ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED (Page 34)

Originally posted by jenbmosley

Junkies -

Hope you had a wonderful and long weekend.

My 7.4.2013 race was awesome! Not b/c I raced super fast like Dirk suggested, but because I did something I had no idea I was capable of.... I helped two ladies get through the swim. FOr one lady it was her first triathlon and she told me in advance that the fear of the swim was crippling her. The second lady is in our tri club and it was her second race. Our tri club member was actually swimming back to shore and telling me that she couldn't do it. I told her to turn around, get on her back, and I would guide her through the swim. I helped both of them get through a cold, icky swim through plant vegetation in the rain!

I actually placed 3rd in my AG and rocked what I think was one of the fastest bike legs I have probably ever done. Maybe it just seemed that way since we were just about the last people out of the water and I got to pass a LOT of people. No splits were recorded, just our gun time and finish time. The whole race was in a torrential downpour and made it memorable and challenging. I can't say I would do much of anything different that day, I essentially "gave up" my race and was more fulfilled by the kind of race I had. I'm not saying every race will be this way, I will still want to get out there and push myself as often as I can.

Short blog post about the race ---

Race recap: http://wp.me/p32uES-8P

Originally posted by mambos

Awesome!

Originally posted by KWDreamun

Tony, so glay you and your bike was not hurt!!! Be careful. 67 miles is good and the headwind makes a huge difference along w/ the heat. With your conditiioning, you could do IM today and do well!!!!

Dirk, your conditioning is really good. Go out, enjoy the race(s), kick butt and smile!!!

Jen, how was your sprint tri in Marianna?

Well yesterday I hd the best swim I have ever had, until it started raining so hard. I finally quit because of the rain, I mean it was FLOODING so hard that when i went to get air, rain was coming in my nose and mouth.

Originally posted by RunningYogini

I wasn't very motivated to ride my bike today.  I've determined that I need to move my long bike ride back to Saturday.  Riding long on Sunday just isn't happening.

Anyway, I rode my hill during my short ride today.  The hill kicked my azzzzzz! When I uploaded my Garmin to Strava, I saw why it was so hard today. I hauled my butt up that hill faster than I ever have in the past! I even surpassed my husband's fastest attempt!  (Sure, I only beat him by one second!  It still counts!)   I felt like I was going to barf at the top and I was saying lots of bad words.

Originally posted by pistuo

Sorry everyone, I haven't had any free time to get on this week... anyway, I'm a little depressed about training lately. Since I'm going to be on a mission trip all next week, I was hoping to get a really solid week in but nothing has gone my way... I missed my Tuesday night trainer ride b/c I had flatted last ride and so I went to put my spare tube on and it had a hole in it. Then, I went to see my sick grandma (6 hours one way) Wednesday. She died an hour after we left to come back. They asked me to officiate the funeral, so I adjusted plans and decided to squeeze a ride in on Friday before I headed back up there. Was a great plan until I went down on the bike 1/2 mile from my house. I'm still not sure what caused me to go down. First I thought it was a front flat, but now I think the crash caused that (wheel is scratched up in one spot). Perhaps I leaned too much and my clip caught the pavement as I peddled through the turn. Anyway, it was on a pretty busy road and I went down hard. Going to have to get a new helmet although without it, I would have a gash in my head. Jersey, shorts, and gloves were all torn. Lots of road rash. Bike has some battle scars too, but mostly on brake levers, back skewer, aero bars... but frame is good. My body took most of the impact. Both arms and shoulders are going to take some time to heal... I'm interested to see if I can swim or not.

On the "what really matters" front, my "granny" lived a long, full life and I'm glad I was able to be a part of celebrating that. She's my last grandparent, but I grew up getting to spend tons of time with her. I got to officiate her funeral service and share the gospel as well, which was a blessing. That side of the family is huge and there is lots of brokenness, so I'm very glad I could be there.

5.5 hours spent training
24 hours spent driving

When I get back from my mission trip, I plan to start killing some training!

