cayrip's sufferers- FULL (Page 3)

I may be young but definately not a club head, HOWEVER I find that techno music really gets me going.  There is a song called cocaine by DJ power I think it is, and This time by Dj Antoine.  Rage Against the Machine, Girl Talk, Bloc Party, Red Jump Suit APparatus, Strokes, Moby, The white stripes, 50 cent....just top of my head.

1) What bike are you riding now? What is your dream bike? 

I'm currently riding a 2009 Giant TCR Advanced 1, its a great bike, but I don't really have much to base that on.

My dream tri-bike is a Specialized S-Works Transition, with a Zipp sub-9 rear and a 808 up front.  That would be awsome!!!  

2) What type of running shoes are you running in and how often do you switch them out (miles)? 

I'm currently running in Salomon Trail Runners, there a little heavy but I really like them for training, for racing I use my Nike Lunar Racers.  I switch them when they get worn out  

3) How long is your pool (25m, 25 yards, 50 m)? 

50m  

4) Have you ever done an open water swim? 

Yes, it was pretty gnarly 

5) Do you alwasy ride with a helmet? 

Doesn't everyone???

6) Do you run with head phones or run in the nude (my way of describing my music-less runs)? 

 Both, it depends on how I'm feeling.  I'm still looking for earphones that don't fall out after 2 miles

1) What bike are you riding now? What is your dream bike?

Over the holiday break, I "borrowed" a bike from a friend (doesnt use it anymore), custom stowe frame, havent been able to ride it yet, only concern with it so far is that it has spinergy rev x wheels front and back, so Im kind of concerned about the whole catastrophic failure problem (http://pardo.net/bike/pic/fail-020/index.html).  any thoughts?

2) What type of running shoes are you running in and how often do you switch them out (miles)?

Brooks Defyance, first pair of running shoes that Ive ever bought

3) How long is your pool (25m, 25 yards, 50 m)?

25yrds

4) Have you ever done an open water swim?

Nope

5) Do you alwasy ride with a helmet?

Yes

6) Do you run with head phones or run in the nude (my way of describing my music-less runs)?

Always run with headphones, mostly listen to metal (slipknot, lamb of god, older metallica) and some rap (biggie)

1) Favorite Athlete--tough one, growing up Roger Clemens was my favorite baseball player, I liked the intensity that he brought playing and training, but things havent gone so well for him recently

2) Favorite Sport--baseball

3) Favorite Comfort Food--beer???  probably pasta

4) Most Embarassing Episode--havent been training long enough to have anything bad happen, although it will probably be some sort of throwing up, Ill keep everyone updated.  I told my sister that she needs to be standing by at the end of any race shes at to be ready to take pictures for some funny memories.

1) Favorite Athlete - Joe Montana

2) Favorite Sport - College Basketball
3) Favorite Comfort Food - Mac & Cheese
4) Most Embarassing Race or Training Episode - It's a tie, coming out of the swim into T1 and mixing up my landmarks and being a world away from my bike & Watching an illinois basketball game (regular season) come down to the last second 3 pointer, thrown up in the air... will it go???? BAM! fell of the treadmill.

1) As a kid it was easily Jordan.  I grew up playing hours of b'ball everyday so I definitely idolized him.  But I also love Steve Smith (Panthers recevier).  He always leaves everything he has on the field and very few teams can slow him down even with a double team.  If the game is on the line, chunk his way and more than likely he'll make the play.

2) Basketball- college mostly but I enjoy the NBA around May and June.

3) Pizza

4) I don't think I've been training long enough to have any embarrassing moments yet.

