Team Sky Official Thread (Page 3)

It is humbling and an honor to be among such an overachieving team ... not kidding! Didn't I threaten early on every time someone posts that they're doing something like, uh, going out for a 50-mile ride or pounding out a half-mary, I was going to reply, "That's it?"

Congratulations Jeff--most of all on all the hard work but also the awesome result! Podium man, soon to be champion man no doubt! Have a blast with the Oly tomorrow.

Okay okay okay I confess I'm getting up in four hours to attempt a 10K ocean swim. :D

So in 'allowable' news about the Tour de France Team Sky ... triumph and tragedy abounds among the youngest, hottest, most charitable team. (I mean, we are that too, you know). Classic Tour de France.

In Stage 6, our Edvald Boasson Hagen won the stage, beating 'heavyweight' sprinters like Mark Cavendish and Thor Hushovd to the finish. This is Edvald's first TdF stage win at AGE 24 and he is the youngest stage winner since Cavendish! His win retained teammates Bradley Wiggins (British national champion) and Geraint Thomas in 6th and 7th places OVERALL in the general classification (Thomas also holding the white jersey for Best Young Rider) and himself in 8th. Unbelievable performances from such a young (and did I mention good-looking and socially conscious?) team.

In Stage 7, terrible tragedy struck. A pileup and crash left our team leader Bradley Wiggins, extremely popular and respected, and a very wide Tour favorite to win, with a badly broken left collarbone and unable to move his arms much, let alone ride. [Drat. I'm crying. I do love the Tour boys and of course our Sky boys especially.] The Sky boys waited for him in case he would be able to get back on the road, and in doing so, forfeited their standings and Geraint his Young Rider's white jersey. Unfortunately, "Wiggo" had to withdraw from the Tour, and now our brave, brilliant generous Sky boys are in the fight to regroup and reclaim.

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Survived 10K ocean swim.

I do not quite remember when I have last felt so awful. Oh, right the Bali tri, but that was only an hour or so of agony after I got hit.

3:30 and a nice 2nd place medal in the books. I am going to pass out now.

Nice work Yanti - I cannot even imagine swimming that far or for that long! Enjoy your post swim coma!

Great work Jeff too - 1 weekend, 2 tris

owl_girl - 2011-07-11 12:22 PM

Casie - 2011-07-10 8:04 PM Yanti, a 10km ocean swim, that's it?
Holy mother of hell, it's been years since I've swum 10km in a year!
My hat is off to you and all others getting out amongst it.

I did indeed run the GC marathon and am willing myself to get on the bike. I've just filled out the spreadsheet with my goals, so I'd better get to 'em.

X2!!!!!!!!  Yanti, you're a nut!!!! 

Hee hee ... Tracy, queen of the obvious, you

Casie--yeah, that's it, in fact I felt so shabby about it I went right back in the ocean today and swam another 37min "holy mother of hell" that's hilarious, I've never heard it before. Even though you just used it as an expression, it actually fits me very well

and thanks Raz and Jeff! Oh and congratulations on smoking your time from last year, and top 10 finish, AFTER podiuming yesterday, now that is hard core!

But more importantly in Team Sky news--I GOT BACK ON A BIKE OUTSIDE for the first time (2+ weeks) since the Bali Tri accident ... and it was dandy! I was a little nervous but mostly just really happy to be pedaling along. My sister's mountain bike and I was in flipflops, no pressure, just a lovely little ride to get to the ocean, swim, and come back.

Oooh thank you--coming from another hard-core chick that means a lot!

Speaking of my becoming-hard but currently a bit flabby core .... and getting to the finish ... of the frickin' race report, that is! for the 10K swim:

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=260695

I may need 2-a-days to get the cycling done for SKY but I will git 'er done!!!

Oh goodness, I think this thread needs a bump. We are really not a very chatty team this month.

How is everyones cycling going? I am definitely a little off the mark, just bitten off more than I can chew this month I think and I just booked in a fight for Aug6th so having to ramp up muay thai training even more...

Is anyone (except Yanti!), watching the tour? I have caught some highlights but that is where it ends for me I'm afraid. Our coverage starts at 10pm and I'm well tucked up in bed by then these days!

I aimed way too high ... like Sky high. Well ... I expected to be PEAKING for a half-iron, which involves just a wee LOT HUGE bit of cycling. Instead, I fell irreparably in love with marathon swimming so I've been spending nearly all my time in the water.

I aimed way too high ... like Sky high. Well ... I expected to be PEAKING for a half-iron, which involves just a wee LOT HUGE bit of cycling. Instead, I fell irreparably in love with marathon swimming so I've been spending nearly all my time in the water.

I think we did lose half our team, or half our team isn't spreadsheeting, or something (my own incredibly feeble not-even-half goal gonna be reached notwithstanding). Where is everybody?