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amy mutz - 2009-01-13 7:32 PM Looks like there has been activity here as usual, I will try to catch up with everyone later. I had to work (it is really crimping my blogging!) ha... I did get to the Y, did a two mile run, went and did weights, core, and stretched, and then met my husband on the upstairs track and ran 1 more mile while he was running. Julie IN - I have learned almost all my swimming from utube, I will send you some of the clips, they are on my work computer so I will send them tomorrow, they are drill and technique. Nicole - I'm glad you escaped getting a worse injury. Cheri - you are an insane runner...I hope to only get a piece of your insanity, that's what it take to become a good runner. Julie - Thanks for not smearing your beautiful weather in our faces...it is still very cold here and supposed to get down to 9 degrees tonight. Well I need to close up here...thanks to all of you that have inspired me today...I really needed it today...again...thank you!!!!! See you tomorrow. Amy IN

nice job getting to the gym when you have you are so busy with your business. looking like our Amy will soon be a Tiger...yes indeed...no more hippo for Amy!

Hi everyone.  I woke up to a couple inches of snow this morning and a beautiful blue sky.  My next outdoor bike ride will have to wait until tomorrow or Friday.    I have a nice warm pair of Keen socks that I'm going to try out - 65% wool and thin enough that my feet will still fit into my cycling shoes. 

This evening I ended up at the health club - stationary bike, some weights and a short swim.  

Have a great day!!

cant say that I blame you for not wanting to go ice skating on your bike! haha...do you want me to get you a pair of booties and you can pay me back for them? I am willing to mail you a pair...they are only $15-$20 at the store! let me know...I dont mind at all!!! have a good day Dan....what are your plans since you can not ride? you gonna run? or go ice fishing?

I did some cycling on the trainer stand this morning and my knees felt OK. I'm still doing ibuprofen and ice for good measure. Not sure yet if I'll try doing my scheduled run on Friday.

Julee, for a pump on your bike, take a look at the Topeak Road Morph. It's the only on-bike bike I've used that's easily able to pump a road tire up to 120psi. It's on the big side so I'll carry it for training, but not for racing. Another option is to use a CO2 pump. I carry one on all rides and races.

thanks Nicole. I also use the quick fills (CO2) and for some reason there was not one in my seat pack...so pump away I did! will look at the pump you talk of....does this pump fit on your frame? or do you carry it along in a backpack?

Nicole, do you get lots of flats?  Maybe I'm just lucky, but it's never happened to me!  Or does the type of tire matter?  So I guess I'm just foolish, but I don't take anything along with me...

No, I don't get many flats. In fact, on the road I've helped 3 people with flats but never had to fix my own. I think it comes down to type of tire, how much pressure you ride with, and lots of luck. Personally, I think you *are* foolish to ride without anything unless you only ride very close to home (walking distance) or always have someone at the ready to come pick you up when you get stuck. What would you do if you flat and can't fix it?

The Road Morph can go on your frame, either mounted instead of a bottle holder or strapped around your top tube.

I knew I was setting myself up when I said that.   But it's not as bad as it sounds.  I ride on the Air Force range property, and there are security forces up and down the roads constantly.

But honestly, the bottom line is that I don't know how to fix a flat.  When I bought my bike a couple of years ago, I asked the owner to show me what to do.  He told me that when I had my first flat I should bring it in and he'd show me then.  Two years later, I'm still clueless!  But I know if I had the stuff with me, someone could help.  I'll be smarter from now and and not leave it in the car.

lyssa-gator - 2009-01-13 4:55 PM so much!!! don't think i'm going to get to until tomorrow afternoon though. dh won't be home until around 8 tonight, and we have to up and head right out in the AM for a dr appt. yvonne, i did about 50 lunges today just for you hope it helped.

Ahhh....I was wondering why my legs hurt more! Thanks for that Alyssa! I know that it's all got to help. I was even doing squats while brushing my teeth last night as the hubby just shook his head.

I am sooo envious of all of you that are outside riding! I am thinking that today might be trainer and treadmill- the temps are warming up but I hate running in slush. Cold, wet feet just doesn't do it for me.

In terms of flats- does anyone carry around a CO2 cartridge? They aren't too pricey and super fast. If you watched IM Kona, you might want to practice with one since they can be finicky and if it discharges you are SOL.

Doh! I guess I should read the whole thread when doing my catch up reading before responding!