Originally posted by BigDaddyD79



Glad you weren't hurt in the crash. Remember there is only two types of cyclists, those who have crashed, and those waiting to crash. I laid my bike down last year making a turn when I hit a bit of loose gravel. Unlucky for me that two very attractive young ladies were driving by at the exact time and pulled over to help. Nothing hurt but my ego,....and the giant patch of skin from my left hip that was left on the pavement. But it could of been alot worse. You lucky the bike and kit were OK, in the .01 second it took me to hit the ground all I could think was "I hope the bike is gonna be OK"

Hope everyone enjoyed their July 4th. We finally have some sun up here so I may try and head to a local beach with the famiy to get in a OWS tomorrow. Wetsuit still hasen't arrive so it may be a cold one with all the bad weather and rain that we have had lately.

Originally posted by jenbmosleyI can't say I would do much of anything different that day, I essentially "gave up" my race and was more fulfilled by the kind of race I had. I'm not saying every race will be this way, I will still want to get out there and push myself as often as I can.

Short blog post about the race ---

Race recap: http://wp.me/p32uES-8P

Originally posted by pistuo

Sorry everyone, I haven't had any free time to get on this week... anyway, I'm a little depressed about training lately.

On the "what really matters" front, my "granny" lived a long, full life and I'm glad I was able to be a part of celebrating that. She's my last grandparent, but I grew up getting to spend tons of time with her. I got to officiate her funeral service and share the gospel as well, which was a blessing. That side of the family is huge and there is lots of brokenness, so I'm very glad I could be there.

5.5 hours spent training
24 hours spent driving

When I get back from my mission trip, I plan to start killing some training!

Originally posted by strikyr

Jeff that was a great story. Thanks for posting and that is a pretty amazing ride. I think that one ride puts all of my training to shame this year lol.

Originally posted by JeffY

Hey, get a load of this guy's FB post from yesterday. He's a local cyclist and triathlete that I compete against. He was one of my dollar bill bets recently.



Well after not getting to ride Thursday-Saturday due to rain and other commitments. I tried to fit it all into one day??? In honor of my buddy Scott McConnell who just finished the Tour Divide MTB race this weekend a 2800 mile race from Canada to Mexico in 20 days my friend and teammate Kyle Taylor and I rode from Loveless to Alabama and back on the Natchez Trace Parkway today a 210 mile ride. We did it in 11:30 hours with an avg speed of 18.2 on very hilly terrain. We got 200 done in 10:57 a goal we had of going under 11 hours. Kyle really pushed me and I would have never gotten done without him but especially not that fast. That man pulls like a mule and is a complete machine. He would do strong 10 mile or more pulls where we would be doing 25-27 mpg up gradual hills it was all I could do to stay on his wheel even in the draft. I tried to pay him back when I could but he was hurting me so bad I didn't have a lot when I hit the front. I knew at around mile 60 or so I couldn't hold that pace if I was going to make the whole trip so I had to ask him to slow it down a bit. We had a headwind for the first 100 miles down to the state line that slowed us a bit and all the constant rolling hills. Once we made the turn we were starting to get really hungry. Around mile 115 we were both starving and it was having an affect we looked down and we were both only doing 13 mph or so and barely turning pedals over. We went over a bridge and saw a market and got off the Trace and got to 4-mile market were we had some of the best gas station food that we had ever had well at least it sure felt like it to us . Once back at it we had a renewed pace and drive. I got probably my 3rd or 4th wind at this time and was able to pull at least decently again. At mile 160 we hit our hardest climb and with a fully loaded tri bike with 4 bottles, food, and terrible gearing I was struggling but I kept pedaling well kind of it wasn't pretty. The climb was also totally exposed with direct sun and not a drop of shade. I've never seen Kyle even remotely hurting in a race or ride no matter which it was over the years. We'll I finally started to see Kyle having a difficult time pulling as hard and complaining about being tried and wanting to be done it only took 175 miles of pulling a ton and pushing the pace all day??? I tried to get out front and pull as much and hard as I could at this time to help him best I could. At mile 195 we got into all the hills back on this end of the trace that were really difficult for me but of course not as much for Kyle. He pulled away on the Pinewood climb and I was watching him climb climb after climb pulling further and further away. There are 4 good climbs and I figured he would ride his pace up those 4 climbs and wait for me at the top of the 4th. I kept looking for him at the top and nothing I was like well I think I got dropped and left for a Mountain Dew that he wouldn't stop taking about I totally understood and didn't really mind I have ridden that section of the trace 100's of times. I was happy when I hit 200 miles just under 11 hours but since we rode to the trace we still had 10 miles left to the car. Those last 10 were very tough with the last 4-5 being excruciating I was starving again and barely turning pedals over but I dug deep and kept it going to the end. I got to the car and got the bike to a stop and got off and laid in the parking lot for a while beside Kyle. It turns out his Garmin(computer) reported being only 10% left at 15 miles left so he took off wanting to get his ride done and saved before it died he made it. It was the longest and hardest ride for both of us that we had ever done and one to check off the bucket list. I have no desire to ever do it again it made my ironman bike of 112 miles seem like a walk in the park. We picked a great day with great weather not a drop of rain and mild temperatures especially for July it could have been much worse. The Trace was the sight of my very first century several years ago when my buddy Jason and I rode this same route from Loveless to the TN/AL state line and had my Mom pick us up and bring us back. After that day I had this ride in my head as a down and back for someday. Well I mentioned it to Kyle Wednesday night and he was immediately like I'm in let's do it Sunday and was very fired up about it. He turned it from a dream/thought to reality so thanks Kyle for pushing me to do it and all day on the bike I couldn't have done it without you!!! My longest ride this year was 75 miles before today I have been doing faster shorter stuff this year. Now my everything hurts and I'm exhausted and may need a few days off. Funny my legs aren't the worse right now it is actually my hands and wrists. Thanks Scott for the inspiration and hope to see you soon and get to hear all your stories.

