SBR Utopia - OPEN (Page 179)

Originally posted by mcmanusclan5 x5 or 6 on the gears, for sure. Otherwise it can turn into a mash-fest and blow your quads out... Prickly heat (heat rash up here in the less creative north) can, indeed, be a bear. Will it be under any part of your racing kit on race day? We raced this weekend as a family. Kim and I did a local 5k (PR'd at 19:35 by watch, 19:41 official, 8OA/3AG and Kim was 2AG - very happy to do that on tired legs), and the three kids did the mile (2 PR's, oldest got 3AG and middle got within a few seconds of her PR). Then hung around with friends in the sun... Good times! After that, hit the hills on my new tri-bike with a short run off the bike. Interesting climbing on the P2 vs. the Venge, for sure, but it sure was easier to run off it afterward! Good luck all ramping up for the race. Wish I were there to cheer you on! Matt

Love those family races! Congrats on the PR- that's speedy!

Spent two long days working over the weekend and couldn't get my long run in on Sunday as a result but I managed to get it done today instead.  20 kms in a city that I've never been in before (Brandon, MB) was fun.  

Tomorrow is the official production release to our users of a project that I have been working on for the last 2.5 years.  I'm pretty confident it will go smoother than another big release that we've all been subjected to in the last few days....

Good grief, that sounds insane!  Congrats on getting that done.

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That sounds awesome!!!! I should hope that you feel cooked after that!

What's your preferred cadence for tri's?  For tri's, I generally stay between 90 and 93.  Just curious what others do...

For group rides, it's whatever works!!

Thanks

Matt

Well played!

My experience is a bit different.  I use the 910 for swims - pool so I don't have to count too many laps (small brain, and I now listen to music swimming - love it) and OWS for pace/distance.  Also use it for running and find it quite helpful from intervals to distance/time, etc.

I ride with the 800 on both my road and tri bikes and, while it's a bit more clunky than an SRM or 500, I really like it and use many of the features (have used the map a few times in a pinch, including preloading a couple sweet rides that I'd have been lost on otherwise).  Many of my roadie/racer friends also ride with the 800.  Less than half as many use others, but not much less… 'Round these parts, 800's are as racery as anything (at least through Cat 2 - beyond that and they can do whatever they want!).

For tri's, I use the 910.  This season, I'm going to remove the 800 so I can get a bottle between my aerobars (first year with a tri bike instead of the Venge, so gonna try it), and just use the 910 for all three.  When I'm racing, I don't look at it much at all, except that this year I plan to monitor my power on the HIM and prolly the Oly's, too (sprints I look at HR some and mostly go by RPE).

So, I guess it depends (of course)!  I like having both.  If I had to pick just one, I'd go 910 cuz I s/b/r.  If I had to choose b/w a 500 and 800, well, I already did.  

Matt