ASPHALT JUNKIES Summer Bronzing Crew - CLOSED (Page 73)

Matt is done too.  Here are his splits.  It looks to me like we have another Junkie to throw a party for. 

3 HIM's are complete, I'm sure Derek has been done for hours and Vero probably has been done for some time as well.  This has been a really tremendous day for the group and with Tony bringing home the IM later this evening it will be an outrageous day, complete with some great stories.

Brenda is a STALKER!!!!

Just sayin!!

Brenda's out on the bike course stalking Tony!! 

Of course I can neither confirm nor deny my involvement in her stalking activities.  She's at MM 109 (Oregon Rd and Rimrock Rd.) waiting for Tony to arrive.

Brenda just watched Tony go blazing by her!  She said he looked good but I'll bet he's ready to get out of that saddle!!

Brenda and Joanne start their shift at 6PM CDT so they should see Tony on the run too.

Who 'dis?

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Sheesh.. between tracking the Junkies and week 1 of NFL football, I am having an insane Sunday and I haven't even done anything.

Thanks for all the extra posts on Tony, Matt, Jonathan & Warren., especially the pics of the splits and of Tony coming out for the run.

Awesome! I love this group!

I volunteered at IMLOU when Tiff raced a few years ago. I was a run pointer and I screamed and cheered so much I completely lost my voice and my ribcage was sore the next day.

So for Tony in my best IM cheering voice "Dig Deep! Almost there! Never Give up!"

And I've already told my husband I will be there next year to watch the Junkie IM parade .

So things have slowed a bit and I have taken a bit of a break from the computer tracking but I have been using my phone.  Tony seems to be doing well.  It appears Tony is at mile 9 of the run and holding his own.  Hopefully he will be able to keep his nutrition up and et through the home stretch as comfortably as possible for an IM.

At this point if Tony stays on track he'll finish about 9:20-9:30 CDT. 

It would be so awesome to be able to see you out there providing support Dina.  I can't imagine how good it felt for Tony to see Brenda, Tennie and Joanne.  Screaming and ringing cowbells!  Brenda and I were texting all kinds of info back and forth to make sure she would be able to see him come through.  I'll be sending her more info as the night goes on so she can be prepared to give her HUGE smile as encouragement.

Correct.  The cassette is the gear cluster on the back of the bike.  If the gearing is different, such as he's a better rider than you, he may have gearing selected that will provide him more speed at the same effort.  For instance: The cassette on my TT bike is a 12/25, meaning the smallest cog (gear) has 12 teeth and the largest has cog has 25.  If memory serves me correctly Tony is riding a 11/27 in Wisconsin right now.

What this does is provides one fewer teeth on the high gearing end (11) that would cause you to have to use A LOT more power to turn on a flat than would a 12.  The same occurs for a 25 versus a 27.  The 11 would be beneficial for descents to gain more speed with little chance of spinning out....................

........................And never mind since we just hung up the phone

Brenda just reported in from Madison.

Tony just passed she and Joanne's aide station and was feeling good.  Brenda said he looked good as he passed............

Here's his position on the course.....

.......And current stats.........

Less than half way to go!!!!!!!

GO TONY!!!!!!!!

I'm home and watching the live feed of the finish now. Tony is in the last 3 miles!

I can't find the live feed! HELP I don't want to miss it!

Found it!

HE'S A MILE OUT!!!!!!!!! 

BRING IT HOME!!!!!!!!!!!

Just watched him cross the line!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tony is an IRONMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!