SWBKRUN Mentor Group-"Off Season?" What is that?!! (Page 255)

Rob is out of the water...

43.49 swim

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Rob Gaskell

Edited by swbkrun 2009-09-13 9:36 AM

Woo Hoo! Go Rob!!!

Now I have two boards to follow, Madison and this one. 

I saw the male leaders go by about 2m from my house.  Man are they rockets and not tough on the eyes either.  Those legs are something else.....on the way home some dork ran me off the road and up a curb.  He claimed he didn't see my signal.  I saw him slowing down so went to turn left when all of a sudden I hear him locking up his brakes, I turn around and boom.   Knee scraped up bad again in the same spot and stretched some ligaments in my left ankle which I am going to have to watch closely.  Other than that, my bike looks ok.  I'm off to watch some more of the race and then take up my slot for the rest of the day/night.

Rob's through the swim and first half of the bike.  I don't know that "canadian" conversion...but the numbers look fast.

Go ROB! 

Suzy, take care of yourself.

I would love to be with you at IM today.  Where are you volunteering? 

Awesome job Suzy!  And congrats on the AG finish.

I hope you are ok Suzy!  And I hope you take lots of pics today :-)

GO ROB!!!


Edited by fattyfatfat 2009-09-13 12:50 PM

Congrats on the race finish!  And I thought you were going to just cruise around the course.

What a fabulous Sunday afternoon.  I took the kids apple picking w/ some neighbor. 

Now I'm chilling and watching football.  I love fall!  And I think I have recovered from last night.

Linda

Right down on campus at a place called Library Mall.  It is close to our main drag, State Street so the area is packed.  I get to service runners both coming down and up State Street so it is berserk (in a good way).  There are 90 of us working at one time.  Best of all, the volunteer t shirt is my early trump card to register tomorrow morning.  If I bring it, I get to go into the "special line" ahead of all of the other slugs that are signing up, but didn't volunteer!

I'm off......

Rob's off the bike in 4:15:52! Go Rob!!!

Suzy, I hope the knee and ankle are OK. Take care and have fun out there today!

Hi gang.  First off way to go Steve and Suzy!   I was thinking of you when I was swimming.  I don't think either of you have done a race all year that you didn't hold a podium spot.  Super fantastic!!!!   

GO ROB!!!!!

I had a great training weekend.  Went down on Friday night to practice running on the course in the evening to get some race conditions and I set a PR for my race pace!   Was only 12 miles but the best 12 miles I've ever done.  I am excited for race day when I hit that part of the course again I'll have happy memories.

The next day was the swim.  Yup, the ocean is salty, yup 1.71 miles is a long way, and yup, I DID IT!!    Getting in through the waves was a learning experience but other than that it was all good.  Race Report is up and there is a photo album of the race if anyone is interested.  Here are a few photos to prove I did it.  Thanks for the advise Linda. It helped.

Edited by tahrens 2009-09-13 3:17 PM








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Congrats Tracey! Sounds like you had a great weekend. Fantastic pics too!

Great job Tracy

Well I did it, 51 miles this week.

Was a bit nervous after getting to bed really late but run wasn't bad at all today.  Based on Tuesdays 19 miler I took this one easy just in case so maybe that helped also.

Awesome training session dude.

HE DID IT!!!!  WAY TO GO ROB!!! YOU FINISHED!!

SWIM	BIKE	RUN	OVERALL	RANK	DIV.POS.
43:49	4:15:52	3:07:16	8:18:35	1282	38

LEG	DISTANCE	PACE	RANK	DIV.POS.
TOTAL SWIM	1.9 km (43:49)	2:18/100m	978	22
FIRST BIKE SEGMENT	25 km (1:03:25)	23.65 km/h
FINAL BIKE SEGMENT	68 km (3:12:27)	13.41 km/h
TOTAL BIKE	90 km (4:15:52)	21.10 km/h	1288	40
FIRST RUN SEGMENT	10.5 km (1:42:45)	9:47/km
FINAL RUN SEGMENT	21.1 km (1:24:31)	7:58/km
TOTAL RUN	21.1km (3:07:16)	8:52/km	1282	38
TRANSITION				TIME
T1: SWIM-TO-BIKE				7:14
T2: BIKE-TO-RUN				4:24

Suzy,  Enjoy all the fun...would love to be there.

Way to go Tracy.

Awesome job Rob.  Welcome to the club    Now, we want all the details! 

Great Job, Rob!!!  Awesome to be able to congratulate you, Mr. Half Ironman!!!    That's some big time heart and soul.  I am proud of you.   Way to get it done!

Rob--Way to go!  Can't wait to hear all the details in your RR!

Tracy--you are my swimming hero.  Swimming in salt, in waves like that is amazing.  Excellent, excellent job!

I volunteered for 5 hours today.  I was the sponge girl, a backscratcher, and  all around cheerleader.  The atmosphere was elecrifying and frightening all at the same time.  So, so many athletes were walking zombies by mid afternoon.  It was hot and very sunny and the vast majority were just spent. Walked a few people to the med tent to turn in their chips which was sad.  The really interesting thing is these athletes in all their pain and suffering were so polite; please and thank you were regular things I heard today. I saw some great finish times for two of my friends and am still tracking the rest, including TripleMom if you know her. I admit I briefly asked myself "are you sure you want to put yourself through this next year?".  I am off to stand in line at 5:30am tomorrow so I guess the answer is yes.

Way to Rob!!! Fun way to spend 8 hours I bet!!! Good job man.

Way to Rob!!! Fun way to spend 8 hours I bet!!! Good job man. Proud o

Way to Rob!!! Fun way to spend 8 hours I bet!!! Good job man. Proud of you. Now FOR SURE your wife is going to give you that butt massage!!

Edited by TrevorC 2009-09-13 7:49 PM

Awesome job Rob!  Congratulations on a great day!