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Tony, remember, this is an endurance event.  After they burn up all their matches early in the race we will certainly catch them on the run ...... Just like Suzy, Julia, and the remainder of the MG gals always do!!!  Maybe they can teach me something!!!

Let me second this.  The Pan Mass Challenge is an incredible event.  There are a multitude of routes, including a 2 day ride from Sturbridge to Provincetown (on Cape Cod), 2 day ride from Wellesley to Provicetown, a 2 day ride from Wellesley to Wellesley (overnighting in Bourne at the Mass Maritime Academy at the end of the Cape Cod Canal with the other 2 day rides), etc.  For the two day rides, each day is just shy of 100 miles.  The aid stations are located about every 20 miles or so, and are extremely well supported with food, bicycle technicians, music and cheering sections.  And the communities along the way could not be more enthusiastic.  The route is packed with folks ringing cowbells and clapping.

I did it last year with some close family friends and loved every minute of it. 

Oh, and 100% of the money goes to the Jimmy Fund.  100%.

www.pmc.org

Although I have yet to discuss it with the family yet, I am seriously considering doing it again this year.

UNACCEPTABLE!

Kyla this means I will be throw sticks, branches, and rocks at you and your friends on the trails today so you can post all the details....  

2nd place is a set of steak knifes!

I just found out that I qualified for the Age Group National Championships in Vt.  I'm pretty excited, but the race had never even entered into my mind. How high would you rank this on your bucket list of races? Is this a once-in-a-lifetime thing or will there be other chances? Thanks!

ETA: I think my concern is that I don't think I belong at that event. I qualifed bc I finished first in two sprint events last year in my AG, but there was less than 20 people in one of those and less than 10 at the other. And the championships are an Oly distance, which I'm MOP. I've really improved this winter in my swim and bike times (swim was TERRIBLE, now is OK), but I'm sure if I competed I would at the back of the BOP. So my question is, should I register bc I probably would never otherwise qualify and who cares if I finish last, or should I continue to improve and hope to qualify again - but this time from an Oly event?

What an issue to ponder!  Do you have the cash to do it? is it a "I have to do a National Championship Race or I'll die"?, does it fit into your schedule?  If the answer to these questions are yes, then go for it!  Who cares where you end up.  Train harder and you might suprise yourself. 

I do think if you've qualified once without trying, you'll qualify again if you do!

Ugh, I know, right? White people problems. Wah wah wah!

doubt it.

So the rules say that you can qual for an OLY Nats by doing well at sprints?  Thems the rules!  IMO, I would do it.

And like Suzy said who cares where you end up... You will probably surprise yourself!
If YOU want to do the race then GO FOR IT!  But don't feel obligated - you WILL qual again.

Any info/details on this (dates, $$ and such)... their webpage is straight linked to the YouTube video.
Looks very interesting!

Edit: I found them on FaceBook.. but FB is not working well from the work computer... Maybe I should be working... HAHA!

you're good.  this is gonna be faster than augusta. 

edit... noaa tables attached to this post for your persual.

Am I supposed to understand that? 

Seriously though what is that chart saying besides lower something at 8am.

That would be very inspiring or you could show them this one and scare the sh*t out of them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3S0wu4Zbfk

ha ha!  That is one of my favorite videos!!  I thought about closing with that!

It might make more sense for you to listen than Dineen!   We could start celebrating in Florida a little earlier if you do.

PS.  I think Dineen should come to Florida too!

ooops.  my bad.  i thought the swim was up at wilmington on the cape fear.  its really over in wrightsville, which is even better for you.  i noticed after i posted the previous station for wilmington that slack water was at 0830 but the race starts at 0730.  this would have meant you would be swimming into the current for the first hour.  that would suck.

here is wrightsville.  as the curve is going up the tide is coming in (flooding)   as the curve goes down the tide is going out (ebbing). 

so, you know the direction you are swimming based on the course map.  now you know what the tide is doing and its flooding in relatively the same direction you will be swimming.  that's good.  last year ~95% of the B2B full participants swam sub 1 hour. 

now, if you want to pick up more speed go find out what the current is doing...( edit. tides and currents are not the same thing.)  meaning whats the bearing of the current on the inbound tide.  swim that bearing as opposed to just swimming with the current and you'll go even faster... how much, that's a trig function, i'll need time to pull the cobwebs and figure that one out.  would be curious to know.  i see a guy posted in the B2B iron distance forum that this doesn't matter.  i couldn't disagree more... especially in a sport where we fluid dynamics is measured to smallest factor. 

ok  here...

Will they play that Friday Night Lights music the whole time? Just kidding, it looks like a neat event. Are you definitely going to do it?

Brent, try this link: http://pelotonia.org/home/

Thank you!  I am going to copy your explanation into my log so I can refer to it in Oct.  As far as the trig part - that's another big no!!!  But my BF is a Princeton grad w/ a math degree.  She loves all that kind of crap! 

So I'll get her on that.  :-)  Plus she raced B2B 2 years ago so she knows the swim.

My last HIM swim was so horrible, I almost cried coming out of the water and wanted to quit.  I could really use a good swim even if everyone has the same advantage.

this sentence took me some time to get through.  at first i read the BF as boyfriend meaning tony.  then i got to the princeton part and was racking my brain swearing he went to va tech.  then i read the She and thought you might have gone kim on us... clearly i was happy!!!!  then i took a big boy breath and figured it all out.   cool.

you're going to have a great swim and all will be equal among competitors during it!!

I'm gonna start talking to Dave about this tonight. My FB group of folks who attended Kenyon in the 80's is pretty amped about it and I really would love yet another excuse to visit what was, for me, one of the most magical places on earth!! I'm thinking I'll play the "early bday present" card!!

Dude is your IM in three months?  Your log says you're really going to town!  It might be a little more than today's swim that is making you tired.

Sticks and stones and all...

Thanks, Steve, for the Cougar run today, for putting up with (and -- gasp! -- even praising!) my dog, and for sharing a special run with me.

Today marked the end of my 100-Day Run Challenge, and Cougar was the place to finish it. This was my own little personal challenge to run 100 days in a row, a minimum of :30. If I got sick or injured I wasn't going to try to be heroic or anything, but fortunately that never happened (one slight cold but it never became bad). Most days felt pretty good, and there really were only 2-3 days where it was a PITA to find the time to run. Not bad seeing as this streak covered Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, and a family vacation! Props to the hubs who encouraged me and helped me find a way on those tricky days!!

Several people have asked me how I feel about it, how my running feels. I will say that I feel back to my "old self," in terms of most runs. My easy pace seems a bit faster than pre-injury, even though I've done no speed work. I'll be adding some structure to workouts in the future, including adding in the bike and swim, but trying to keep up the run consistency. My body likes running more days/week, even if they are shorter some days.