Aaron Davidson's Group -- Closed. (Page 41)

damn! that's killin and representing the group Matt! under 6:00 if my math was right!

CONGRATS to you!!!!!!

Yes its pretty normal and yes you need to work more at climbing.

Awesome work Matt! You crushed it. I have been MIA and really busy the last week. Sorry I missed the results.

Pedals do wear out, but more typically in the bearings. There should be a tensioner/set-screw try messing with that. When the cleat on the shoe wears out you typically start to slip out and can not stay in the pedal.

My race report 

I ran the Windermere Half Marathon (13.1 miles) in 1:33:06 (7:06 pace). I missed my personal record by TWO SECONDS!!

Placed 26th out of 852.

Placed 5th in my age group.

http://www.milliseconds.com/participants/final_list/overall/142424

Even though I was having calf issues during the run I was just GRATEFUL to be able to participate in such a cool event! It was great to see all those runners challenging themselves, all the volunteers cheering and handing out water and the friends cheering us on!

In the end, both of my calves are very sore.  I actually had to stop and stretch once and had to slow down because my calves were tightening up.  My heal wasn't much of an issue  during the race.  I spoke with one fellow after the race (he barely beat me!) and he said he had heal issues in the past also and used "strassburg socks" which eliminated the problem.  I ordered some in since this seems to be a chronic issue for me.  I will try them out and hope for the best.

Fantastic! That's awesome...just think if you hadn't had the calf issues. So glad the race went well - and I love going to races where you get inspired by the participants.

Rene,

all i can say is WOW!  super run and congrats on the time! for not being tip top, you still ran great.

CONGRATS!

Awesome, top 3% of the race. Try some compression socks. For some they alleviate calve issues as well.

That was the response I was looking for. Often it is just about riding more hills and pacing well up them so you can get back to hammering it.

wbayek - 2010-05-18 10:33 AM Great race Rene.  7:06 pace seems surreal to me for 13.1 miles.  I'm with Bill.  You'd have your post race food, shower, and nap done and have plenty of time to cheer me as I cross the finish line!

Thanks for the encouragement Aaron, I know I could use more hill work!    I guess I'm just always shocked how quickly I slow down going up hills, and since I ride alone I don't know how much hills affect others.

Sorry to disappoint the group, but it looks like I'm not going to be doing the race this weekend - we're going to be painting the cottage.  Though I did do my 250 yd TT this morning just in case it rains or something changes (the race asks for an estimated time for a 250 yd swim since it's a pool snake swim).

At least you are prepared just in case.

I learned my lesson last night. I am NOT qualified to fix my own bikes.