SBR Utopia Season II - OPEN (Page 3)

Holy @#$%@#^!!!!  That's amazing Jason, congratulations!

Soooooo, slight change to the training schedule? 

Awesome news!

The only rim tape that has given me trouble is the stuff that came with my FLO wheel (that was eventually recalled).  It was a bit stretchy.  All the other stuff I have used has been some sort of cloth/nylon type of material and seems to have worked well.

but as Tom said, Stan's seems to be highly recommended as well as Veloplugs?

I'm glad to hear you are making some headway and may have found the answer!  I have to say I Googled Graston and saw some pics of the tools used.  It looks, ummm...  like it might hurt a bit!!!  

Awesome Jason.  That indeed is a great birthday gift. 

Oh yeah, it's a special kind of torture!  It's a kind of torture I'm willing to endure if it's going to help me through this knee injury!

That's really cool, Jason!  Congrats!  This will be your first full IM, right?  

Nice Jason! And just to make sure, you have all the forms turned in? 

Originally posted by tri808

Originally posted by ligersandtions

That's really cool, Jason!  Congrats!  This will be your first full IM, right?  

Yup...first IM.I promised myself earlier in the week that if I got picked, I was going to throw all the time goals out the window. I'm also going to make sure that I keep my training fun. Probably a fair share of long rides on my road bike and running without looking at my garmin. Probably the only goal I have (not seriously) is to beat Hines Ward.

Oh, wow Jason - what an awesome birthday surprise! Sounds like you are going to have to bag that HIM focused mentor group you and Fred started though. I experienced something very similar a few years ago at a race on the Alabama Gulf Coast: I won a lottery slot to the "Flora-Bama Mullet Toss" which basically consists of flinging our favorite local fish as far as you can across the state line into Florida. Outside of the Talladega 500 and the Iron Bowl it is definitely the most prestigious athletic competition in the entire state. And much like Kona, it is all the better because mere mortals like ourselves are allowed to line up shoulder-to-shoulder with the true mullet-tossing champions of the sport. So I know exactly how you feel; it really is a rare and humbling honor.

Seriously, congratulations, like Fred said you really do deserve it - it could not have gone to a better guy. And all the better that you will have one of your training partners along for the ride. That part is especially cool.

You know how the women are always raving about Lulu Lemon clothes? The wife and popped into the local store yesterday so she could grab a pair of running shorts. She walked out with a $35 pair and I walked out with about 500 bucks worth of shorts, pants, pullovers, and shirts. I had no idea they sold men's clothing.... Nice.

So, are you going to do it?

Congrats!  

And as far as Hines Ward, serious or not, I'd take the bet that you'll finish first (tri is not dancing or football, where I'd have to give him the nod).  

Enjoy - I hope you start an IM group so I can follow along vicariously!

Matt

Just did a ~57 mile hill ride (with a crazy climber friend who is doing b2b next weekend and is all rested - ouch!) and a 2 mile run off the bike.  The run feels a LOT different after a long ride than a shorter (25 or so) one, although the legs came back under me at about the same point they usually do - or even a half mile earlier.

I definitely need to push the cycling for Timberman, though.  Should be a fun (and brutal) couple of months!

Great weekend of training, though - got a HM in off a 30' spin and a 1.5 mile OWS yesterday and the long ride/short run today.  Wiped out, but feel great!

Off to my now 11 y.o. daughter's b-day party at a water park.  This might be tougher than the ride…  

Matt

we get excited training and prepping for races, and race morning is so exciting. So sad to see it go down like this. -

this doesn't appear to be a course or fitness issue, calm surf, guy just finished a .5 mile swim, it was just his time I guess. I'd like to see the RD who is a good friend use this as an opportunity to encourage cardiac screenings, as this is a bye first timer race. Was my first in 2005.

everyone is a bit shaken

Chris, it's always sad to hear this type of news and must be very unsettling for everyone involved.  Obviously it's a terrible tragedy for the athlete and his family/friends but the staff/volunteers etc are no doubt feeling the effects tonight as well.  It's sad when what should be an uplifting/positive event ends this way. 

Kiev, a couple places in Italy, and London.  I did some occasional jogging but that was about it.  Kiev had a marathon while I was there (wasn't trained to run it though.. just spectated).  A couple pics are on my training log:

http://beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=157283&year=2013&month=5&day=31

Edit: congrats Jason!  Jealous...