enginerd's group - CLOSED (Page 3)

Okay Bryan.  You're in if no one objects (hopefully the more the merrier).  Since you've recently done your first HIM, you probably have some lessons you can share with others who are looking to do their first this year or beyond.

We've got an awesome and diverse mentoring group.  Everyone has a lot of exciting races and I know we'll do a great job supporting one another.

Here's our revised group list:

Enginerd's Mentoring Group
dorkboy - Scot
chikopiakomak - Karen
gettinfitnow - Tanya
LJR - Jim
abake - Anne
amyro1234 - Amy
rowdypaint - Pattie
wanna race - Mace
Roadie gal - Syndi
froglegs - Robin
poweredbyfear - Bryan
enginerd - Donato

Have a fantastic weekend everyone.  Train hard and train safe.

Yikes, Robin.  I don't think I even have a chain tool or know how to use one.  Nothing like trial by fire.  Hope your LBS gets ya all fixed up okay.

You'll be fine, your hands, feet, and face might be a little cold, but you'll get used to it. 

I carry this with me:  http://www.parktool.com/products/detail.asp?cat=11&item=MTB%2D3

It has some extra stuff that I don't need, but it's nice to have the allens, screwdrivers, spoke wrench, tire levers, and chain tool all in one place so I can't forget anything.  I've added latex gloves, extra chain links and pins to the list of things i'm never leaving home without again.

A couple good things came out of this:  I now feel confident that if my chain breaks again in the future, I will be prepared to fix it and continue with my ride.  Also, I took advantage of having a chainless bike and I cleaned my whole bike and gave it a tune-up.  I'm usually very lazy about this, so I'm glad I got it done before Wildflower next week.

Warning... big  rant ahead...

I woke up this morning to 31* tremps, 25mph winds and about  a half inch of SNOW.  Yes, it 'effin snowed last night.  Someone please tell me why we moved to Minnesota.  Seriously, snow?  At the end of April?  We have the first race of the year tomorrow, a short duathlon.  The forscast shows chance of snow again tongiht.  This is insane.  I've heard that the 4th discipline of triathlon is nutrition, but I swear around here it seems to be wardrobe.  I'm so bummed.  We are supposed to go over and help the race director set up the transition area today.  That's not going  to be much fun either.   Will warm weather ever get here?  <sigh>

Sorry to hear about the weather, but it makes you tougher right?

After about 8 years in SLC, UT my wife and I said enough and moved to warmer climes.  My blood is so thinned out now I can't take anything under 75! 

So I went down to the Y today to do some swimming and to my surprise, was told that the pool was closed for an hour. I didn't want to wait around and decided to come back on Sunday.  I later learned that it was closed because someone had POOPED in the pool.

Gross, just gross...

Sorry, when you gotta go, you gotta go. 

Seriously though, that is gross!!! 

Because the chain thing wasn't bad enough, today during my race I rode through a huge swarm of bees!!  I posted about it in TT.

My race went well, I bailed shortly after finishing and the results won't be posted until Monday, but I believe I finished in about 1:40 or so.  That means I may have actually swam the 450yds in less than 2:00 per 100.  My bike time was about 58min for 18 miles, and I felt slow during the run but was probably doing 10 minute miles, which is fast for me.  All in all, a successful day. 

Thanks!!!

More bees today!!!  They were more spread out though and none of them hit me.  It was warm out, I was tired and felt nauseous a few times during the ride.  After yesterday I probably should have taken today off, but I can't just squander a sunny weekend day.