Quickstep Team Thread (Page 2)

Seriously they are the best!!!! We had Sean Kelly and someone for the Giro (just highlights) and it wasnt the same.. the other guy was good but Sean Kelly just didnt compare to the wealth of knowledge and skills of Phil and Paul 

Just a reminder before we get too far into this... Tour De France chatter about specific stages is not allowed in the team threads once the race gets started... there is a 24 hour blanket ban per stage...

This is because due to the day time viewing schedule in the US and Europe a lot of people have to tape the live action and watch it after work so... I do not want anyones viewing experience ruined by coming across results in a team thread... 

Good thing there is the TOur De France forum (where we can all chat away happily through each of the stages).. Im going to post a reminder of this in all the team threads before Stage 1 starts but given our current line of conversation I figured I probably should drop it in here...

I did respond to the wonders of Gert!!!!

Will meet you here: http://beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/forum-view.asp?fid=...

We can start a stage 1 thread and chat cycling until our hearts content!!! Although remember it willl be post midnight for me!!!

Sleep well

Yeah, that's about a 20min drive.  The altitude here is 5,400+ft, Scranton is in the Northeast Corner of Pennsylvania which was about 1500ft if that, not totally sure.  Major difference.

About the TV coverage -- supposedly the 5:30 AM showing here in AZ is LIVE  (We're GMT -7, I think; currently it's a little after 4PM here and my cell phone tells me it's just after 11 PM in London).   That can't be live, can it? 

Hmm I have coverage from 10pm my time and its a little after 9am here right now.. does that help? 

Just consider me an early starter, lol.

Hi Mike. 300 miles for a newbie, impressive. So when do you get to sleep then?

I was like you with the pics until my good friend CHR15 enlightened me. If you have Microsoft Office Picture Manager you open your picture with that. Click on Edit Pictures. Resize picture. I have to put in around 30% to get the size down to <200 KB, sometimes it's a bit hit & miss. I save to desktop & check size there. Can also crop out unwanted portions of pics. First one of you & the dog?

Seems I forgot to say ~ married, two boys 14 & 11 (ugh! Say no more). Live in the small town of Alsager in rural Cheshire, UK, below Manchester on the map. Very close to our lovely Peak District, hilly rides.

Took this shot on Tuesday's recce for my forthcoming challenge ride. Down the very steep lane, lots of gravel, into the valley & back up the steep slope to take the pic.

BTW, I'm 50 on Monday but don't tell anyone.

Hi fellow Quicksteppers!

Sorry for the late check in. Work has been a little crazy lately.

Little about me: 43 yr old female from Niagara Falls, Canada. Live with my partner of 9 years. Our children are all 4 legged variety (one you can see looking very stressed out in my avatar). I've been a Police Officer for 16 yrs, 15 years of that in uniform patrol. Since Jan I'm now in front of a computer 10-14 hrs/day doing the auditing for the department's crime stats (I still wonder what the heck I was thinking when I applied for that unit!!).

I have yet to do a Tri. I have a few really slow duathlons to my name from about 10 yrs ago as well as a few 5km and 1/2 marathon runs. I also play hockey (it's a Canadian thing).

My goal for this challenge is a modest 10 stages for 360 minutes. I've been such a slug and haven't gotten out at all this year. This will give me that little kick I need to get going.

Looking forward to getting to know you all. Let's go team and kick some butt!!!

Dee

triguynewbie - 2008-07-06 2:29 AM Well stage one is finally over, for me that is. Did a group ride with some fellow BT'ers today. It was my first group ride, my longest ride ever, and first shot at hills. I knew going into today was going to be tough just didn't know how tough. Thanks for the insight on the pics. I will work on that. I am going to try to post one from today. If it doesn't work I will try again in a bit. Oh I covered 59 of my 300 mile goal today and my legs still have not forgiven me. I have no climbing experience so I can tell you that this ride killed me today. I bent three sprockets on my cassette today. I didn't crash so I am not sure exactly how it happened. I am sure it was all that torgue my legs were cranking out!

Second day of rain here & no end in sight on the forecast. May have to get MTB out & wet weather gear just to get some miles in. Had pencilled in 50 for today but that ain't going to happen. Be lucky with 10.

Got my first ride in this afternoon. Too wet this morning. Smashed my PB by >17 mins. (& that was with three of us taking turns on the front) from over a year ago on the same flat route.

28 miles 1h 29:40 Avg 18.7mph. I'm well chuffed   Short warm down, 30.5 in all. Not as much as planned but at least I managed to get out.

Alright, that was fun.  I went out for only 30min, but that was mostly because the rain didn't hold off.  So it was 7.9 mi in the rain.  Oh, what joy.