Fred D Mentor Group - Part II (Page 23)

Good luck on the test.....  indoors or out?

I can't sandbag the swim, it's the only weapon in my arsenal!

I think I found my new bumper sticker!  My worst pre-race nightmare is waking up on race day to a canceled swim.

Good luck to all of you racing this weekend! I'll be putting your bib #'s in my Irontrac app so I can follow your progress.

Outdoors...on a hill climb, on my road bike.  So the numbers will be inflated, but for the purposes of my A race which is a hill mountain climb.    Shooting to start out at 315, and see if I can hold on for dear life.  Last year's test around this time was 301.

I just saw that.  Well, luckily there is a strong current in the Hudson right?  I mean, they were saying that even the noodlers should be able to float 1:10 on this "swim".  So hopefully that means the sewage will have washed out by then.

I just got a call from the lady running the run special needs team. I get to help the runners get their stuff out of their bags.

I have to think of all kinds of motivational things to say to them.

I have to practice saying it with sympathy and not "you signed up for this sucker"

We are at half way through the run apparently. I start at 12:30. They expect the pros around 3ish.

Well said, Fred. I have found it strange all year how so many folks seem to want this particular race to be a failure. The outright giddiness expressed by some about the potential for a cancelled swim is bizarre.

Oh, and Elaine - way to sit our buddy down in that other thread.

Thanks for that - never knew Irontrac existed - downloaded. If it works as advertised, that should be a buck well spent.  I always thought it was too bad RaceDayTracker didn't make it, and I still love the "watching" threads...

FYI, Rusty, Irontrac is NOT perfect.  I started using it at Oceanside, their first race.  They keep getting better, so they're reading the comments.  You can't look up racers until about 4-6 hours before the start.  And they don't always update all the splits.  I'd say it's well worth the $1, but $2 would pushing it.  I guess it's like Ironman Live on your mobile.

I'd do LP, probably not NYC though.  But there's more reasons than the Hudson for that.

I'm surprised I didn't get a warning for calling out another poster.

If I was a moderator, I would have gave you a warning...but only after I stopped laughing. 

We have a couple mods on this thread.  They can discipline me.

Thought he'd have at least one example photo of each.