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just a quick note about ryans bike accident, all party's were fine.  nobody actually even went down.  just hurt prides and hurt bikes, which might be worse than a few scrapes.

ugh.  hope you are okay, neil.  glad to hear it's just minor road rash.  maybe everyone should just lay low for the rest of the weekend.

Jess - welcome back!  You've been missed.  Sounds like you have a very busy season lining up for you.  Can't wait to see how it pans out.

Lisa, glad Ryan is OK (feelings aside.)  Maybe he can view the sratch as a medal of honor.  A brand new shiny bike is not a worn, well-ridden bike!  A few scratches, chips, etc just means the bike is well loved.

Neil, glad to hear are OK as well.  Road rashes can be nasty.  I still remember the photos Steve so graciously shared with us after his accident.

Steve, you sound like a proud papa, and deservedly so!

We went to the mountains this weekend.  Glorious weather!  On Saturday we went to a local park to watch the finishers come in from the Blue Ridge Mountain Adventure Race.  I think this may actually be something that Ivan aspires to.  In co-ed teams of three, they run, canoe, and mountain bike 35 miles, plus they throw in some other tasks along the way for fun (one year they had to saw a tree in half.)  If interested, you can read about it here: http://adventureracega.com/  The first team team came in at 7 hours and 9 minutes! 

race report is up:

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=203497

Great time Lisa and congrats on a PR!  Not too bad since you weren't really even training for this race.  Looks like you have a great season ahead of you!

Steve, I can't believe I forget to send GIANT CONGRATULATIONS for your coveted USAT honorable mention (am I even saying that correctly)!!  I know this has been a huge carrot for you so hopefully the accomplishment of this goal can be enjoyed.  I think a repeat ranking is a very honorable goal as well.  Congrats!

hey all,

just got back from bumpass, va.  it was an awesome, awesome start to the season. 

leading up to the race I had been dealing with what i thought could have been a calf pull.  come race day, it was feeling better, not great, but better.

the race was a 1500m swim, a 24 mile bike and a 10k. 

the swim was the hardest swim i have ever done.  this lake is huge and the chop was ridiculous.  there were actually whitecaps.  i almost felt a little sea sick at times.  it was crazy, but i was happy that i kept my cool the whole time.  there aren't official results out yet, but i think my time here was 28-30min.

the bike was fun, flat, fast course and it was windy!!  probably great practice for Eman.  I had new race wheels and a new aero-helmet and felt great.  again, nothing official here, but i think i was at around 1:11 on this.  that would put my avg speed at around 20mph.

i felt like death on the run.  it was a pretty hot day and it was a terrible out and back-2 loop course on rolling hills.  boring, boring, boring.  as bad as i felt, my pace was good.  i have 7:27, 7:29, 7:33, 7:36, 7:34, 7:46 for an avg of 7:34.  i was really happy with this seeing as my pace at reston in the fall was 7:59.  i've taken off quite a bit of time. 

overall I ended up at 2:30:something and placed 3rd in my age group.  the prizes were these really cool big beer mugs.  those were christened that very same night.  it was a great event for our team too.  we had 5 people out of about 15 leave with awards, including all three woman who are all 30-34.  one won 2nd over all, one won second AG and I got third.  there was a lot of drinking out of our beer mugs done on saturday night for sure.

it definitely was a great way to start the season.  I am so so happy with the results.

i hope you all had a great weekend.  steve, that is awesome news about the usat rankings!!! congratulations!!!!!

so, let me plant the see with you now.....we're thinking about doing triple t may 2011.  start waffling now

official results are up.

http://www.setupevents.com/files/RumpusInternational_AGWomen_2010.html

Ryan did great also.  he finished in 2:23.  we both had great bikes and runs, which made us both happy. 

Officially, my swim was 29:08, again, given the conditions, i am happy.

The bike was 1:11:17 for an average of 20.92

The run was 46:47 for an average of 7:32 min/ mile.  good enough for 1st in my AG. 

the aero-helmet was fine.  i thought it was just as comforable as my regular helmet.  i don't know if it made me any faster or even felt any faster, but it couldn't have hurt i guess.  this was my 1st race on new race wheels.  i picked up a pair of easton tempest 2 carbon wheels.  i took them out for the first time for a quick ride on friday and then raced with them on saturday.  whoa.  what a difference.  it was a windy day and a few times i was thrown a few feet acrossed the road.  it's scary getting used to them.  i'm a small rider so that doesn't help, but they definitely felt fast.

there is no thought at all of doing the october triple t because i just don't want to committ to something that big so soon after our first ironman.  ....but i have my sights set on ohio 2011.  one of the other woman in fexy (who finished 2nd overall in bumpass this weekend) and i were talking about teaming up.  it's a long way off, but it looks fun (in a stupid kind of way).

i'm sorry to hear about the neuroma thing?  how are you feeling?  that sucks.

...work by the way, is not going well this morning

next up, tour de skyline on April 30 to May 1st.  it's a 2 day ride, 110 miles out skyline drive and 110 miles back the next day, 20,000 feet of climbing.  ugh.  the good news is that it is an untimed, no pressure,  fun ride.  hopefully i can finish.  drop outs are common. 

what does this group have coming up next on their agendas?

oh, and happy birthday to lynn!!!!!!  she ages up!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh, yeh....having 30 written on my leg for the first time was not fun