you not recently admit to the new found love affair with your bike? That's why you'll be so far ahead.  What's their deal anyway??? It's likely you'll be dropped from analysis because you are rocking the bike.  (they are just jealous)   You are a bike goddess. You are training for RAGBRAI. You and Grodi Jo will smoke me there. I'll be the one you pass (and also the one at the free kegs).

Hey, Jodi - make your goal and I'll buy you a beer during RAGBRAI to celebrate!  What do you say?  Same offer to any of my other sister Goddess doing the big ride!

Tania- They have waaaay more people who have already substantially surpassed their goal and they don't seem to think they are sandbagging. Though I do find it funny that the team that bitches the most about sandbagging..... *wanders off muttering to herself*

Hey where's your name on the list? Maybe our average is a little better than it looks?

Ok, twist my arm.

And Tania, I was reading the boney thread...don't let them get to you. They could be accused of sandbagging too with the number of them well above goal with 6 days to go. Oops, correction...or planning to be well above goal.

Sarah 

Thanks Kim - I'm up near the top. As of this morning, I am at 126%.

Woo Hoo - Sarah and Jodi and Tania - drinking their way across Iowa (is there any other way?). Don't worry, there is nothing the bone bones could say to upset me - but if they did, it would just make me ride more.

I lubed my chain last night... (no, that is not a euphamism for ANYTHING) and I purposely rode 2 miles around the neighborhood to make sure everything was shifting smoothly and the lube was well distributed.

So, I'm now at 259.11/270 or 0.95966666666666666666666666666667.

I've got 16 or 17 miles to ride on Sunday @ the race, so that will put me over the top.... I have a group ride on Monday, which is another guaranteed 25 or so.... and I intend to ride with my husband at least once whilst on vacation next week. So I've got your back, Raku! It's all about pacing ourselves anyway... Steady goes it!

I will get myself to the library to post my miles on Friday July 1, (Maybe I'll ride my bike!) since I will not have internet access from work while on vacation.

Never fear, we'll pull this one off yet.

Whizzzzzzzzzzzzz

Malgal, if you attain 100% of your goal you should be proud of yourself. I know I will be when I hit 100% of my goal.

The goal of the challenge is to make better cyclists and triathletes of us. The competition with the boys just makes it a bit more fun (for some).

The boys, bless their hearts, are hellbent on recovering their masculinity after 2 losses to the women and, frankly, I hope they do. If we win this 3rd challenge, we will still lose because our dear, male partners in training will have lost something vitally essential to their manhood and that would be sad. I enjoy the smacktalk but am enough of a woman to know that men need to be Men.