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Eagleone - 2009-12-19 6:49 PM I am officially jealous now!  No snow in Jackson, TN but it is 38 deg and windy.  Nonetheless, I had a good afternoon 2 mile run.  I will be on the bike tonight in the garage thinking about riding in FL.

Scott

Eagleone - 2009-12-19 11:24 PM

I just registered for The Nations Tri (Olympic) in Washington, DC September 12, 2010

Jgatz - 2009-12-19 11:54 PM Been snowed in all day too Drew. MD just isn't setup for any snow it seems.

cornfed - 2009-12-20 7:03 AM

Tell me about it.  Where are you located?

[email protected] - 2009-12-20 12:36 PM Hope everyone is doing well today and gets in their training - some how.  You guys didn't know it but you motivated me this morning.  It was cold and very windy this morning.  Winds sustatined at 17 MPH and gusting over 20.  I had planned to ride the Disney 70.3 course.  I went out and it was tough thought about turning around a couple of times and cutting the ride short.  All I could think about was the stories of you guys having to go to the garage or basement and pound out your miles on a trainer.  I at least could get out and really in the end had nothing to complain about.  I pushed and got my 50 plus miles in.  I will say I hate the wind.  Why is it when you are riding you never get a tail wind on the way back the wind is always in your face at the end of the ride.  Is that Murphy's Law? 

Hope everyone has a good Sunday.

Brian

3h 01m 22s 51.44 miles 16.98 Mi/hr	Min HR: 74 Avg HR: 143 Max HR: 161
9:30 AM   Home to Downtown Disney 5 (Route Hx)<script type="text/javascript"> Climb: 427 feet   [ HR data]
Equipment:	Pearl Izumi Tri Fly III Shoes Cateye V2C Giros Saros Helment Felt B12 Vittoria Zaffiro Pro Slick 700x23c

surprisetriguy - 2009-12-20 5:18 PM Well, I took off this morning before church for as much ride as time would allow.   The bike rode like new, not like I had just dropped it Friday.  I was hauling (for me) up the hill to Ashland in the fogginess.  About the moment I turned around, I realized it was a tail wind, and was pelted with 44* hard rain and headwind for the last 11miles.

Avg 15.07 mph for just over 20.5 miles on the hybrid.  Got home within 2 minutes of my scheduled return. 

Talking about going running (sort of) with my wife later.  We have Grandma here for Christmas, so we can do stuff together.

Have a good day waiting for the snow to melt.

Good job on the ride!  We are picking up Great Grandma and take her with us to Charlotte for the holidays.

BamaDC - 2009-12-20 2:26 PM
I pounded out 2 hours on the trainer this morning.  Hopefully we have an Indian Summer pretty soon.

surprisetriguy - 2009-12-20 5:18 PM
Have a good day waiting for the snow to melt.

sand101 - 2009-12-20 5:13 PM

Oh, yeah, pics of the B12 or I join the brigade!

cornfed - 2009-12-20 7:03 AM

Tell me about it.  Where are you located?

surprisetriguy - 2009-12-20 4:18 PM Well, I took off this morning before church for as much ride as time would allow.   The bike rode like new, not like I had just dropped it Friday.  I was hauling (for me) up the hill to Ashland in the fogginess.  About the moment I turned around, I realized it was a tail wind, and was pelted with 44* hard rain and headwind for the last 11miles.

Avg 15.07 mph for just over 20.5 miles on the hybrid.  Got home within 2 minutes of my scheduled return. 

Talking about going running (sort of) with my wife later.  We have Grandma here for Christmas, so we can do stuff together.

Have a good day waiting for the snow to melt.

sand101 - 2009-12-20 5:13 PM

What is this trainer crap?  HTFU and get out there (it was actually sunny today)!

I have to say I am terribly pleased with my run today.  Still recovering from my illness, but wanted to get in my long run of the week.  Went out and did 8 miles at 8:03/mile or so.  This was definitely not trying to push the pace, so I was thrilled to see the miles clock off that fast.  With the elevation changes (several hills of 10+% grade) I imagine the true flat pace is down in the 7:45 or so range.

Very, very pleased with that.  Ran at a dead even pace (front half was 5 seconds faster than the second).  Feeling pretty good about the 10-miler in three weeks.

But man the hills around here suck.  Prep for the Peavine Falls run, I guess (which isn't for 7 months). LOL

Oh, yeah, pics of the B12 or I join the brigade!