Asphalt Junkies CLOSED AND GETTING OUR FIX (Page 18)

On a tragic and sad note, I'm not sure if any of you heard about the tragedy which happened up here last night.  5 policemen were shot and 1 killed while at a house during a drug investigation near the seacoast of New Hampshire.

The man killed was the 46 year old chief of police of Greenland NH, and he was scheduled to retire next week.  Senseless tragedy.  The state is in a bit of a state of shock since we somehow tend to believe this sort of thing doesn't happen up here in our sleepy neck of the woods.

Sorry I have been away from the forum and training today but I was busy shopping for this \/\/\/\/\/\/

Now its not a Trek Speed Concept but this will do for my first tri bike.  I figure I'll build this one up a little over time.  It did come with Ultegra derailleurs and shifters and a carbon fork.  I'll have to get some faster wheels later and a new lighter, faster cockpit.  These things will be much easier on my budget in a slower process.  I go for a fit Monday but I am planning a ride tomorrow to give it a nice test run.

I'll also get a better pic up tomorrow.  This one's pretty dark.

Good luck Vero!!!!! You'll crush it!

Just stopping in to say hi before I head off in the morning for my first race of the year! Five miler around a park in DC. It's going to be awesome! I'll have to go back and read everyones post tomorrow with one exception - My heart goes out to the family of the police chief killed up there in NH. It's a tragedy.

John

Sorry I have been away from the forum and training today but I was busy shopping for this \/\/\/\/\/\/

Now its not a Trek Speed Concept but this will do for my first tri bike.  I figure I'll build this one up a little over time.  It did come with Ultegra derailleurs and shifters and a carbon fork.  I'll have to get some faster wheels later and a new lighter, faster cockpit.  These things will be much easier on my budget in a slower process.  I go for a fit Monday but I am planning a ride tomorrow to give it a nice test run.

I'll also get a better pic up tomorrow.  This one's pretty dark.

Good luck Vero!!!!! You'll crush it!

Just stopping in to say hi before I head off in the morning for my first race of the year! Five miler around a park in DC. It's going to be awesome! I'll have to go back and read everyones post tomorrow with one exception - My heart goes out to the family of the police chief killed up there in NH. It's a tragedy.

John

Sorry I have been away from the forum and training today but I was busy shopping for this \/\/\/\/\/\/

 Now its not a Trek Speed Concept but this will do for my first tri bike.  I figure I'll build this one up a little over time.  It did come with Ultegra derailleurs and shifters and a carbon fork.  I'll have to get some faster wheels later and a new lighter, faster cockpit.  These things will be much easier on my budget in a slower process.  I go for a fit Monday but I am planning a ride tomorrow to give it a nice test run.

 I'll also get a better pic up tomorrow.  This one's pretty dark.

Dirk, that is a BEAUTIFUL bike!  enjoy and let us know what U think.

Vero, be sure U let us know about the race. good luck!

I did get 8 easy miles of running in yesterday and a short swim session.

OPn my way to take my son to a baseball tourney.  He is on a travel team and we spends lots of time on that, so no training this weekend.  If the motel has a heated pool, I might get in it early tomorrow or get a run in.

See ya'll when I get back.

Enjoy ur weekend and train HARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did you honestly just post a non-drive side picture of a sweet bike in the dark!?  You're killin' me!

I am however very excited for you.  The S22 is an awesome bike.  A buddy of mine races on an aluminum frame 2005 cervelo dual and wins almost every race he enters, so guess what!?  NO EXCUSES NOW BUDDY!!!

Congrats.  That's so awesome.

Good luck Vero!!!!! You'll crush it!

Just stopping in to say hi before I head off in the morning for my first race of the year! Five miler around a park in DC. It's going to be awesome! I'll have to go back and read everyones post tomorrow with one exception - My heart goes out to the family of the police chief killed up there in NH. It's a tragedy.

John

Have a great weekend Karl, enjoy the time with the boy and some time off of training.  Don't go crazy on hot dogs and beer!

haha...I did see it on FB.  It's an awesome bike Dirk.  You're gonna kill it.

What do you mean the weather isn't favorable!?  There isn't a cloud in the sky here and it's supposed to be 70 today....the leaves on the trees aren't even moving it's so calm.  Okay....that last part was a lie.

I'm heading out for 30 miles with a buddy of mine out of Boston today.  Really looking forward to it.  The workday can't end soon enough!!

Dirk sorry to hear about the weather today. That's just not right it's like having Christmas morning and not being allowed to open the gifts. I was gonna take a day off today but I finished my work before 3 am last night and got a good night's sleep so like Jonathan said the wheather here in the Northeast is pretty nice might as well take advantage of it. I don't think I can pass up the chance to get out on the bike for an hour or two today. Besides I don't want to be the only slacker here with everybody else racing and training today.

1:48:09...which is awesome by the way.

The McMillan running calculator puts you at a 1:47:34 based on your 10 mile time.  If you haven't seen this tool before, here's a link: http://www.mcmillanrunning.com/index.php/site/calculator
It's pretty cool- it will show you comparable times for other distances based on a race of the distance you ran.  It will also calculate your training paces (recovery, long, easy, etc).   

That running calculator is awesome! I'd never seen one that had that much detail before.

Just dropped in real quick - fantastic race this morning. I had sort of a taper this week because I hadn't been able to get out. I decided to give it everything, so I got myself going quickly and spent the first half with my HR around 5 beats below my LTHR. Cruised the first 2./5 at that and allowed myself to creep just a few beats above for the next 1.5 miles, then just ran like crazy for the last mile. Completely unexpected results - a sub-8/mile performance with negative splits in my first race of the season. Time was 39:26, which put me at a 7:57 pace, according to my watch.

My dad and sister were running too, and I came back so quickly my mum didn't have the camera ready. I'm smug about that!

Just had to share that, I'm heading out to celebrate with some playoff hockey and a couple of beers!

John