Discovery Team Thread (Page 3)

Hey guys.  I just read the original thread about this challenge and saw this:

Throughout the challenge, in addition to the number of stages cycled, team leaders will also be collecting the times and types of sessions raced (loosely based on their TDF definition of flat/rolling, mountain and TT stages) by their team members so we can compare our efforts with those in the peloton in France using average speeds, course distances and other interesting facts from this years Tour De France.

Team members will be required to post their weekly results with their team leader each Monday with team leaders sending me their team results by Tuesday afternoon so I can try and get all tracking online Tuesday night/Wednesday morning (USA time of course!)

Is this still part of the plan.  Sorry, I didn't report this.  Any other specs I should be tracking?

Way to go everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Great job!!!!!

I did my third "ride" today when I commuted to and from work.  I normally take a longer route, but wimped out this morning because of the heat and humidity.  A cold front moved through and now the temps are great, but I took the short way home because I have ribs cooking in the crockpot all day!!!!!     

DrDi,

Stop, you're making me hungry.

Hi - the stages cycled are the only compulsory... everything else is optional!  There has been a strong preference for keeping with the theme of the challenge to compare the efforts of BT to the pro peloton  BUT its all just cream...

you slacker!   heehee!

Actually we are all slackers.  the bear has had 240+ miles each week for the last 2 weeks.  Aaron did two 100 mile rides last week.  Those guys are fun to watch!

Hi - just to let you know Im operating on USA time so the first reporting days is Monday (tomorrow) - team leader (freckle face?) could you please either email me the results (PM me for the addy) OR post them in the team leaders thread by/on Tuesday so I can do an update by Wedenwday AM.

Happy Riding!

Cat

PS: If the team has had any Pbs. Prs or personal achievements they want to report, you are more than welcome!

Three rides this week.  Friday (15 minutes, 4 miles);-), Saturday (2 hours, 32 miles) and Monday (40 minutes, 11.15 miles)

So I have a grand total of 4 stages out of 10 completed.

Hope everyone has a great bike week...

Yo team! Here's where we're at right now, as of 6pm central time. If you see a discrepancy give me a holler. And TexOma, I wasn't able to find your goal for total tours, can you let me know about that?

I missed one somewhere - maybe from last week because of not realizing exactly which days you counted.  I have done 6 rides total.

7/7; 7/9; 7/11; 7/12; 7/14; 7/15

Newbie Barloworlder blasts the competition -- alone!!! Here at BT, we're doing it together ... watch our wake. Overzealous to the point of impropriety ... and victory.

JUAN MAURICIO SOLER HERNANDEZ!!!

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Hi - there has been a few requests in the last 24 hours to STOP posting live TDF updates in team threads. This is due to a lot of people wanting to watch the action later in the day WITHOUT knowing the results.

Would enough people be interested in taking the live action related discussions to another thread out of the team threads to avoid this issue? Team leaders can you please let me know?

I must admit Im probably the most guilty of this as I genuinely want teams to know whats happening with their pro counterparts to really get into it... and with me watching it live til 2am then heading straight it bed I get REALLY excited and post results...

But... its more a time difference related head spin. I totally understand having to delay watching the action... I know not everyone can devote their whole life to TDF action for a month!

So my suggestion... is this....

1) No results from the previous nights stage will be posted in any Team thread until the next days stage starts... giving everyone 24 hours to watch the action or at least KNOW what to expect

2) Set up a seperate TDF Challenge - Live Action thread for teams to talk about their pro riders... (if there is enough interest)

3) If teams are happy to have stage updates posted in their Team thread let me know and I will continue - otherwise 24 hour code of silence applies to EVERYONE taking part in the challenge

What do you all think?

Ok as I mentioned earlier I have set up a thread to discuss the results of your team in the tour... its in the challenge forum and I suggest you use it to talk about the teams successes and make sure everyone else see's it!!

As I suggested earlier there is to be no talking about the previous stage in team threads UNTIL the next stage commences....

Please get in on the action its been very entertaining so far, and remember to take it in the spirit of fun and team spirit it is intended.

Happy Cycling 

Cat

Great work Captain,

Go Discovery.  I will be riding to work on Thursday and rides this weekend.  My hills in Wausau are babies compared to the alps.

Well teamies, I had an interesting ride after work this evening.  Got home, fed the dogs and did the chicken chores and ran into the house to check the weather radar.  A squall line associated with a cold front was out over the open waters of Lake Erie and heading this way.  Let's just say I don't make a very good weather forecaster.  I figured I had a about 1 hour before the rain would reach my house.  I was off by about 15 minutes.  I think I was at about the 1/2 point when I saw the storm clouds coming and realized I probably was going to get wet.  So as I was pedaling my arse off about 1 mile from my house, the winds started to gust and the rain started to pelt down sideways.  The torrential downpour waited until I stored my bike, but by the time I ran to the house, I was soaked. 

At least having that big black storm cloud behind me kept me working hard.  Ended up with a 16.3 mph average and while that may seem slow to most, let me just say that you won't see me pushing my heavy steel touring bike much faster.  (I think I did it once in a race.) 

Happy biking all!

Woah, drdi!  That sounds scary. 

We had beautiful last night, but I only biked about .8 miles (to a friends house and back for BBQ).  Sad