SWBKRUN Mentor Group-"Off Season?" What is that?!! (Page 174)

KauaiShan - 2009-07-21 7:28 PM "My name is Shannon .... and I am addicted to the Tour de France".

PS - how about Lance bridging that gap today?

fattyfatfat - 2009-07-22 9:16 AM Heading out tomorrow to in-laws lake house up in South Carolina for a week.  Should be able to get a lot of time in the water.  Thrilled to be hanging out with her folks.

U2 is playing Croke Park in Dublin this weekend.   There is an OLY in the Wicklow Mountains (amazing part of SE Ireland) and one in Galway, my favorite city in Ireland.   I can rent a bike and a wetsuit.  We can leave the kids with her folks and get a non-stop out of Atlanta.  I talked to Jarrett about it yesterday but something else must have been on her mind because she wouldn't stop laughing.

Havin'Fun - 2009-07-22 8:25 AM

Isn't she 6 - 7 months pregnant?  

gadgetlaw - 2009-07-22 11:18 AM I admit *secretly looks around for boss* that I have been watching Lance online since I got to work this morning.  He is amazing and was unbelievable to watch yesterday too!  I too am addicted to the Tour!

swbkrun - 2009-07-22 10:55 AM www.steephill.tv plays most races live on-line.  Pretty cool sight.  For me this weekend-- Oh wait today is my Friday.  Heading to a place down in Oregon to stay for a few days in the woods... No racing (unless we are talking about shotguning beers?), just friends, family, cocktails, and the occasional trail run!!!

fattyfatfat - 2009-07-22 1:05 PM
we're not?

man you got the life out there. 

tahrens - 2009-07-22 12:20 PM STOP TALKING ABOUT THE RACE RESULTS!  YOU'RE RUINNING MY TRAINER RIDE TONIGHT!!!    Like you Shannon I like to ride the trainer while watching and think I can keep up.

I too am a hug TdF junky.  Steve, I saw that crash, it looked like he slid on his face!  I haven't heard anything else about him, how is he doing?   I loved watching Lance bridge that gap yesterday.  Awesome.  I must say I am quite miffed at Team Garmin for screwing George the other day. There was no need to do that for it didn't gain them a thing.  Oh, and I think Cadel Evan is a whiney baby!  Plus I love the Schleck brothers. They make me smile just to look at them.  And I think Cavendish got hosed with that sprint finish DQ!  There, my rant is over.

Dannett - you are never too fat to race!  You may not go the speeds you want but never think you are too fat to race!

Kim - I also was amazed that I wasn't sore after my half.  The thing that surprised me was how little energy I had and how weak I was.  I was so pumped the following days that I headed right back to the gym but found I couldn't perform at half of my training level. It took me about 2 weeks before my strength fully returned.  But I never lost my mojo immediately after.  I think I was glowing in the "I can do anything now" afterglow.

No race for me but I am trying to find a sitter for the girls so I can join my bike group to ride in a charity ride.  The Cup and Cone for Linda and Doug.  I always seem to tell my husband to go and then I stay with the kids. This isn't his fault - it is mine - but I always seem to do this!

And guess what, I am one bike ride away from passing ALL of my totals from 2008!  I've already passed my total swim and running distances and am about 25 miles short of passing my bike total!   This is very cool for me!!

DougRob - 2009-07-22 12:23 PM Tracy:

Word is that Jens' injuries from the crash are not serious. Painful but not serious.

Doug

dalessit - 2009-07-22 12:09 PM

Sam and I like to call those days BK  (Before Kids). I can vaguely remember those care free days...

tahrens - 2009-07-22 12:20 PM

And guess what, I am one bike ride away from passing ALL of my totals from 2008!  I've already passed my total swim and running distances and am about 25 miles short of passing my bike total!   This is very cool for me!!

fattyfatfat - 2009-07-22 1:43 PM

 Jarrett has had a front row seat to my changing into what am am today, thanks MG!, and now she wants to get out there after the new one arrives.  This is going to cut into my training time!!!!

So I have BK and BJSFT.  Before Jarrett Started F'ing Triathlon.

dalessit - 2009-07-22 1:21 PM Also if you didn't notice there is a whole TdF section near the bottom.

A group of us that watch live chit-chat about the race as it's going on.

Also lots of info as people don't know whats going on so there are some decent explanations if you don't know how bike races work.

Once you figure out how things work it makes it a lot more interesting to watch I think, unless you are just using it to scope out guys...

SSMinnow - 2009-07-22 2:23 PM Big Favor....for those of you who are my FB friends, my husband had a good suggestion of what I shoudl do on my rest day.  Can you poke him? bash him? send him to the principle for a spanking?  My FB handle is Suzy Shain.

SSMinnow - 2009-07-22 3:51 PM News from Lance.  Does this mean he is going to keep racing? Dare to dream.