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I use the light in the link below. I attach one to the saddle bag under the seat and one to the chain stay. Good visibility at distance. I do not use a light on the front of the bike but have noticed that the white front mounted lights do get your attention when riding toward one. I also try to wear a bright/flourescent color jersey when riding. Nothing guarantees that someone will see you but anything that can help is a good thing,

http://www.princetontec.com/swerve

Was able to catch the second half of the soccer game over lunch. Whew.....some close calls but we pulled through. Survive and advance!

Invisible.  I saw that orange shirt and only when I was nearly passing the rider, did I see the red flashing light.  That is the case in numerous instances.

A while ago, Jordan Rapp did a piece on lights and lumen level.  I meant to buy one based on that piece, but forgot to.  Is 750 lumen max?  

I never thought about putting a light on the front of my bike until last year.  Given my bottle mount and size of my bike, I haven't been able to figure out where the heck to put it.  My helmet? 

Blanda, congratulations on your race! When you have time please post more pics of your training grounds! I'm always so jealous.

I can't really add anything to the discussion concerning bike lighting systems as 99.9% of all of my workouts are on the trainer. Which is kind of weird considering I was a roadie before starting triathlons. However, I've never really ridden when lights would be needed on the bike. Maybe on a few cross state tours by someone in our group always had lights. 

I can't believe tomorrow is already Friday. Where did the month of June go? I wish the school year went by as quickly as the summer does. 

With the weekend almost here....do we have anyone racing?

Hard to believe June is almost over and the year half finished. 

For the soccer fans:

http://elitedaily.com/humor/what-would-it-look-like-if-a-football-coach-coached-soccer-video/

Way to HTFU and take one for the team!!

Got a private swim lesson this morning from my Masters coach since I was the only one there.  We did LOTS of catch-up drill work...I have a habit of starting the pull too quickly before my recovering arm gets far enough forward.  This really becomes a problem when I roll to breathe (or I guess more accurately, pick my head up and out to breathe ).    About 45 minutes or so in the pool, maybe 1300 meters (lots of discussion).

Originally posted by GoldenSprocket Nobody racing this weekend? Hard to believe with this group. Got a 42 mile ride in this am. Perfect weather. Also just order a 5 swim lesson package. Here's hoping I can become a fish!

Me!  I raced the hilliest sprint in Wisconsin!  I won my AG!  Good swim (2:07/100), really good bike (18.6mph) and of course my run suffered (8:44) after being off for three months.  Happy!

Off to Minocqua.  More later!

Originally posted by SSMinnow

Originally posted by GoldenSprocket Nobody racing this weekend? Hard to believe with this group. Got a 42 mile ride in this am. Perfect weather. Also just order a 5 swim lesson package. Here's hoping I can become a fish!

Me!  I raced the hilliest sprint in Wisconsin!  I won my AG!  Good swim (2:07/100), really good bike (18.6mph) and of course my run suffered (8:44) after being off for three months.  Happy!

Off to Minocqua.  More later!

Great job Suzy.......fantastic result coming off the knee surgery. Good for you!

Originally posted by GoldenSprocket Nobody racing this weekend? Hard to believe with this group. Got a 42 mile ride in this am. Perfect weather. Also just order a 5 swim lesson package. Here's hoping I can become a fish!

Nice job on the ride.....and good luck with the lessons. Swimming is such a technical sport I think it would be hard to be a really strong swimmer without some lessons to address certain issues.  

I had what I call a "race ready" workout today. These workouts are always tough and I guess the purpose is to put in some significant time on the bike and run at race power and pace. Since most of my races this year are sprints my workout simulates sprint distance and paces.  After a 30 minute warm up on the bike it was:

3X(10 min. at race/just over race watts on the bike....then transition quickly to the run and do 1 mile at goal pace or better)

Last year when I was doing several olympic distance events it was 6-7 intervals @10 min on the bike followed by 1 mile run. Paces/power were a bit lower. No way I could have done 6-7 today at sprint power/pace. 

I was able to do a bit better than the prescribed power and paces but it was a sufferfest in the heat/humidity. I had pools of sweat in both my running and cycling shoes when I finished.

Longish run tomorrow and maybe a short swim. Next week things lighten up and I'm ready for some recovery.

That's a really nice week of running. Total Immersion has helped thousands become more confident swimmers. Hope it helps. I watched alot of the TI videos/instruction when I first started swimming and it certainly helped me.

Originally posted by GoldenSprocket

Originally posted by wannabefaster Brown is a beautiful school. I would be very happy, but much poorer, if my son went to school here. Providence is crazy hilly. Ran for 45 minutes this morning with some crazy steep hills in there. Suzy. I couldn't be happier for you. Way to get back out there and crush the spirits of your competition

You think Brown is nice, bring him up to Dartmouth.

I'll have to second the vote for Dartmouth. When my son was looking we flew up to the NE to visit several schools in Feb. 2012. It was a really mild Winter and there was no snow at Dartmouth despite the fact that they were getting ready for Winter Carnival. Someone told me they had to truck in the snow for the snow sculpture........which was a big cupcake. Beautiful campus, excelllent school and a pretty town.  Not sure how many sunny days with temps in the 50s you have there in Feb. but thats what it was like when we were there. In all I think we visited 10 schools and Dartmouth was top 2 in my book with beautiful campus/area.

There are alot of great schools out there. So many of the large State schools now have an "honors college" within the university which is suppose to provide students with a more individualized program, smaller class sizes and the benefits of a "smalller school" within a large university. I think Brown is very unique in how it handles core classes etc. Very flexible if I remember. Your son will find the right fit.........have fun with the process.