kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2011 Part 2 - CLOSED (Page 92)

Uh yeah.  And while my Dad isn't stereotypical Texas football dad he did say the other day.  "Wow, if you dedicated yourself to football like you do triathlons you may still be playing."  Oh really??

They stop for "nature breaks" early in the stage (if you're watching live that when the cameras pan to sun flower landscapes or the like).

Good Interview with Crowie on Slowtwitch.

I especially liked this part:

ST: How would you explain your tactics on the bike and run as the fields get deeper and faster, especially on the run?

Craig: Look at my record in Kona – I’ve had a 2nd, two wins and a 4th. I’ve also won the 70.3 world title and placed 4th there, which came four weeks after my first Kona appearance in ‘07. I’ve won Life Time Fitness and had a couple of other podium finishes there -- against the likes of Simon Whitfield, Hunter Kemper, Hamish Carter, Andy Potts Matt Reed, Craig Walton and Greg Bennett and Bevan Docherty. I’ve won Chicago a couple of times.

ST: What does that tell us?

Craig: That you don’t just win races with your run. You win because you are the freshest during the run. In Coeur d’Alene I could have ridden 6 or 7 minutes quicker. Say instead of 4:38, I ride a 4:32 – six minutes quicker. Do I then only run six minutes slower so the net result is the same?

ST: I doubt it.

Craig: That is exactly right. Triathlon is about the total time. That is the sport. So you have to calculate that foremost in a long distance race. Ironman Hawaii now is very competitive and very strategic and deep with the talent. But it is still an individual time trial. You want to stay as close as you can to threshold the whole day. If you look at the best marathons period, or the best marathons in an Ironman, or the best time trials in the Tour de France or the best time trials in any triathlon. they are even splits. They are not crazy fast in the first half and then a lot slower. That is a silly way to race.

Scary thing is that I wanted 1 more.  Husband said hells no and got a vasectomy

They should start giving him two mussettes 

CAV!!!! (from yesterday, finally)

It was a pretty text book sprint.

Rudy-- is this how you guys sprint?

Todays stage is medium mountains.  Cavs should be able to get his "fat arse" over the Cat 4 climb to contest the intermediate sprint.  The climb to Super Besse should be interesting, I don't think Thor is going to be able to hang onto the yellow.

Did you see the split screen they showed this morning on the telecast? Cav had the SAME EXACT expression when he won at the same spot in 2001 for the first time. Looked like someone just put him in a different helmet and jersey!

has Chris Lieto read this post?

edit - just saw scott's post, great mind's think alike.

your husband clearly understands how the male body operates.

ribs and potato's are cooking, volunteered at the mini mossman today, the kids have so much fun!!!!  Parents are mostly tools though, lol

Kell, if i could sprint like Cav, i would not be here, lol

There is no doubting he is THE man when it come to sprints, and i especially like the fact that he thanks ALL his teammates for the wins, it is never just one man, even in BS club races like i do, without the help of my teammates i would not have near the success i have had this year, and it speaks volumes about Cav as a racer and person in how he thanks all of them. You always just love to hate winners, it is the nature of man, look at Jeff Gordon for all those years in NASCAR.

But no, i would not hold Cav's wheel or the guy in 198th spot for more than 30 seconds, they are that incredible of athletes and bike riders. Their sprints are WAY WAY beyond what any normal person can comprehend, even me......

Yeah, I think he planned it.  Shaun gets mad because when we're doing easy rides I like to practice my Cav finish line poses (my favorite is the call me from Stage 3 in 2009) and Shaun yells that I'm going to fall off the bike.  I think he's just jealous that I can ride with no hands. 

She is a natural athlete that loves competing as you can see by the grin on her face. SHe has bee practicing for a year since she watched me do mine. I watched her take off on her run off the bike and she looked so comfortable. SHe has a very natural running stride as well.

If only I would do as well next week

Those pictures are so cute!  That's so great that she wanted to do one when she saw you do your race.