ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED (Page 39)

I saw this a few weeks ago myself and thought about getting it for my bike.  They look like a great way to provide a little extra security to your bike if it's stolen if an extra sticker is placed in an obscure location.

Jeff hit it on the head.  Allowing your body to hurt is not a bad thing as long as it's within reason.  The adaptations at your age will occur relatively quickly so you should be able to see lees time recovering and ore time base building.  Just as you've already been doing, pay heed to what your body is telling you and become intimate with how it responds and recovers.

It sounds like you're doing well in the water with this kind of a swim.  You should be ready for the August olympic just fine.  Just as others have stated recently develop a means to recover and relax during the swim if you feel it's required but it's probably not going to be from floating.  Just as you've already said, you probably aren't going to be able to float because of your high muscle mass.  I have never been able to float.  My legs always sink  when trying to float face up or face down.  Try to do some breast stroke as your means of recovery.

I didn't mention this in my RR from last Saturday but I used breast stroke at Muncie last weekend.  As the sun was bearing down and causing a very large glare across the water for my trip back to the swim out.  Taking a few seconds to get a good look around a after rounding the turn and heading east was the only way to be able to see anything at all.  Breast stroke allowed me the time to keep my head above water and get a glimpse for better sighting.

My point is that you can use an alternate stroke, preferably breast stroke, to get a good look around while still having forward movement.

My new bike funds were just invested on a Clavinova for the kids.

Must Get Head Checked......

This is awesome. Our little local Tri Club actually prints off stickers with names and the tri Club on it for our bikes. I thought this was pretty cool because if something were to happen, it is an additional way to identify who the bike belongs to... they might not know me, but chances are someone will know about the Tri Club.

Check out mine.... "Rose City Tri Club" is written under my name, but you can't really see it here... 

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Originally posted by DirkP

Originally posted by mambos

Originally posted by KWDreamunFinally got it to open, yes I love the names on the bike but when you go to sell the bike, how difficult would it be to get the name off?

What? Sell a bike? You just add to the collection!

This is the correct answer! As a matter of fact, when an athlete asks his or her spouse for the funds for another bike there is a standard answer for the question: "How many bikes do you need?" Response: " Honey I just need one more."

This is exactly how my husband has ended up with three sets of golf clubs, I currently have two road bikes and a mountain bike and.... we have no bedroom furniture... who really wants to waste money on some nightstands anyway?  

DIRK- Awesome race recap..... and for any of you Junkies that haven't read the recap.... grab some form of nutrition (you'll get the joke when you read), pull up chair and start reading!

Congrats on the race, for freaking out Lis, and for keeping all your teeth.

It also makes me feel better to know that as much goes on in your head on a swim.

for me, I feel I'm turning a corner in my WO's for the better. I had been feeling sluggish and not motivated, which I believe came from too many days off towards the end and after vacation. I think the WO does something that keeps me in balance and without them things start to boil.