Hashers And Mashers - Part 3 - Open (Page 6)

OK I'm guessing you cold weather people are going to laugh...it's 24 deg C at the moment, really cold for us. Google tells me that's 75F. Here it'll get down to maybe 21-22 through winter. Gets a lot colder further down the coast (currents come up from Antarctica) brrrr...

10 minute PB!! Awesome!!

Marilyn, nice work on taking the plunge and registering for those races! It does give you a sense of purpose....that reminds me, I must get it together and actually register for the Challenge in August. If I keep dragging the chain I might miss out.

Todd, good luck with the Oly on Sunday! Sounds like you've got a good chance at nice weather, it should be a lot of fun .

that is my dream climate  how hot do you get in the summertime?

Summer air temps here around 32-35C (90-95F) most days, water around 26 (79), I love it.  It gets a lot colder (and hotter, generally both in the same day) where Chris lives. 

me too - i stalk race reports and training blogs on this site.  LOVE THEM.

Haha, I have often been one of the few without a wetsuit! I did one race where the water temp was 67 I think... no wetsuit. it was awesome.

Todd, if you write a race report, you'll get comments on it. Have a great time!

Went out for a really enjoyable bike ride this morning.  A bit cool start at 14C/57F but when I was in the sunshine it was really nice.

Also lots of other cyclists and runners.  It was quite neat that most of these other people all waved or said, "Hi." as we passed.  Lots of good smiles from them as well.

Not much left for me to do before my race.  Just a swim and run on Monday then packing up on Tuesday.  I feel pretty good about the swim and bike but not very good about the run.  I was running better before my calf injury and lately I just feel poorly prepared for the run.

No racing here but had a nice 2 hour ride yesterday and an invigorating trail run this morning. It was meant to be a long easy run but I took a different trail to usual and ended up with a steep rocky scramble/boulder hopping very scenic route, it was great! Sun coming up over the hills, wallabies hopping away and little finches flittering about in the grass trees and scrub. I'll take some photos next time I'm out that way.

So come on, racers, we want the reports! 

Finished my race report while eating breakfast and icing my ankle this morning.  YAY!

So a cautionary tale re: Marilyn's open brakes.

I was riding with a woman (a trainer, no less) who realized while riding that her front wheel's quick disconnect was open. She thought, "I can reach down and close that, no problem." Well.... Yeah, she crashed. When I came up to her (and the small crowd already gathered), her wrist was caught between the front fork and the spokes and some ppl were working on getting the wheel off. As soon as they did, her wrist ballooned right up. I took her to the hospital - yup, broken wrist. Fortunately, that was the only significant injury. Her helmet shattered, but her head was fine!

So any time I think, "I can just..." I instead stop and do the prudent thing. 
Not sure what I would do in a race though. Racing can make you do stupid things sometimes.

Anywho... Said it on your report too. Great race Marilyn! (and I have ridden a race with my front brakes open, but not the back ones, b/c my wheel was just a little out of true. that was fine - hardly noticed.)

Todd and Marilyn - I just read your respective race reports and left comments.  Great jobs both of you.  Very nice times too.  I'm quite envious.

Had a great swim today with some fun speed drills.  After today I'll be swimming exclusively only in open waters for the summer.

Great race reports guys! Sounds like you both had a lot of fun

I love racing, even though I'm never going to be fast, I'm never going to win, I just LOVE that feeling!  Looking forward to my next race in September already, and that is just not soon enough!