SBR Utopia Season II - OPEN (Page 88)

Heck, I thought you were doing Tahoe *next* year, not this year!   Good luck!!!!!

I guess a fish DOES need a bicycle, at least every now and again...

What format?

When they say go, try to beat everyone else to the finish line.  

Good luck with the race.  Looking forward to hearing how it goes.

Riding 110 tomorrow and running 17 Sunday.  Almost there, just 7 more days of hard stuff.

Geez that's a big weekend - I'm ready for a nap just reading those numbers.

Have a great race Mark!!

Nicole - I may just take you up on that offer.  Still holding out hope for a saddle tour north of the border!

Last weekend's backpacking trip is requiring a lot more recovery than expected -- running is brutal, swimming is affected MUCH more than expected, but biking seems to be alright.  So I think I'll do a Sufferfest video tomorrow and a long-ish ride on Sunday, assuming the thunderstorms pass.

Off season is kind of nice not having the training be overly structured.  Though I may do a sprint next weekend.  We'll see

Believe me...I'm ready for a nap too right now.

Dropping off my road bike to have the shifters, rear deraileur and brakes upgraded to Force.  Don't really need it, but my mechanice needed to sell some of his lightly used stuff to pay for college bills.  Figured it was a win/win as I probably owe him a lot more than the money I'm giving him considering how much work he does on my bike for free.

Can't wait to get back on the road bike after Kona.

What are you replacing?

Shifters and RD are Rival.  Brakes are probably Apex level or the lowest level SRAM road brakes as they don't have a label on them except "SRAM."  I was looking to replace my brakes soon anyway as they kind of suck...the shifters and RD is just for decoration.  I don't expect much of a difference...but now my bike will be all Force (already had a Force FD) so you know...gotta match.

WARNING:  Vent commencing

This part got me thinking (I know, look out).

I've had my road bike fitted professionally (start and mid-season) to try to dial it in, but my tri bike just feels more comfortable.  NOT what I expected…  I suppose I have to fit the road bike again and with a different fitter (have used 3 over the course of ownership, and they definitely came up with slightly different "answers," but that could have been partly where I was in the season - that and the first fit when I bought it had to accommodate more of me than there is now) or tell one the 2 still in state what the problems are and that they need to fit me differently…  Nothing like paying someone to fit you and then telling them what to do - eek.

Not really sure I even have a question to ask on this one, but it seems to be counter to everything I expected and what other people find.  I'm fine on the aerobars for several hours without my neck or back buggin' me, but put me on the roadie for 90' and it $ux - in all 3 versions of the fit.  Mostly right neck pain, but some lower back, too.

I'll be curious to see what it's like after the season of tri biking - maybe all will be well(?).

I'm tempted to say $crew the fitters and just monkey with it until it feels right, but that's prolly asking for a different kind of trouble.

OK, venting complete!

Jason, when you do get back on your road bike, you'll certainly deserve a change!

M

Wow...good luck tomorrow Mark!  Race smart :)

In other news, heading to the LBS in about an hour to pick up the new bike! .

Looking forward to seeing the pics.

I see a ton of people under an hour, including a majority of the pros.  i was actually surprised at how fast the swims were.

hum, I was just going by their feed, not actually the tracking page.  Teach me to trust that darn feed.

:)

I've been ridiculously glued to this one since 6:30 this morning.  I woke up multiple times last night thinking about those racers.  I'm such a wuss in the cold.  I just don't know if I would be able to HTFU and do it in those conditions. I would never go for a training swim or ride in conditions like that, so I guess it would end up being a big experiment.  I just hope everyone is OK.