Newbz'z summer mentor group is FULL!!!! (Page 49)

DirkP - 2010-05-23 12:24 PM

That sounds like incredible fun!!!  I would love to do something like that!  The only trouble is, in northern Indiana the closest thing to whitewater I can get is lots of small children playing in a swimming pool as I swim by.

carlwithac - 2010-05-23 11:34 PM 

I just ran 5miles in the 70degree weather.  After running all winter, my body is not used to this heat at all.

dcon - 2010-05-23 7:41 PM

I hope you're dialing back your pace a little.  It makes a big difference in the heat and allows you to keep going longer.  If you push too hard, you'll end up missing some workouts.  

carlwithac - 2010-05-23 7:51 PM
Yep.  As much as I hate running slower than I really want to, I know the importance of dialing it back a little.  I also got to practice my breathing control.

I just had to bail on a friend who wants to go to the movies tonight because I plan on getting in a 2hr ride before class in the morning.  For some reason I enjoy getting up and working out before everyone is out and about.  I envy people my age who can waste their summers away because they don't have to work, and then I realize how awesome it is to be able to pay cash for a brand new bike and still have money left over.  Yep, I'll keep my job and my training.

tri808 - 2010-05-23 5:29 PM Since I got my TT bike about a month ago...when riding in rain, I would get a squeeking sound from my rear wheel.  I realized it was because I got new tires on my TT bike, and any debris that got stuck to the wheel when the tire was wet would rub against the rear wheel cutout.  There was only about 1-2 mm of clearance.  So before my TT today, I knew it would rain and it would be a problem.  Someone mentioned to me that there is a spacer you can adjust where the skewer sits to adjust how close the wheel gets to the cutout.  When I checked it this morning, it was actually a screw.  So I just slightly loosedned the screw about 1 turn, and that solved the problem giving me an extra 1mm or so of clearance. 

However, is there a spacer or washer that I'm supposed to buy so I can tighten the screw back and still leave the proper clearance between the tire and the cutout.  I imagine it's not a good idea to ride all the time with the screw semi loose.  There already was a rubber spacer between the screw and the frame...so I assume I need a slightly bigger spacer?  The screw isn't really loose...you still need a screwdriver to move it.

dcon - 2010-05-23 7:41 PM

I hope you're dialing back your pace a little.  It makes a big difference in the heat and allows you to keep going longer.  If you push too hard, you'll end up missing some workouts.  

tri808 - 2010-05-23 5:16 PM Just finished my 40k TT.  I'll post a short RR when I get the official results, but it was a good race effort.  Weather was horrible...high winds and rain.  It was actually a bit scary at times.

I think I left a little in the tank in the middle of the race, but I finished strong.  At about mile 21 I did reach "slobberknocking" effort.  I had to spit, literally TRIED to turn my head, but ended up spitting right over my front wheel.  Luckily we had a tail wind at the end so it didn't come back into my face. 

I think I finisehd around 1:10...which confirms my belief that my 40k TT during my Oly was short...since I did that in 1:07.

Anyway...another sucessful race for me.

jpbis26 - 2010-05-24 9:48 AM dcon- Cool. I grew up on the west side of Buffalo near Elmwood Ave. My parents still live there.

dcon - 2010-05-23 8:15 PM

Probably not all that far away from where I went to high school - Canisius. 

jpbis26 - 2010-05-24 1:57 PM

Ok- This really is crazy now. My brothers, both my father & stepfather, & a lot of my uncles went to Canisius. I went to Nardin. I looked back at your bio. Looks like you would have been a couple years behind my dad.

tri808 - 2010-05-24 3:16 PM back to the daily grind again.  No major races till the end of July.  With my PT likely coming in this week, it's be a bike building focus for the most of this summer.