1) Favorite Athlete--ahh, probably derek lee.  not a huge sports finatic.
2) Favorite Sport--baseball, football
3) Favorite Comfort Food-- quesadillas, with the works
4) Most Embarassing Race or Training Episode-- Probably my first tri, the chicago sprint.  Of course, running late with my parents, t minus 15 minutes before transition closes(!) and I don't have time to check my bike before setting up my stuff, since we had to take the front wheel off to get it in the suburban.  swim goes well, get on the bike, and then ENITRE 14 mi or w/e it is, the wheel is shaking and sqeeling.  Being the newbee I am with limited bike skills, I don't dare get off my bike and try to fix the problem.  The bike takes me over an hour if memory serves me and I had probably 3 or 4 ppl ride up from behind me and tell me my bike was shaking, lol.  And, on top of it all, I didn't pass up a single person.  Men and women well into their sixties and seventies passing me up.  It was a long day. 

 My favorites would have to be whoever fell of the treadmill, that's awesome.  And I think cameron needs to post this video he speaks of.  any seconds??

1) What bike are you riding now? What is your dream bike? 

I just bought a Women's Fuji Silhouette for $1,000.00 (retail $2,500) while I was on vacation at home in California.  It is being shipped to me soooo..I haven't really rode it yet. :-)

I have not been in this game long enough to have a dream bike.

2) What type of running shoes are you running in and how often do you switch them out (miles)? 

New Balance 1010 with custom orthotics!

3) How long is your pool (25m, 25 yards, 50 m)? 

25 yards

4) Have you ever done an open water swim? 

No. I wish.

5) Do you alwasy ride with a helmet? 

Yes. Before I got into this I used to faithfully ride a mountain bike and yes - always with a helmet.  I have been hit by three cars in my bike lifetime (one where I went over the hood).  God only knows what may have happened without the helmet.  Besides I hail from California where they are really into their helmet laws.

6) Do you run with head phones or run in the nude (my way of describing my music-less runs)? 

Head phones. Unless I am with my team outside - then in the nude. :-) Kewt.

 Nice poll.

dbw27

1) Favorite Athlete

My friend, Todd, who, in the NYC Marathon last year, came in only 20 minutes behind Lance Armstrong. 

2) Favorite Sport

Nascar Racing and Swimming

3) Favorite Comfort Food

Chocolate - Organic all natural please.

4) Most Embarassing Race or Training Episode

Having my pants fall down in the gym because I was losing so much weight.  Good thing.  But man was it embarassing.  Also, same problem with shirt.  The shirt was coming down off my shoulders and exposing my - female-ness.

dbw27

1) Favorite Athlete 

Malcolm Smith

2) Favorite Sport

Motorcycle Racing - any kind 

3) Favorite Comfort Food 

Thai food 

4) Most Embarassing Race or Training Episode

none so far, crossing my fingers 

Bike fit question:

I have a question to all of the bike experts.  This christmas i got a great pair of budget clip on aero bars which have so far been nothing short of amazing for the time spent on the trainer and because I ride a road bike i've moved the seat forward on the rails as far as it will go and even tilted it very slightly forward.

The problem i've run into is that now when i'm in the aero position spinning I am sliding forward so that the only part where i'm making contact is on the very front of the saddle in a much more sensitive part of my body.  Is this something I can fix by moving the seat on the rails backwards a little bit?  Or should I take the tilt out of it all together?  A mix of both?  Also when i'm up on the hoods it is slightly bareable ride but if i lean back to take a drink or something and lift up from the handle bars i cannot do it at all.  It feels like it's tilted too far forward and i'm constantly falling forward.  Should i take the tilt out?  I wanted to ask here before i went and played trial an error - i'm not the best bike adjuster out there.  If it'll help I can see if my fiancee can snap some pictures of me on the bike so we can get a better idea of the fit.

 Thanks in advance for any advice.

you know that'd be awesome to have you guys over and have one of those beers that you need to stop drinking... but i don't live in colorado.  I live in Aurora, IL - which if any of you are familiar with wayne's world... is a suburb of Chicago IL.  I'll see if i can get some pics over the next few days, i'm going to go do a run (thank you treadmills so i can run in a blizzard) tonight so I can't tonight, and am going to likely spin tomorrow morning before the lady wakes up.  I'll post the pics to my album and then refer to them here or post on your guys blog to let you know. 

I'll give some of these fit tips a try tonight (wont do any spinning longer than 5 minutes though).  Of to go work out!