Men's May Challenge Thread (Page 24)

wgraves7582 - 2010-05-27 6:14 AM Women are catching up in posts and % men!

wgraves7582 - 2010-05-27 9:47 AM

Bill - how was it in the wetsuit.  Our water is warm enough and I think the suit would kill me!

billsorg - 2010-05-27 10:14 AM

The suit felt pretty good... a little restrictive in the shoulders, but that's par for the course.  I got hot swimming in the Y pool with the suit on... they keep the pool at about 84 degrees.  I don't own a full suit, just 2 sleeveless suits, so my arms and face will really be feeling the cold water on Saturday.  But all-in-all the swim felt good and I'm ready to roll! 

wgraves7582 - 2010-05-27 12:06 PM

Yes I noticed that earlier and I gave approval for the clean ups.

we shall still see their legs

wgraves7582 - 2010-05-27 4:33 PM A little story about the engine being more important than the machine:

My buddy Todd and I were tour practicing - what does that mean - it means about 14-15 mph max.  We get passed by 2 litespeeds (about $4K each) on a flat stretch and I see them turn up a hill that I take to head home sometimes.  Todd broke off to see his mom and I turned and told him I was going to catch them to make them look bad.  It was a joke!!!

I catch them about 1/2 way up the hill on my Iowa steel touring bike.  I had my IPod on but I heard one of them saying something about my single up front.  I stayed in front up the whole 2 mile hill but they passed me on the downhill - which was fine.

So it is not always about the machine people.

pdbman - 2010-05-27 8:46 AM They were also talking about cleaning up the ranks of those that appear to have dropped out, have (with approval) adjusted their goals due to sickness and injury, and are pushing to get in extra workouts. Our comfortable lead isn't quite so comfortable any more.

wgraves7582 - 2010-05-27 3:33 PM A little story about the engine being more important than the machine:

My buddy Todd and I were tour practicing - what does that mean - it means about 14-15 mph max.  We get passed by 2 litespeeds (about $4K each) on a flat stretch and I see them turn up a hill that I take to head home sometimes.  Todd broke off to see his mom and I turned and told him I was going to catch them to make them look bad.  It was a joke!!!

I catch them about 1/2 way up the hill on my Iowa steel touring bike.  I had my IPod on but I heard one of them saying something about my single up front.  I stayed in front up the whole 2 mile hill but they passed me on the downhill - which was fine.

So it is not always about the machine people.

tri808 - 2010-05-27 5:12 PM I'm going to come up short on the run goal.  My planned 5 miler stopped at 3 as my right arch started to feel a little sore.  It's just not worth it to me right now to risk getting PF, so I'm cancelling running for the rest of the month.  I'll get way over my swim and bike goals, and my race goals is at 100%, so I'll likely be around 96.5% for the month.

I'll try to resume running on Tuesday...at a slightly slower pace and re-evaluate from there.

tri808 - 2010-05-27 7:12 PM I'm going to come up short on the run goal.  My planned 5 miler stopped at 3 as my right arch started to feel a little sore.  It's just not worth it to me right now to risk getting PF, so I'm cancelling running for the rest of the month.  I'll get way over my swim and bike goals, and my race goals is at 100%, so I'll likely be around 96.5% for the month.

I'll try to resume running on Tuesday...at a slightly slower pace and re-evaluate from there.

brick94513 - 2010-05-27 10:01 PM

Paul, shhhh....  Let them think they are closing in, then we will hit them with the big numbers from over the weekend.

wgraves7582 - 2010-05-27 6:33 PM A little story about the engine being more important than the machine:

My buddy Todd and I were tour practicing - what does that mean - it means about 14-15 mph max.  We get passed by 2 litespeeds (about $4K each) on a flat stretch and I see them turn up a hill that I take to head home sometimes.  Todd broke off to see his mom and I turned and told him I was going to catch them to make them look bad.  It was a joke!!!

I catch them about 1/2 way up the hill on my Iowa steel touring bike.  I had my IPod on but I heard one of them saying something about my single up front.  I stayed in front up the whole 2 mile hill but they passed me on the downhill - which was fine.

So it is not always about the machine people.