Headless Horsemen Team Thread (Page 2)

Oh and I have to ask:

1) What do you ride?

2) If money was no object... what would you ride? (yes it can be more than one bike)

Hi,

I'm late addition to the team (kvesey is my call sign)...

I have 30 days to my first Ironman, so a couple of build weeks left before I finally get to that oh so sweet taper. I am down for 60 miles to keep me focused and moving forward. Kicked it off with a 2.9 mile run off the bike yesterday.

Thanks for having me!

Dave,

Did you go to Pitt too?  Cause then clearly we were destined to be on this team together.

--Mar

Pitt Alum

Enjoy the last month on your Ironman journey.  IMFL's on my list as my 1st IM for 2015.

2400 yd swim yesterday (yeah, I know it doesn't count for running) and a 5.7 mile run this morning...

[hijack] Not a Pitt alum, but went to kindergarten at Corl Street school in State College and grew up in Erie, PA.  Still root for the Pirates and the Steelers.  Where's 'home' for 'you'ins?' [/hijack]

2015? Holy cow, that's a long way out.

No taper feels better than an IM taper. Just be ready to get grouchy. I was a terrible grouch during mine last year. So be prepared for it and understand that it's perfectly normal.

That's the thing. I'm trying to decide if the extra speed (however much it may be) would justify the price. I'm at the point where that's really the difference between me and the guys 1 and 2 places up. I can hang with them on the swim, beat them on the run, but they have a good 2mph on me on the bike. Add race wheels to Companero (my bike) and maybe I can hang with them and move on up.

I grew up in A-town, PA, went to Pitt for 5 awesome years, then FL for a bit, VA now, getting the urge to move again.  So I usually claim Pittsburgh as home....it's a tough question to answer. 

and the proper spelling is YINZ n'at

Well, I pretty much reached my limit training for an HIM last spring.  Don't really want my wife to be a training widow and I don't want to miss watching my teenagers grow up (soccer, band, etc.).  But if I figure out a way to balance IM training and family life before then, I'll share it with you all.

Also, I might have a better showing in my age group.  I'll be 50 by then.  Not a lot of 50-55 age groupers.

So were you there when they filmed part of 'Silence of the Lambs?'

Well, I pretty much reached my limit training for an HIM last spring.  Don't really want my wife to be a training widow and I don't want to miss watching my teenagers grow up (soccer, band, etc.).  But if I figure out a way to balance IM training and family life before then, I'll share it with you all.

Good point. I did mine last year in September. Kids were out of school, wife teaches so she was out of school. Plus I work from home so it's not a problem to get an hour on the bike at lunchtime or during a conference call on the trainer.

I don't have any more IMs in the near future for the exact reasons you stated above. Hard to miss out on all that stuff. Right now it's just T-ball, but in a few years....who knows?

Heh.  I meant Moon Township, but I forgot about Flashdance...

Ha, I love that!  Of course my job is currently chief raiser of two rabble-rousers so no conference calls for me.

Don't count on that. There are some incredibly fast guys in that age group doing IMs. Joe Bonness, Jeff Cuddeback, and Kevin Moats just to name a few. It's not likely to get any less competitive by the time you turn 50. There is a guy in my tri club who was the number 1 ranked USAT male in the 40-44 group and he will be in his 50s in 2015. He's 45 now and still winning the overall at many of the smaller races. How fast he is, is just sick! I have another friend who goes to Kona every 5 years when he ages up. He can qualify at will and he is going this year since he is 45. He only does this every 5 years because he doesn't want to devote more time than that for IM training due to having a family with young children.

The point is, do IM when you are ready and it fits in with your life - but don't kid yourself about it being less competitive.

.  I'm not kidding myself at all.  I'm not out to beat those guys, or to podium.  I'm not really in that same category (just take a look at my blog and that should confirm it.    Just saying (more tongue-in-cheek than anything) that it's a lot less pressure doing an IM when people pass you and there's a '50' written on your right leg.  You get the to play the sympathy card.

It makes it even more fun to pass people with a '29' written on their leg.

Yeah, I'm a little self-absorbed and have ego issues, but that was quite a bit of fun passing people younger than me at races this tri season.

Point well taken, but I think our definition of 'competitive' is a little different.

Ah yes, I've had many trainer rides watching Spongebob. Those rule.