Fred D Mentor Group - Part II (Page 67)

Ran a really fun and extremely challenging trail 5k yesterday and grabbed an AG first place despite my slowest 5k ever.

CongaRats Rusty!   Great job on the AG.

Good luck Melissa!

I hope you get your run in as well.  That would be a good stress release.

Watching too.  What goes through your head when you have Crowie, Docherty and O'Donnell chasing you as a group??

I'm still pretty new to the power game so I keep a close eye on it in races while I learn what a certain power level "feels" like.  You are much more experienced so that may work for you but I wouldn't be trading it.  

Good luck, you'll do great!

Powertap?  I'm guessing that you almost always race 404/cover so just sell the rear 404 for a training wheel PT with a cover.  The only reason I wish I had a quarq/srm is because I road race and Honu doesn't allow a disc.

Had a pretty good 60 mile ride yesterday.  Near the end, I took a 5ish minute break to refill bottles and let the rest of the group catch up and had some major lactic acid pooling (or at least that's what it felt like) in my legs.  I was coasting downhill and my legs were screaming at me as if I was finishing the last mile of a TT.  Lasted about 5 minutes before it went away.  Strange...

Had a blast at my bowling fundraiser.  2 games of no-tap (hit 9 pins on your first ball in any frame an you get credit for a strike) and shot 216 and 218.  And I still only beat our office secratary (who's about 4'11" and old enough to be my mom) by 3 pins...lol.

Going for a short 5ish mile run in a few minutes.  Just going to space out and not worry about pace.  Hopefully I run faster than 11:00 mm. 

Thanks for the warm welcome I knew I shouldn't give up on BT completely!

I just got back from my 60 mile "recovery' ride. Yesterday I did the fast paced group ride out here, ended up with 80 miles. Today's ride has an option of hills or coffee. Every week I tell myself I am going to do coffee but once again I found myself going up those darn hills. We do 3 really short steep climbs, I ride with a group of roadies and they always tease me about my TT bike so I really have to work hard and keep up with them on the steep climbs. I totally run out of gears though

Yes Yanti! We are the old timers and I have enjoyed your blog and posts over the years. Waving Hello  

I'm enjoying the race coverage today too. I have friends racing in Vegas!

Whoa!  Looks like Marc won his AG at Muskoka!!

http://tracking.ironmanlive.com/newathlete.php?rid=1143239931&race=/events/ironman70.3/muskoka70.3/&bib=688&beta=&1347228000

Holy Criky - he killed the run! That is about the best I can do on an open HM these days - Fantastic! Congratulations, Marc!!!!!

Holy . 5:05 bike followed by a 3:08 marathon. At least Rob swims like a mortal.... but just damn.

Simply incredible.

Melissa- take it with a grain of salt, 'cause everything I know about your business I learned from watching reruns of Scrubs while sitting on the trainer, but what you describe sounds just about right to me.... no worries, I think you are all good!