bEASTies - March Winds Challenge (Page 30)

MDHillSlug - 2010-03-11 4:00 PM Hi bEASTies!

Thanks for all of the birthday wishes.

I took the day off and went for a paved trail ride. The rain they had been talking about all week is holding off until at least tonight. The sun was in and out of light clouds. I was never quite warm enough to lose the long sleeve jersey but I frequently had it zipped down and the sleeves pushed up. I lost the trail at one point coming back and ended out at the road at the wrong place and needed to look at my iPhone map to figure out what to do.

Girl + Bike = Beautiful Day



Out to see a show tonight and I'll get my fancy birthday dinner tomorrow.

billsorg - 2010-03-11 3:01 PM Bill -- This sounds like a fun race!

Staging from the Carlisle Family YMCA's Camp Thompson in Pine Grove Furnace State Park, racers tackled a mass start, entered and exited the Spiral of Death and then headed into Michaux State Forest for a massive single loop consisting of paved roads, fire roads, beachfront, doubletrack, singletrack, brutal climbs, steep run-ups, sketchy downhills, and numerous stream crossings.

Sounds brutal, but I want in!

rnihill - 2010-03-11 11:42 AM One of the races we do every year is is actually a little south of both Rochester and Syracuse, but haven't done one in either city exactly. Every year we do the Cayuga Lake Tri which is just a little north of Ithaca. We started off doing the sprint race. Last year and this year I am doing the Oly. My husband claims his hamstring still hurts too much to run. Usually I stick closer to Albany for races but have gone up to Lake George because I have friends up that way. I've actually been trying to do a race out in Buffalo but can't get the timing just right with all the other stuff that comes up over the summer. My family still lives in Buffalo (Sweet Home, actually) so doing a race out there would be a nice little vacation. Traveling with the kids and race stuff is sometimes challenging... By the stadium, huh? I am so jealous!!! I grew up going to games with my Grandpa who had season tix. Don't get back often enough during the fall...

KOM - 2010-03-11 5:35 PM But not one to let the bEASTies down I was able to swim after lunch at a different Y about 20 minutes away. It is not far from Best Buy and Target so I could combine my errands.  Only problem was major munchies while shopping in Target. The butter toffee popcorn "fell" into my cart.  Yum.