Fred D Mentor Group Part III (Page 75)

Hotel Circle? I hate that place.

10 lane road to escape?  Like Frogger?  

Did sufferfest again this AM.  I was going to ride a little easier, but it's damn near impossible once you put that on.  Final climb on Alpe d'Huez they say "put away the mirrors and tell the children to leave the room, because it's about to get ugly"...awesome.  You can't sandbag after that.  

Still can't get Golden Cheetah to read my powertap though.  I just go off the target watts and have the joule though so not a huge deal...would be nice to see it on the screen though.

Hey, has anyone heard about the Boston Warrior half ironman distance race in late July?  A friend was talking about it at a party and I didn't know anything about it.  I found it online but wasn't sure on it.

Once upon a time I was a Frogger wizard, but all the cool kids played asteroids and space invaders... As an aside, I was a relatively early Macintosh adopter and in the late-ish 80's started playing a game called "Bolo." It was a networked, multiplayer game, which took advantage of the appletalk network protocol. As such it was incredibly novel at the time. 16 players could play at one time and you used your own personal army of tanks and pill boxes to try and control an island. My username when I played Bolo was "TankBoy" and I have used that handle online for the last 25 years.

Anyway, Michael - I hope you are able to make it across the road today for a run - don't forget that you actually can jump on the backs of the alligators... I gotta go do a strength routine, but am procrastinating just a bit.

I just got an email from CGI. They've changed the date of Black Bear to May 19th. They're keeping the sprint and oly. The Half is limited to 300 participants. They also have an Aqua Velo.  Registration is $175 until 3/31. $195 post. Black Bear has been a popular event for the NJ crowd. 

Hi Jason,

You cannot do an easy sufferfest. It just won't allow you. I think that's what is so great about them, they are very entertaining. Local Hero is another great one, especially this time of year. Intervals of various lengths

I will post on the GC mailing list which I am a member of. Do you get any special messages ? Does it see your HRM ?

We'll find you a solution

Awesome, thanks Marc.  Yes, you are right.  I tried to put the Intensity Factor slide scale down a little but I still average 330 watts on the last 8' climb and was definitely "suffering".

I get no messages from GC.  It just doesn't find it when I go to add it.  I restart computer, quit the Garmin Ant Agent, then launch Golden Cheetah, then have the Garmin 310 and Joule 2.0 on while soft pedaling so it's active and it just says no devices found.  The one thing I can think of is something with the installation of Power Agent might conflict with it but then I wouldn't know how to fix it.  Uninstall Power Agent and GC and then Reinstall GC?  I only know enough about technology to really screw things up.  Usually not enough to actually fix things

Now I'm going to have to get Local Hero I think  I love the promos on all the videos on the site.  Very well done.  Makes me want the Hell Hath No Fury One...

Had a "nice" short interval workout on the bike yesterday.  I really pushed the last one...that was an eye opener...or maybe more like an "eye closer". 

About to head out on a morning run...74 degrees I suppose.  And a little cloudy...CLOUDY...OMG...CLOUDS!!!  LOL!

Okay, I realize I'm about 7 pp behind now, but better late than never

Chrispiglet, congrats on your continuing body reformation. Ups and downs (phys/emot/etc., one big sticky ball) are normal as you know.

When I have calf issues, other than stuff already mentioned, I tie an old-fashioned kerchief around my calf SUPER TIGHT with a DOUBLE KNOT, and make sure the knot is right over the muscle knot. Then I walk around (do my normal day) like that and it's like it works it out a little bit at a time over a few hours / daytime and then it is much improved if not gone.

That really is terrible customer service especially for a dealer who sells Newtons, which is an admittedly a niche shoe that doesn't work for everyone (not banging out newtons - the Distance model is one of the shoes I run in as well).

Newton prides themselves on customer service and offers a no questions asked 30 day guarantee if you order them online. They encourage their dealers to do so as well, but they also advise on their website that you are subject to the dealer's return policy. At the very least I would contact newton and share your story - who knows, they might make you whole? I am a big fan of supporting my local businesses and often pay more money to do so. But I wouldn't shop at my LRS if they did not offer a similar guarantee on all of the brands they carry. In my 12 years of shopping there I have only returned one pair of shoes, and I think it was worth it for both of us as we have bought A LOT of shoes there. Good luck with newton.

Yes.  It's fairly instant gratification.  Click buy and then download it.  I think it was about 1.5 gigs so it's a good size file and took awhile.  I downloaded it wirelessly though (which they tell you not to) but wasn't in a rush.  Then it's an unencrypted file so I think fairly flexible in what you can do with it.  I had it on my mac so I imported it into itunes and then synched it onto my ipad, but then I tried the golden cheetah import and that was the best.  I guess if you have trainer road, it's pretty cool on that too, but I don't really see the value in that when GC is free.  Not sure if I just don't understand the nuances of the product correctly.

Shoes:  That is weak.  Our local run shop would take them back no questions.  I know multiple people who have traded their shoes in after a few runs and it wasn't working out.  I wouldn't be giving them my business anymore.  New store or online....

Thanks Yanti     I was at least somewhat smart this time, as I didn't continue to run after it got really tight and cause a huge knot that lasts for well over a week.  Been there, done that....   It's now only a little tight, small area of soreness, and actually don't notice it just walking around the office.

I am convincing myself that I had three really good run weeks and the time off will do me good (andthatIwon'tloseallmyfitnessandnotbeabletodoanyracesnextyearandmyrunwillbecomeaspitifulasitoncewasandi'llhaveotstartalloveragain.....).  right?   right??????     

Well, hey, there's a first time for everything, right? When's my turn???

Oh. My turn is probably whenever I stop doing that, then.

Ya know I'd chew the remnant soreness out of it for ya if I were there ... uh oh ... picture vomit coming ... you knew this was going to happen sometime, right??? I LOVE THIS MOMENT ...

No, Chris. If you don't start the 20-week CA 70.3 plan TODAY, you will DIE. That's just that.

There's no such thing as starting all over again.

Even in my ill-advised (the self-advice, not the good words from y'all) Ironcram, it's been much easier the second (fifth, but who's counting?) time around.

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Wow Shane...that must have been a pretty hair raising slide down the hill.  Did you flat?  Were you able to ride the rest of the way home with the tire like that?

Seriously. Good job keeping it upright! I probably would have peed myself and then crashed...

Yeah ... I think that would have required another tire ... holy moly that was some shred!

I play Frogger here every day. It's called "driving in Indonesian traffic on Indonesian roads."

FULL FRONTAL BRAG coming on ...

That's why I banged out 8+ hours on the trainer today. I just don't ride outdoors here unless I have a private motorcade escort on closed roads (it's actually cheaper to buy than you'd think, definitely worth it for a group ride).

It was a cool ride. Mentally very tough, physically I felt fairly strong. Opposite of long road rides (to me): physically tough but mentally easy to be occupied and inspired by the surroundings, other riders, focusing on the road, etc.

Huh? Say Wha? that has to be either a) a typo or b) they measure hours differently in Indonesia; are those metric hours you are talking about?

You are stone-cold crazy, Yanti. Stone cold...