Ironman Florida : Official Thread (Page 23)

Holiday + Bike path = obstacle course.  

So I went out for a ride/run yesterday to my typical bike route.  This bike route is the silver comet trail which starts just west of Atlanta and goes out about 60 miles to the Alabama border.  Normally a great trail other then the road crossings.  

My working theory heading out was that being a holiday everone would be at home grilling, drinking, and having a good time.  That was a miscalculation on my part.  There were people everywhere!!!  Most of us that normally use the trail day to day know the rules of the road but the memo obvious was not widely distributed.  People were on the right, left, center, blocking the whole path, kids and dogs running everywhere.  I thought that if I just kept going the crowds would thin out but man it was packed for at least 20-30 miles.  I was only doing a 40/4 so I had about 10 miles of relatively open path.  Lesson learned!

On the bright side I bought a new "triathlon" saddle and changed the position of it on the bike a little.  WOW!!  I had no idea riding a bike could be this comfortable.  In addition, I guess it was the change to a more forward position but I averaged 2 miles per an hour faster on yesterday ride.  I am not sure if it was a fluke thing but I hope that I can keep that up.

Happy Tuesday everyone  

2 months! Wow, it seems like just yesterday when I signed up. Has it really almost been a year? Time flies when you're having fun. Or when you train 20 hours a week, work full time, eat and sleep the other waking hours.

IMFLers--okay, life has been crazy for me, but I gotta get on this t-shirt thing if we're going to do it. I cannot give you prices yet, cause it depends upon how many are ordered. The more ordered, the less it costs.  I need to have t-shirt committments NLT say 21 Sept.  Then, I can get a price quote, and then y'all can send me money.  I will have both a pay pal and a check option. I will start a DIFFERENT thread specifically to get t-shirt sizes and numbers. I will post the link here once it is started.  If you put down a # and type, I expect you to honor that when it comes money time. The choices will be between an athlete shirt and a support crew shirt, each in regular t-shirt material and dri-fit material. Last year the regs were $15 or so and the dri-fit were $24.
T-shirts will look like this, with the BT logo on the front, and the "Support Crew" will only be on the ones for the support crew, otherwise it won't have any wording there. Go check the IronForum for T-shirt thread.

T-Shirt thread is HERE: http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=179286&posts=1#M2399715

check it out! 21 Sept deadline to put in #'s and sizes!

Thanks Brittany for organizing the t-shirts. The Aggie's will have to wear orange for the first time in their lives! lol

This is a lower intensity training week for me. I feel horrible and achy from not working out.  My coach thinks I may be anemic. I've been ordered to go and do something "fun" that is not triathlon related.