swbkrun Mentor Group- CLOSED FOR BUSINESS!!! (Page 177)

kkcbelle - 2010-06-18 10:45 AM Thanks for the bike rack comments!! I was lying in bed this morning (because I didn't have to get up at the crack to work out to get home to get the kids off to school cuz SCHOOL'S OUT [at long last] and I get to do my **very short** run while they're at swim practice later this morning!)... anyway, I was lying there thinking about how I can get the darn shelves out of the garage so have more room to pull car forward to keep bike rack on. It will involve some work on my part (dammit) but I'm going to think through it. In reality, I may not need to move multiple bikes THAT often, but the kids are becoming better and better bike riders and can do more and better rides (daughter now has a gear bike), but we can only go about 2 miles from home before there are significant hills. They can be a buzzkill at the end of a "this is supposed to be fun, kids!" ride -- hence the wish to make it easy to move multiple bikes around.

Happy race prep, peeps who are getting 'er done this weekend!! 

velcromom - 2010-06-18 10:54 AM here goes...

kkcbelle - 2010-06-18 9:03 AM My legs cannot compete with this bunch. I'm so impressed!!! 

velcromom - 2010-06-18 9:45 AM Lots of clipper work needed...

velcromom - 2010-06-18 11:04 AM Rob - photo's too big, and I can't figure out how to resize it...

velcromom - 2010-06-18 10:54 AM here goes...

kkcbelle - 2010-06-17 5:55 PM REAL QUESTION:

Does anyone have a bike rack on a minivan, likes, dislikes, products to recommend? It's time for us to take care of this -- we plan to get a hitch installed and a hitch mount bike rack. Current problem is that our garage isn't long enough to keep the rack on the car and the car in the garage. My husband seems to think this is a total non-issue and I can just put the bike rack on every time I want to take multiple bikes out. I think he's full of it. But seeing has he has yet to ride his bike since we've lived in WA (almost 6 years), clearly he does not know that of which he speaks. Anyway, if anyone has any real-life experiences to share, I'm all ears! 

ETA: We could fit rack on car in garage if we moved some shelves, but that isn't flying so far with the hubby. (Can you tell my priority is bikes on the car and his isn't!? 

fattyfatfat - 2010-06-18 5:03 AM wow.  talk about peer pressure!   haha.   i might be spectating in penticton trevor.  its going to be very hard to pass this one up.  anyone else? 

no word on a relay yet suz.  come to think of it does any branded 140.6 have a relay? 

Redknight - 2010-06-18 9:00 AM

Very Nice Linda now lets get them puppies up as your avatar

swbkrun - 2010-06-18 12:41 PM

No relays for "Ironman" branded 140.6.

I will be there!  Fly into Seattle John!

kkcbelle - 2010-06-18 12:03 PM My legs cannot compete with this bunch. I'm so impressed!!! 

velcromom - 2010-06-18 12:04 PM Rob - photo's too big, and I can't figure out how to resize it...

SSMinnow - 2010-06-16 6:35 AM Who's already thinking about the weekend and their big race?????  Excited? Freaking Out? Give us the scoop.

Since so many people are racing in the next couple of weeks, tell us the #1 thing you do after you've hit the finish line to ensure recovery? And I swear if John says Beer I am coming to TX with some chocolate milk!

velcromom - 2010-06-18 11:06 AM

sure they can!!!   Look how far they've taken you!   Speak nicely to them now, you're asking alot in 9 days!   BTW, accuweather has dropped the forecast high for Sunday to 68!!

La Fondue was as amazing as always....and I'm still full.  Finished with dark chocolate and Grand Marnier....mmmmmm

fattyfatfat - 2010-06-18 3:49 PM i think i just found my current temperature threshold for my run.  97 with 112 heat index it is.  

fattyfatfat - 2010-06-18 2:49 PM i think i just found my current temperature threshold for my run.  97 with 112 heat index it is.  

SSMinnow - 2010-06-18 3:53 PM HI Gang...haven't caught up on the posts yet, but I did see those legs....hubba, hubba!  You girls that wear those heels put me to shame.  Why is it the shortest MG member always wears flats????

Did my practice swim in 3-4 foot waves.  I can honestly say I have never experienced anything like this before. Holy sh$t.  My training partner ending up getting motion sickness and nearly puked on the way back in.   Check out the flags blowing in the wind that comes from the ocean....uh, I mean lake.

SSMinnow - 2010-06-18 4:53 PM HI Gang...haven't caught up on the posts yet, but I did see those legs....hubba, hubba!  You girls that wear those heels put me to shame.  Why is it the shortest MG member always wears flats????

Did my practice swim in 3-4 foot waves.  I can honestly say I have never experienced anything like this before. Holy sh$t.  My training partner ending up getting motion sickness and nearly puked on the way back in.   Check out the flags blowing in the wind that comes from the ocean....uh, I mean lake.