Originally posted by strikyr



X2, Jen congrats on finishing 3rd in your AG. I think you really captured the spirit of triathlon in this race and this is a great example of why triathletes are awesome people. To me life isn't about where you place in a race it's about helping others and you should be proud of yourself as we all are for helping those ladies get through the swim and finish that race.

Originally posted by BigDaddyD79 Glad you weren't hurt in the crash. Remember there is only two types of cyclists, those who have crashed, and those waiting to crash. I laid my bike down last year making a turn when I hit a bit of loose gravel. Unlucky for me that two very attractive young ladies were driving by at the exact time and pulled over to help. Nothing hurt but my ego,....and the giant patch of skin from my left hip that was left on the pavement. But it could of been alot worse. You lucky the bike and kit were OK, in the .01 second it took me to hit the ground all I could think was "I hope the bike is gonna be OK" Hope everyone enjoyed their July 4th. We finally have some sun up here so I may try and head to a local beach with the famiy to get in a OWS tomorrow. Wetsuit still hasen't arrive so it may be a cold one with all the bad weather and rain that we have had lately.

Originally posted by RunningYogini

I wasn't very motivated to ride my bike today.  I've determined that I need to move my long bike ride back to Saturday.  Riding long on Sunday just isn't happening.

Anyway, I rode my hill during my short ride today.  The hill kicked my azzzzzz! When I uploaded my Garmin to Strava, I saw why it was so hard today. I hauled my butt up that hill faster than I ever have in the past! I even surpassed my husband's fastest attempt!  (Sure, I only beat him by one second!  It still counts!)   I felt like I was going to barf at the top and I was saying lots of bad words.

Originally posted by strikyr Tracy way to go on the hill ride, that is a great effort and something to be proud of and surely I can relate a little bit. I went out with 3 of my friends and did a hills ride on Saturday. Well the guy who organized the ride defintely wanted to punish the rest of us. We went up this hill I've not done before. As hard as it was for me my other friend who has been unable to train regulary and hadn't rode in 2 weeks wound up laid out on somebody's lawn after getting up that hill lol. He definitely redlined. That wasn't the worst of it though we wound up doing our killer Oakwood hill repeats. I have to find a way to post that Garmin data here.

Originally posted by JeffY !!! That's our girl!