I saw that!  I felt so bad for her, but fortunately there are good-hearted people everywhere.  And then she went on to win.

hmmmm sounds like the owner didn't want to do it! I agree with Nicole that it is a good skill to have. I have always depended on my hubby to help me out and wouldn't you know it that the first ride that I do with a couple of the gals and one flats out. Guess who changed the tire!!!! (correct answer: me). I would either go back to the store and ask for some instructions and hopefully they let you get your hands dirty, or ask a friend to help you out, or look for some community/tri club bike session- they often have sessions for general maintenance, some are even ladies only.

Many bike shops offer classes in general bike maintenance and/or tire fixing. You might consider looking for one. Alternatively, there are numerous videos available on the web (here's one from Terry Bicycles). It doesn't include how to use q quick release skewer; do you know how to remove your wheels? There's no need to be helpless. Yes, at least carry your repair kit with you.

Happy Hump Day!

Just trying to catch up on posts here as I see we were dropping on the page.  I have a funny (well, it wasn't at the time) story about my first flat to share.

It was in a triathlon actually.  I had my hubby show me how to change a flat, watched other people do it, but had never changed one on my own before.  This was my 4th triathlon and it was a torrential downpour!  They called the race due to lightning just as I was at the bike turnaround...where I did notice I had skidded as I turned.  I got a little further and noticed it was getting really bumpy.  Then I noticed my flat back tire.  I stopped (in the driving rain which had already thoroughly soaked me despite all my rain gear) and changed it as I remembered seeing it done.  I put on my spare tire, which had "slime" on the inside so as to stop a leak and was supposedly sturdier than the others.  Everything was going okay until I got it nearly all the way inflated and "POP"!  It ruptured right around the nozzle and the slime managed to get all over my ankles and hands.  I started walking to the finish, but this was an oly distance and that would take me forever...besides, walking in my bike shoes aggravated my achilles.  So, I put the old tire back on and used my last cartridge to pump that one up figuring it would leak more slowly than the ruptured one...and got about 5 miles before it was completely flat again.  I ended up biking all the rest of the way standing up (thinking this would help save my rim if my weight were more forward on the bike?)...in the rain, thunder, lightning, and at one point--HAIL!!!  My butt hurt so bad the next day I could barely walk.

Anyway, I posted it on BT and someone said "why didn't you take the SAG wagon?" 

Now, I had seen trucks going by picking people up, but I thought they were lucky to have friends there to do that for them!  No, those were the "sag wagons" and I should have waved one down   Just hoping I save someone here a sore butt in the future!  

Oh yeah, my point on the flat change:  I had changed it correctly, but there had been a bad lot of the "slime" tires that had a defect around the nozzle.  I did not ruin my rim!  When I took it in to the bike shop the guy said he was amazed that it was not ruined, I got a free replacement tire (since I had bought the defective "slime" one at this shop) and I told him exactly what I had done and he verified I had changed it correctly, didn't miss a thing.

Too funny! bet you now notice every sag wagon that passes you during rides/races! haha

I was at a mountain bike race in the early 90's when the product "slime"  first came out. During the raffle at the end, they began throwing things to us....we were all diving about trying to get to them....I will never forget when they threw out some bottles of slime.....we had no idea what it was and how important it would be to us...and we looked at these green bottles and threw them back....that was very STUPID of us! when I was on a club ride a few weeks later there were 15 or more of us riding in the foothills and we must have come across some type of goat heads or sticker burros and 14 of the 15 riders had flats....we were all fixing ours and then noticed the one that was not changing a tire...but instead sitting and chuckling at us....we asked why he did not have a flat...and he said he had slime in his tire....DOH! If we could only get all those slime bottles now that we had thrown back at that race... ever since I use slime in my mtn bike, but have not tried it in my road bike...for those of you who do not know what it is....it is a bright green thick liquid that you can place in your tubes so that if you get a small hole or puncture it will plug it up...I SWEAR BY IT NOW!

and like Nicole said...tire pressure and good tires are key to not flatting...plus STAY away from glass, sharp items and large crevices....oh and grates on the side of the road...(I flipped off my bike last  year when my tire got stuck in the side of the grate).

lyssa-gator - 2009-01-14 2:35 PM ok, i'm NOT caught up on you guys yet, but i just got my new arm warmers in the mail today, so i'm going to go try them out. i'll catch up when i get back, tomorrow's plan--LONG RUN!! i'm gonna shoot for 8!!!

we look forward to hearing all about it and seeing pictures of those buff arms while in them...ok????

hey Julie did the videos help??