[amifan]

If you insist (and only if you post yours too ).

On Sunday I did an in-between-sprint-and-Olympic distance triathlon (1 km-25 km-8 km), had PB's on the swim and bike legs, hadn't been doing enough running prior but managed to survive the run to still finish a few minutes ahead of last year's time . And the next tri in June will be on my new road bike instead of the MTB, so that should improve the bike time even further .

Holy moly! Congratualtions on your PB's!!! Top notch!

[CAMPYBOB]

Just got back from 2 weeks trip to Spain. This is my 1st real bike trip since big accident last June in Santa Fe, N.M., and a trip I had been looking forward since being in rehab all last summer.

The trip was actually arranged before my accident, so there was a financial as well as spiritual investment that motivated me from my hospital bed to be physically able to do this trip, as I quite successfully did.

For 2 weeks we rode in beautiful weather on wonderful roads, with only slight problems with shifting my Ergo levers with a right hand that isn't quite so co-operative as it once was. As the days accumulated, the shifting became more natural, and I was able to ride with the group comfortably, often leaving a good portion of them behind when the roads pointed skyward. One of my favorites was a stretch of Cat. 1 climb used in the Vuelta a Espania from a town called Monochil to another area called la Purche. Mostly 12-13% climbing for 10 miles, with even steeper pitches thrown in. I surprised myself by finishing well ahead of all but 3 of our group, 1 who is a U.S. national champion. That on a 100 degree day. A really cool thing about this climb is that we saw Oscar Sevilla training here, and what a very nice person he is. He said he trains here for the Tour, but doesn't go completely to the top, as we did. No wonder he passed us twice!

We saw many more hills and climbs like this for many more days, climbing our way to the coast, then back to our base in Alhama de Granada. How fortunate that I have recovered well enough to have done such a long and grueling ride that even pre-accident would have been extremely difficult. From this I know that my racing days may be over, but cycling will still be a big part of my life, and for that I consider this an exceptional personal exploit.

FANTASTIC!

keep up the good work.

[muddleheadedwombat]

I rode round Oz once... got in the Guiness Book................... that count?


wombat

[PF.]

Nah, Guiness book of records, is that something you and your mates made up. A diary of your trip on how you flew to different states and rode down to the bakery?

[muddleheadedwombat]

the youth of today are so disrespectfull.......

[PF.]

only joking wombo

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[amifan]

I rode round Oz once... got in the Guiness Book................... that count?
wombat

Yes! But fill it out a little please! Or should we just speculate as to what exactly got you in there

[House]

In my first triathlon of the year I finished 28th overall and 4th in my age group. I had one of the best swim times(my worst event), slow transitions (cost me moving up to 18th and 2nd) and a slower then planned run. It was a good start to the season especially after spending the weekend doing tourist stuff with my wife. I race again next weekend in Chicago and just signed up to do a Half-Ironman in August. Below is a pic from the race, I am about 15 pounds over my race weight despite my training and dieting. In February a doctor put me on a medication for my digestive problems that slowed my metabolism down. I got off of it and a month later my problems got about 99% better and about 2 months later I have finally started to lose some weight. As you can tell from the expression the run was a bit "uncomfortable!"

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[Burkni]

In my first triathlon of the year I finished 28th overall and 4th in my age group. I had one of the best swim times(my worst event), slow transitions (cost me moving up to 18th and 2nd) and a slower then planned run. It was a good start to the season especially after spending the weekend doing tourist stuff with my wife. I race again next weekend in Chicago and just signed up to do a Half-Ironman in August. Below is a pic from the race, I am about 15 pounds over my race weight despite my training and dieting. In February a doctor put me on a medication for my digestive problems that slowed my metabolism down. I got off of it and a month later my problems got about 99% better and about 2 months later I have finally started to lose some weight. As you can tell from the expression the run was a bit "uncomfortable!"

How many tris will you generally do in a year, House? ( I assume we are talking about Olympic distance here)
As for slow transitions, I did a tri the other day (a one-off thing for me ) and as I don't have a suitable skinsuit or a suitable climate to use it in (well, some of the competitors did ) I neglected to dry properly down after the swim, and took about half a minute just getting my T-shirt one ... that was painful

[House]

How many tris will you generally do in a year, House? ( I assume we are talking about Olympic distance here)
As for slow transitions, I did a tri the other day (a one-off thing for me ) and as I don't have a suitable skinsuit or a suitable climate to use it in (well, some of the competitors did ) I neglected to dry properly down after the swim, and took about half a minute just getting my T-shirt one ... that was painful

I do various distances from sprints up to Half-Iron this year (hopefully an ironman next year). I usually only get to do three or so because of my camp coaching schedule and pre-season training. It's so much easier in a trisuit or at least tri shorts and a race top. My wife got me my new trisuit for my birthday, it's pretty sweet. I tell you what it was hot for that race, in the 90's by the end. By the time the run was over I was wishing we had your climate!

