IM Kansas 70.3 (Page 7)

Bripod - 2008-04-05 4:25 PM

thecaptin - 2008-04-05 4:16 PM

Is there any bike rentals in the area? If I fly in for the training day, I can't afford to do bring the bike. A basic road bike would be fine.

Thoughts?

Monty has too many bikes to know what to do with, maybe he could let you borrow one My wife has a 47cm trek I could bring down but I don't think that would probably fit you.

Ha, ha, ha,ha, ha! lol

Cap you can use my DSBOB (Dreaded Steel Beast of Burden) ? The 20 year old Bianchi, 58cm, Champy 8 speed, crispest shift in town, down tube shifters, smooth ride but heavy @ 22 some pounds!

I think my inlaws are in town that weekend and both boys have a soccer game that day, so it might not work for me heading out to the lake that weekend., however you can drop buy and get it if you want to use it. PM me for details.

GREAT stuff Barb!  Thanks for doing the recon and taking photos.

I made that "glunk" noise when I saw the first hill.

This one looks quite interesting as well....

Should be an interesting race.

Hey Everyone!

Figured it is high time I get in here and get in on some of the action!  I'm from Omaha, NE and am registered for the Kansas 70.3 - it is actually the first tri I registered for.  I figured I better do a shorter one first, and so I did an OLY in Texas last weekend & was happy to see I could finish   Now to almost double that distance 2 months from now . . . WOW! 

I wish I could do the training weekend - but I'm registered for the Lincoln Half that day and a good friend is coming in town just to do it with me - so there is no way I will bail.  I will keep watching for other rides though & hopefully make it out there at least once for a trial run on the bike course.

Barb - thanks a ton for posting the pics! 

Renee

bvfrompc - 2008-04-15 2:22 PM

So those wussy hills you posted actually make me feel better lol.

Were there hills in those pictures, I saw some speed bumps.....

Sure!  Go ahead and crack on the hills we have in the midwest.  But one thing you might be forgetting, coming from Colorado and such.....is that besides our "speed bumps" we have constent wind speeds of 25-30 on any given day.  Today the wind is blowing at 50 MPH. 
Put that in your pipe and smoke it. 

oipolloi - 2008-04-15 2:27 PM

bvfrompc - 2008-04-15 2:22 PM

So those wussy hills you posted actually make me feel better lol.

Were there hills in those pictures, I saw some speed bumps.....

Sure!  Go ahead and crack on the hills we have in the midwest.  But one thing you might be forgetting, coming from Colorado and such.....is that besides our "speed bumps" we have constent wind speeds of 25-30 on any given day.  Today the wind is blowing at 50 MPH. 
Put that in your pipe and smoke it. 

The big chain ring hills, mounds, speed bumps, ant hills etc. are the easy stuff, you can see them and unless you have a very, very weak bike, the duration for each climb shouldn't be longer than 5 to 7 minutes!  Fear the wind, you can't see it, and it will kick your arse and mind faster than any hill around that lake!

I have seen 3 foot waves kicked up on Clinton lake from the wind we get here, try swimming and navigating in that  for 1 mile!

You HAD to go and say that didn't you?

3 foot waves?  I'm in trouble.

I am in trouble if they are 6", I need glass flat water to fake my swim in! Did a OWS in 14" chop once, it wasn't fun.