Pshorty's Group-GO NATHAN!!! (Page 29)

Did it last night actually (on the trainer).  6 sets of 5' at a 9 RPE then 3' at a 5-6 RPE.  I started dry heaving after the last one.

HAVE FUN!!

They do help though.  Just like run intervals help, but yeah, intervals are such a hard workout to get fired up over.

And biking quite nicely as well!  Slick 40 miler, Nathan.  And the 11 mile run the next day was impressive.  I'd say the training is starting to dig into you.  Nicely done. 

Ahhh.... I don't do heart rate.  Just how bad it hurts.  I guess this would be like the time trials I do.  They are... um... interesting.  The last one I did was a 7 mile time trial, which turned into 18 minutes of pure hell.  I'm talking blurry vision, snot flying, lungs exploding hell.

I'm noticing higher speeds hurt less now, so I guess they're working. 

Congrats Grace! what will you be doing for your internship? that is a great flat tire :-) I just bought an extra tube, but haven't bought the bike bag thing yet, so it's just sitting by my front door.

So after a frustrating spring of having to cancel every tri I had planned to do due to work/travel and moving I think I might have to bag the June one too. They moved it to Disneyland and now the swim is in the lagoon- is it just me or does that sound gross?? So I think I am going to go ahead with my marathon plans this year too. The Portland marathon is 10/5, so that's the one I am planning to do. I have always used runnersworld training plans, do you guys use those? I have my 1/2 at the end of the month so it seems like it'd be pretty easy to go into the full marathon plan after that. Advice??

ok, back to GRE math... 

1.  Congrats Grace!  Excellent flat tire

2.  The Lagoon at Disneyland?  Man made right?  Next to all the rides and stuff?  I have a feeling that may actually be the cleanest swim you'll ever do.

3.  Paul, I have never ridden a Felt, but they are my dream bikes.  Try out a Felt, Qroo, and Cervelo.  All of which are pretty similar in terms of pricing and what you get for your money, then go with the best fit.

Hold on now... a DA? 

pshorty - 2008-05-09 9:39 AM

sesh - 2008-05-09 10:18 AM

Hold on now... a DA? 

Ha! No. No DA for me. Unless you want to pitch in about $8000. I have a paypal account if that makes things easier The dealers around here all specialize in Cervelo, Felt, and QRoo. Also Trek and Giant, of course, but they aren't really on my list.

There's a 15 year old here in Jackson that is on that Hincapie Development team.  If I could have his Trek, I'd ride it.  Ofcourse, he paid nothing for it, and I'd probably have to throw out around 15 grand.  It's a pretty sweet ride.

I think the S22 and B12 are what I plan to look at when I finally go the tri bike route.  The only difference is the B12 has a carbon frame.  I'm wondering if the extra $700 for full carbon would be worth it, though, because I'm pretty sure Felt makes one hell of a nice frame, no matter what the material.

It's up outside of San Francisco- my parents and tons of friends live there so it's a good opportunity to mix a race with visiting. And have a built in cheerleading team? :-) 

 So I think it's totally gross, and then I went to the registration page and they shortened the run to 2 miles and that sealed the deal on me not doing this one (and shortened the bike to 9 miles i think. Lame. not paying $100 for that, especially since the Disneyland factor is a drawback rather than an incentive.... seems like people are really into it being at Disney so I guess it's just me who thinks that's pretty stupid, especially since you can't even bring people to watch unless they want to pay the entrance fee. Anyway,that's my rant for today.

 I had a longgg run today and immediately followed it up with a chocolate ice cream cone- am not sure that it qualifies as a great recovery food but I'd run 10 miles anyday if the run ended at the ice cream shop- so I highly recommend it!!