Beer Drinker Appreciation Society (BDAS) - Open (Page 98)

Originally posted by Juancho Thor, I just signed in but cannot see the BDAS challenge, in these dates only the Fall Season Challenge... Any other link? Would like to join to work a bit my core. Great initiative, thanks!! Juan

Originally posted by nicole14e Had a solid run this morning. Ran 3.25 miles at 9:15 pace. Felt pretty strong and probably could've gone a little longer. Gonna swim either tonight or tomorrow and going to November project tomorrow morning to get some hills in (they run up this hill at the park by my house that is a half a mile long, a nice steady incline...so painful). Heading to NYC this weekend and apparently where we are staying is very near Central Park, so I should be able to get some good runs in!

Originally posted by drfoodlove Happy long weekend Friday!!!! I'm hoping to scoot out of work early in the afternoon. I just have one thing I must finish before the weekend. Which, if all goes as per normal means I'll probably be here tomorrow finishing it up. Anyone have big plans for the weekend? C is going to visit her parents, so I'm staying here and gonna work with some power tools! Goals for the weekend are trim trees, mow grass, and finish some Adirondack chairs I started building in June. Oh, and some workouts. I'll likely squeeze some workouts in there too. This morning was a hard and fast masters swim. Ladder of 100s (5, 4, 3, 2) on descending intervals, then back up again. Finished it off with a five person race in which I came DFL. I cramped up as I was pushing off the wall. Next time!

Originally posted by aviatrix802Half iron tomorrow. Big George. 3,000' elevation gain. We'll see how it goes....don't forget, I started a taper over 5 weeks ago.....I haven't run over 5 miles in about 5-6 weeks. (And have a strained ham/glute/pelvic floor thing going on.. Well, we will make the best of things and see how it goes! At least it's not supposed to rain tomorrow...

Originally posted by JuanchoQuestion to BDAS about a topic we never discussed: what type of cycling shoes do you wear? I wear Pearl Izumi specific for tri and need to buy a new pair. Any suggestions or recommendations? Juan

Originally posted by aviatrix802

Juan, I certainly never meant to come across as treating a HIM like it is nothing, hahaha, far from it! I think it is becoming my favorite distance though. I just happen to be coming off IM training with a disappointing result and thought signing up for this race would help to put me in a better frame of mind. Definitely have found areas to work on over the winter for sure.

Originally posted by drfoodlove

Juan--I'm wearing Shimano bike shoes. I think they at mountain bike shoes, they have laces and the cleats are inset into the sole. I've had them for four years and they are still holding up.

Jenn--great job on your HIM!!! Sounds like you had a great race!

I went for an OWS this morning with the local tri club. It was a nice mile swim across the local lake. Only bad part was that on the back half I was under attack from a hoard of horseflies--swim a stroke, slap at them, swim a stroke, slap at them. Don't have to deal with that in the pool!

Originally posted by jmhpsu93

Well the tropical storm that made a mess of Florida and the SE US has managed to avoid us and we've had some decent weather this weekend. I'm about to head out to get like 30-35 miles in.

Originally posted by aviatrix802 Big George Half Iron is done. I cannot walk without assistance now due to my aforementioned issue but pulled off 6:01 unofficial (missed it by 0:01:01) haha. Swim was not my best - seem to be struggling with it this year. Bike felt fast (for me) but I haven't seen the official splits yet. The run I knew going in would be a problem but I stuck with my run a mile/walk a minute plan. Sure enough in the middle of mile 9 on a big hill the muscle seized up and I hobbled up the hill. I could only jog the flats and downhills. I was in enough pain I almost teared up (I have never done that). Before this all happened I had seen two different runners struggling and stopped to help them (base salts and walk with them, check in with them, etc). I somehow still managed to get second in my age group. (At Tupper Lake my time wouldn't come close to getting me podium!). But that was fun. My hubby helped me walk up to get my coffee mug. - useful. It was a beautiful day too - blue skies and not horribly hot until the very end, yet 53 degrees at start time. Big George has a nice bike course - a good mishmash of hills, flats, and twisty technical spots. I enjoyed it and recommend it. I can't walk right now, but this too shall come to pass.

Originally posted by drfoodlove

Up and out the door in the dark for a nice 3mi run with the pup. We had on all the light-up gear this morning. The neighbor lady, Jane, who is a little weird (super nice, but a little weird) was out weeding her flower bed. She scared the crap out of me by hollering good morning out of the dark. Obviously, she could see me, but I couldn't see her! Guess the lights work!

This weekend is my last tri of the season...Oly. I did this Oly last year, but am so unprepared for it this year. I really allowed my training to fall off the rails after my HIM in July. Oh well, get it done and move into the off season, where I'm going to spend time working on running, my weakness.

Originally posted by jmhpsu93

About to take the plunge and get a real power meter (vs. using virtual power).  Looking at a used PowerTap wheel for about $200 - I'm going to order a Flo 30 rim and some Sapim spokes and voila! - a PT Flo rear wheel.  Looking forward to actual numbers vs. just guessing.