[guidemd]

I tell you what it was hot for that race, in the 90's by the end. By the time the run was over I was wishing we had your climate!

Hey, Burkni, what temperature was it for your tri? It was about 6-8 deg C here in Edmonton when I came out of the pool last weekend at approx. 8 am, warmed up to about 13 C by the time I finished the run - I like that temperature for running, but my first lap on the bike I was wondering if I had made a big mistake only wearing a T-shirt over my tri suit and not a jacket as well ...

[muddleheadedwombat]

what?....... oh the round Oz thing...... bit of a yarn behind that one but basically... 12 riders, 14200km.... 21 days.... lots of time money and a marriage spent.... ask Vaughn, Janna or Paula they'll gladly tell ya all about it.

raced Perry Stone across Oz too.. thats in the compendium so ya can read that one yaself.


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[Burkni]

Hey, Burkni, what temperature was it for your tri? It was about 6-8 deg C here in Edmonton when I came out of the pool last weekend at approx. 8 am, warmed up to about 13 C by the time I finished the run - I like that temperature for running, but my first lap on the bike I was wondering if I had made a big mistake only wearing a T-shirt over my tri suit and not a jacket as well ...

It was about 10-12°C for the whole thing ... quite lucky for May.

[House]

Raced again last weekend up in Chicago, where it was about 56 degrees at the start of the race and the water was an unexpected 62 degrees! About 75% of the racers did not have wetsuits, including me who almost bought one the day before for my 1/2 IM in August, but decided to wait as I usually lose weight when camps start and I am training, if not I am going to the doctor since my lack of weight loss while training started when I spent about a month trying a medicine (prescribed by a doctor) for my digestive problems. It was so cold I had trouble breathing at first and even stopped for about 10 seconds to calm down and relax. It took about three miles on the ride to get feeling back in my fingers and through the ride and into the third mie of the run to get feeling in my feet! Nothing like running on feet that feel like wooden clogs! My bike and run went pretty well, I was flying on the bike until the dreaded headwind and I purposely went out a bit easy on the run, but was flying for the last two miles. I finished 86th of 402 overall and 20th of 65 in my age group.. Had I not had issues on the swim I would have been top 10 in a AG and in the top 50 OA. Overall I was pretty happy and am now looking forward to my Half Ironman in August. Due to coaching camps I won't be able to train as much so I am looking more towards just finishing in a good time as opposed to trying to place highly and probably won't have time to race again before then. It's a very busy summer for me! Below is a pic of me coming to the finish.

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[MrHarm]

Between 50 and 100km per day, and probably 1-2 Cols maximum.

(Hi all, BTW!)

What Cols are you planning?

I was in France last summer and did the Alpe d'Huez, the Galibier, Mollard and Croix de Fer. Was fun. Though it would have been more fun with a proper road racer and without any panniers

[Andy]

(Hi all, BTW!)

What Cols are you planning?

I was in France last summer and did the Alpe d'Huez, the Galibier, Mollard and Croix de Fer. Was fun. Though it would have been more fun with a proper road racer and without any panniers

I'm not really sure yet, some names have been bandied about... Col d'Ornon, Col des Aravis and Alpe d'Huez are definities, with Galibier possible.

Longest ride I've done this year is probably 40 miles.... we'll be doing 60-70. Thank god I'm in ok shape.

[MrHarm]

I'm not really sure yet, some names have been bandied about... Col d'Ornon, Col des Aravis and Alpe d'Huez are definities, with Galibier possible.

Longest ride I've done this year is probably 40 miles.... we'll be doing 60-70. Thank god I'm in ok shape.

I'd definetly recommend doing the Galibier if you have time for it. Awesome climb, and it just feels like a real accomplishment when you reach that sort of altitude :-) Alpe d'Huez just wasn't the same in that respect...there is something special about that "high mountain" feeling.

[vaunTrevi]

what?....... oh the round Oz thing...... bit of a yarn behind that one but basically... 12 riders, 14200km.... 21 days.... lots of time money and a marriage spent.... ask Vaughn, Janna or Paula they'll gladly tell ya all about it.

raced Perry Stone across Oz too.. thats in the compendium so ya can read that one yaself.
wombat

Its the truth the Wombat is a legend!
And the Guiness book of records is no little thing either, just counting the miles eh...