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Just curious, how many slots were available for your AG?

I feel your pain Fred.  In my AG there were a few rolldowns and an extra slot due to re-allocation.  It got down to 14th in my AG and I placed 15th.  Missed it by 4 min and change.  Guy in 14th killed me by 10 min on the swim so once again my crappy swim exposes itself.

Managed a 4th in my AG yesterday at a Sprint race - we call it a Sprint but the bike is 33km and run is 7km.  Good validation for me that training is going the right direction at the moment with Muskoka only 3 weeks away, and a less than spectacular race season so far.  I may have a chance to actually go North and ride the course this weekend for what should be my last long ride before the race.  Just bought an 11-28 cassette to try and save the legs for the run.

But the highlight of the weekend was my 9 year old racing his first real kids tri.  He did a couple when he was really young and they ran through the water, but this had a proper 200M swim in the lake, and we didn't sign him up till race morning after he swam and felt confident that he would be just fine.  Anyway, he finished solid mid-pack and was super happy about the whole thing and I couldn't be prouder.

Jim + Fred + Neil = a dumptruck full of awesome.  Great races (and great next generation race, too!).  I can't even imagine (which is why this group is so great - shows what's possible!).

Just popped in to say hey.  I've been down for about a month and have some catching up to do here, but the last couple pages are filled with what I expect from SBR…  

Mostly settled now and my body is just about de-injured (I'm calling it healthy until it proves me otherwise) and actually ran yesterday and swam today.  Barton Springs is my new Walden!  Austin rocks.  Work rocks.  Very happy about all that.

Tough to find running/riding routes from home, which is a minor ding, but otherwise it's a slice of heaven.  

Hope to be back around more regularly in the coming months as I work to get back to being fit and find some sense of balanced unbalance.

Best to all!

Matt

Anyone signing up for the Mont Tremblant 70.3?

Jim + Fred + Neil = a dumptruck full of awesome.  Great races (and great next generation race, too!).  I can't even imagine (which is why this group is so great - shows what's possible!).

Just popped in to say hey.  I've been down for about a month and have some catching up to do here, but the last couple pages are filled with what I expect from SBR…  

Mostly settled now and my body is just about de-injured (I'm calling it healthy until it proves me otherwise) and actually ran yesterday and swam today.  Barton Springs is my new Walden!  Austin rocks.  Work rocks.  Very happy about all that.

Tough to find running/riding routes from home, which is a minor ding, but otherwise it's a slice of heaven.  

Hope to be back around more regularly in the coming months as I work to get back to being fit and find some sense of balanced unbalance.

Best to all!

Matt

Looks like it sold out on day 1.

Leadman still whispers in my ear once in a while though....

Managed a 4th in my AG yesterday at a Sprint race - we call it a Sprint but the bike is 33km and run is 7km.  Good validation for me that training is going the right direction at the moment with Muskoka only 3 weeks away, and a less than spectacular race season so far.  I may have a chance to actually go North and ride the course this weekend for what should be my last long ride before the race.  Just bought an 11-28 cassette to try and save the legs for the run.

But the highlight of the weekend was my 9 year old racing his first real kids tri.  He did a couple when he was really young and they ran through the water, but this had a proper 200M swim in the lake, and we didn't sign him up till race morning after he swam and felt confident that he would be just fine.  Anyway, he finished solid mid-pack and was super happy about the whole thing and I couldn't be prouder.

Jim + Fred + Neil = a dumptruck full of awesome.  Great races (and great next generation race, too!).  I can't even imagine (which is why this group is so great - shows what's possible!).

Just popped in to say hey.  I've been down for about a month and have some catching up to do here, but the last couple pages are filled with what I expect from SBR…  

Mostly settled now and my body is just about de-injured (I'm calling it healthy until it proves me otherwise) and actually ran yesterday and swam today.  Barton Springs is my new Walden!  Austin rocks.  Work rocks.  Very happy about all that.

Tough to find running/riding routes from home, which is a minor ding, but otherwise it's a slice of heaven.  

Hope to be back around more regularly in the coming months as I work to get back to being fit and find some sense of balanced unbalance.

Best to all!

Matt

I don't have any side shots from this weekends race, but was curious about any feedback any of you have based on my "front" position.  The pic where I was off to the side was taken just as we were starting to go up a hill about 20km after the other pic was taken.  I would like to fnid a way to get lower in the front, just to see if I can put out the same power and maintain the same comfort level - BUT, the stem is slammed at this point.  So I likely need to consider a different aerobar, clip on configuration that would allow me to multiple adjustment points so I can play with my position - I also haven't tried flipping the stem or looking for a negative rise, as those are other options.  I've talked/thought about making position adjustments in the past but want to get serious about it this fall/winter.