Beer Drinker Appreciation Society (BDAS)--OPEN (Page 36)

RE:  TT discussion, here's what I posted over there...

Ive been a member here since 2007, and actively posting since about the beginning of 2010.  EVERYTHING I learned about how to accomplish my first triathlon was from TT and the Gear Questions sections.  My local Maryland forum was pretty active back then, too, and we actually had some meet-ups around here.  I joined a mentor group in 2011 and I've been part of at least one ever since.

As BT membership peaked through about 2014, I was everywhere posting, sharing/teaching, and learning - TT, Gear Questions, The Peloton (that was a great sub-forum),  the Challenges, and even the injury area (no surprise there, huh??).  You would get dozens of well-respected, knowledgeable responses to pretty much anything you asked, and sometimes some feathers got ruffled if people didn't hear what they wanted to hear.  That friction contributed to the banning of some key posters here (Bryan D, Fred Doucette are two that immediately come to mind), and BT went downhill from there.  Maybe the redesign contributed, too, though to be honest while I found the new design less friendly, I wasn't overly upset about it and just got used to it.

Now I still hang out in TT and post some responses now and then, my Maryland forum has had any action in probably four years, I hang out with two mentor groups (BDAS, and the Manatees occasionally).  The rest of the forums are pretty much worthless to me anymore.

I tend to pose more personal questions to the mentor groups where I have people I "trust" (well, at least as much as you can trust someone that you've never met in person LOL  ), though there are certain people that still answer questions in TT (Ben, Jason, Marc, Arend, among others come to mind...) that have specific expertise that I want input from.  I post it there because I think others could benefit as well.

TT isn't what it used to be, but hell nothing is.  It is what it is, which is still a good thing in my opinion.

I raced a 40k TT last weekend and finally got the race report written up:  http://beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=546294&posts=1#M5215432

TL;DR version:  Best power I've ridden at this distance, but slowest time ever (eight u-turns on course, rough roads, and rear brake rubbing just a little bit)....unfortunately was late to my race start time and was penalized by not being allowed to start on the ramp and also given a two minute time penalty.  Fastest in my category, second female overall, so fairly happy with it, though know there's room for improvement!

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CONGRATULATIONS again! Thank you for the race report.

Congrats!  I noticed in your race report a comment about Wanaka.  Have you raced Challenge Wanaka in the past?  It's one I'm sorta tossing around....not overly seriously, but kinda.  Sounds like it's supposed to be a beautiful race, but it looks like it could be quite lonely, given the results I peeked at....not a huge number of participants.

Random question for everyone else -- how come no one responds to the RR itself (i.e. people respond in the mentor group, but not on the RR thread)?  One of the cool things about RR's is that they're easy to find in the future....and sifting through years old mentor groups to see what people had to say about your race is not.  I don't know if anyone else goes back and reads through old race reports, but I do so I don't make the same mistakes, and sometimes to remind myself that I'm capable of more than I thought....and as an added bonus, it's kinda cool to see what others said.  Just a question

That's an awesome race report.  I felt like I did it with you.

Congratulations, Ironman!!!

Good question. Last year I there was at least one BDAS'er (Mike) who would comment on my race reports directly. It's a nice bit of direct feedback.

For me, replying in the BDAS thread is a way to continue the BDAS conversation however in the future I'll try to add responses to the RR as well.

Another good weather weekend coming up for me. Saturday morning the trail running group is planning on a trail that should be in decent condition. Sunday I should be out paddling with the open water swimming group.