Meulen's 'Let's tri this Thing!' beginner mentor group-CLOSED (Page 43)

Meulen - 2011-04-13 12:42 PM Oh boy!!!! I picked up my new wheels today with a powertap! Hed and Cycleop sponsors the team I'm on and cut me an incredible discount. I had to take advantage of it. I'll have to take some pics after I put some tires on them and mount them up!

Please hurry with the pics!  I know I do not ride nearly well enough to deserve them, but I absolutely love the looks of them!  You have to get the aero helmet now.  I was just reading that they actually will give you more of an advantage than the wheels.  Both of them combined will be incredible....

Meulen - 2011-04-13 1:39 PM

mcommend - 2011-04-13 12:12 PM

Meulen - 2011-04-13 12:42 PM Oh boy!!!! I picked up my new wheels today with a powertap! Hed and Cycleop sponsors the team I'm on and cut me an incredible discount. I had to take advantage of it. I'll have to take some pics after I put some tires on them and mount them up!

 

Please hurry with the pics!  I know I do not ride nearly well enough to deserve them, but I absolutely love the looks of them!  You have to get the aero helmet now.  I was just reading that they actually will give you more of an advantage than the wheels.  Both of them combined will be incredible....

LOL... I still have to install the rim tape. I can't wait to try them out though! I will get my cone head helmet!! LOL

i'm sure that anne can't wait for you to get your cone head on and shave your legs. smmmmokin'!

Meulen - 2011-04-13 2:46 PM

libramom - 2011-04-13 1:37 PM

Meulen - 2011-04-13 1:39 PM

mcommend - 2011-04-13 12:12 PM

Meulen - 2011-04-13 12:42 PM Oh boy!!!! I picked up my new wheels today with a powertap! Hed and Cycleop sponsors the team I'm on and cut me an incredible discount. I had to take advantage of it. I'll have to take some pics after I put some tires on them and mount them up!

 

Please hurry with the pics!  I know I do not ride nearly well enough to deserve them, but I absolutely love the looks of them!  You have to get the aero helmet now.  I was just reading that they actually will give you more of an advantage than the wheels.  Both of them combined will be incredible....

LOL... I still have to install the rim tape. I can't wait to try them out though! I will get my cone head helmet!! LOL

 

i'm sure that anne can't wait for you to get your cone head on and shave your legs. smmmmokin'!

She better watch out!!! I'm going to be soooo haaawt!! I'll be fightin' da girly'z off with a stick!! LOL

it's true. i've had to drop kick some ladies in a downward dog because they've been trying to get with michael and his shaved legs. i just don't know what else i would do if, (God forbid) he wore an aero helmet.

That is why I won't do yoga...the DARK SIDE!

Helmet...helmet...helmet

The chant has started!!!

Brian, you get one & post  a pic & I might have to get one too!!  Not that I need a big push

Meulen - 2011-04-13 3:37 PM

GoGoGo - 2011-04-13 2:31 PM

libramom - 2011-04-13 9:37 AM 

and now, completely unrelated- there was a "fight" that broke out in my yoga class last night. luckily it was in the back of the room and i don't think many people who were in the middle/front really noticed. it was something about this lady who moans and groans (yes, she's annoying and i have confronted her about it before, but she still does it) very loudly during class. she sometimes even moans during our final relaxation....how weird is that? anyway, the woman infront of her, i guess, got really upset with all of her moaning and purposefully (i saw it) kicked the moaner in the face while doing one of the poses. the moaner started moaning louder and finally the kicker turned around and said, "you are the most obnoxious person i have ever seen!" and walked out!

and then things are extraordinarily insane at work this week. is it a full moon?

 

That is why I won't do yoga...the DARK SIDE!

what's so dark about a bunch of sweath, limber women moaning, groaning, and then duke'n it out!!

EWWWW.

For the first time in the past week I was able to complete a ride without getting a flat.  I guess the third time was the charm, but it was not without incident.  I was cruising along the river at about 20 mph in aero position as I rounded a bend I had to look twice to see the path, and then I realized that the river had overflowed its banks and the water went up to the wall of PNC Park.  I had to get out of aero to my brakes, and I skidded to a stop about a foot short of the river. If Ihad gone into the river I probably would have been too embarrassed to come home.

QOTD:  What's the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to you while training or racing?  I will have to give this one some thought before I answer because things are always happening to me.

you really are the born loser. your college friends warned me about you, but i didn't believe them. now, 15 years later and you're still the same person.

qotd: i'm very graceful and together so i've never had anything embarrassing happen, but i can't wait to hear what others say!

It was that time I farted in Yoga class.

I have 3 embarrassing stories!

1) I was running a 5 mile trail race back in November. It was my first time ever even running on a trail (yeah, I realized about 2 minutes into the race that it would have probably been a good idea to go for a practice run or two...) anyway, about 2 miles in I am running down a hill and trip over a root and stumbled and tumbled down the hill. It hurt really bad and I was scared and shaken up and started to cry. A couple people asked me if I was ok and I sort of gasped that I was fine and one person patted me on the back and said "just walk it off". My leg was all bloody and it sucked but I was in the middle of the woods with nowhere to go just I just continued on and finished the race---I crossed the finish line looking like a bear attacked me or something! That's when I told myself that I would never run in the woods again unless I am being chased! 

2) The first day I got my clipless pedals put on my bike I tried to stop and counted unclip and wiped out in front of a big group of people. I tried to get up and go but fell over again! A cop actually was driving by and said through the loudspeaker "better learn how to ride that bike" and everyone laughed. It was SO EMBARRASSING! 

3) The first time I started swimming back in December I was absolutely awful. Seriously, I couldn;t even do 25 yards. I sometimes had to stop in the middle of the pool because I was so uncoordinated and couldnt figure out the arms and breathing. It was a mess! I was telling my friends in spinning about it the next morning and we all had a laugh. A few minutes later a guy who knew everyone else but I wasn't friends with came in and starts complaining about how the night before there was someone in the pool who was SO BAD. Everyone started laughing because we all knew he was talking about me. He put his foot in his mouth pretty bad and felt bad but I just laughed about it because it was true! If only he could see me now!

I am sure there will be plenty more as training and racing goes on...I'll definitely keep you posted. 

these are hilarious- keep the embarrassing moments coming!!! so i can continue to laugh at you all!

(and hopefully you all realize just how sarcastic my statement was about me being "all together!" i've *yet* had an embarrassing training moment, but last year while teaching pilates to one of the biggest classes i've ever had, i tripped on one of those huge exercises balls while walking around, flew half-way across the room and my head landed on some older man's lap. now that's what i call grace!).

this just in (i love saying that): that new book by the guy who ran across the U.S.- Running on Empty. Here's a link from his blog, http://marshallulrich.com/blog/book-on-sale/?ref=nf

ican't wait to read it!