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06-03-18, 06:52 AM
#6576
smelling the roses
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Speaking of sleep: I seem to be entering a phase of sleeping through the night, without having to get up and pee. I don't think it's dehydration though. Just good fortune. My wild dreams, however, continue. Last night I was doing a social ride, and generally hanging out, with Peter Sagan.
06-03-18, 07:00 AM
#6577
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Won the State TT today, Women’s 50-54 yr old age group.
Beat the State Road Race Champ by 3.5 min. She was my 30 second woman, the contender besides me, and I passed her at the 13 min mark. It’s a little hard to stay in the effort at that point and I’m not that happy with how I raced. But whatever. Won the thing which was my only real goal on a bike this year.
Beat the State Road Race Champ by 3.5 min. She was my 30 second woman, the contender besides me, and I passed her at the 13 min mark. It’s a little hard to stay in the effort at that point and I’m not that happy with how I raced. But whatever. Won the thing which was my only real goal on a bike this year.
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06-03-18, 07:12 AM
#6578
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06-03-18, 07:51 AM
#6579
smelling the roses
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I don't much like the downhills either.
06-03-18, 07:57 AM
#6581
Farmer tan
Dammit! The spring assist on our garage door broke last night. BOING! After we returned home from dinner. The wooden door is stupid heavy. No way even two guys can lift it without the spring. I was able to get an appointment with my repair guy for noon today, but Mrs. rpen isn’t happy about not being able to get to the gym this morning. And repair guy may have to order a heavy duty model that will take another couple days to arrive. At least he has a jack for lifting the door so we can get the cars out. Stay tuned.
That's a bummer, though.
06-03-18, 08:28 AM
#6582
Señor Member
Dammit! The spring assist on our garage door broke last night. BOING! After we returned home from dinner. The wooden door is stupid heavy. No way even two guys can lift it without the spring. I was able to get an appointment with my repair guy for noon today, but Mrs. rpen isn’t happy about not being able to get to the gym this morning. And repair guy may have to order a heavy duty model that will take another couple days to arrive. At least he has a jack for lifting the door so we can get the cars out. Stay tuned.
06-03-18, 08:36 AM
#6583
VFL For Life
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LOL
Kudos.
If you pick it up with two hands on the edge of the shell, how can it snap you?
06-03-18, 08:38 AM
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06-03-18, 09:26 AM
#6585
Silver Comet Fred
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06-03-18, 09:32 AM
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Won the State TT today, Women’s 50-54 yr old age group.
Beat the State Road Race Champ by 3.5 min. She was my 30 second woman, the contender besides me, and I passed her at the 13 min mark. It’s a little hard to stay in the effort at that point and I’m not that happy with how I raced. But whatever. Won the thing which was my only real goal on a bike this year.
A teammate won the men’s 35-39 race. My TT women friends, the four of us who race all the local TTs, all won our races- the 45-49, 50-54 (me), 55-59 and women’s cat 4 (the woman who won this one is 57, but the cat 4 distance is 40k whereas the 50-59 is 17k and she wanted to race the longer distance).
I have two more races this week- a 5k and a 10k TT, qualifiers for next year’s National Senior Games. Then: heading to Big Bear to ride mountain bikes. Im thinking of try to do this fondo in Sept. The 50k route. Big Bear Gran Fondo 50k Skyline Right now it would be an achievement for me to just ride this route, period. Let alone do it fast.
Beat the State Road Race Champ by 3.5 min. She was my 30 second woman, the contender besides me, and I passed her at the 13 min mark. It’s a little hard to stay in the effort at that point and I’m not that happy with how I raced. But whatever. Won the thing which was my only real goal on a bike this year.
A teammate won the men’s 35-39 race. My TT women friends, the four of us who race all the local TTs, all won our races- the 45-49, 50-54 (me), 55-59 and women’s cat 4 (the woman who won this one is 57, but the cat 4 distance is 40k whereas the 50-59 is 17k and she wanted to race the longer distance).
I have two more races this week- a 5k and a 10k TT, qualifiers for next year’s National Senior Games. Then: heading to Big Bear to ride mountain bikes. Im thinking of try to do this fondo in Sept. The 50k route. Big Bear Gran Fondo 50k Skyline Right now it would be an achievement for me to just ride this route, period. Let alone do it fast.
Kudos.
but I've got an awesome shovel.
06-03-18, 10:00 AM
#6587
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The descent was not fun, tbh. That Giant had discs but the brake lever would go "long" and I'd have to pump them to get a better feel on them. Combine that with an unfamiliar road surface and some very strong wind gusts and I found myself riding the brakes pretty hard most of the way down.
06-03-18, 10:05 AM
#6588
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Had another daybreak ride today, right after the storm came through at 6:15AM today. Roads were wet so my bike and I got dirty and messy, but it was still good.
This week I got in 4 good rides (because Memorial Day) and I have a shot of staying on the podium.
This week I got in 4 good rides (because Memorial Day) and I have a shot of staying on the podium.
06-03-18, 10:27 AM
#6589
smelling the roses
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Fantabulous ride this morning. I cut 3 minutes off my best time of 1:34. And I feel it.
06-03-18, 10:30 AM
#6590
smelling the roses
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Live and learn. Apparently Strava doesn't work without a Sim card installed. The old one is too big so I need to go to the city tomorrow and get a new one.
On the upside, I find that yet another addiction really isn't.
On the upside, I find that yet another addiction really isn't.
06-03-18, 10:40 AM
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I would imagine that it recorded, but you'll just need the sim to upload. Phones often rely on cell towers to assist with GPS, but they're not reliant upon them.
06-03-18, 10:41 AM
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The descent was not fun, tbh. That Giant had discs but the brake lever would go "long" and I'd have to pump them to get a better feel on them. Combine that with an unfamiliar road surface and some very strong wind gusts and I found myself riding the brakes pretty hard most of the way down.
06-03-18, 10:45 AM
#6593
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06-03-18, 11:00 AM
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I was sailing on the way out on the morning ride. 
...which meant slogging on the way back on the morning ride.
...which meant slogging on the way back on the morning ride.
06-03-18, 11:01 AM
#6595
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Not sure, tbh. It was a weird setup... the brake levers had mechanical cables that ran into a sort of junction box built into the stem faceplate, and from there thicker cables, presumably with hydro fluid, ran to the actual brake calipers. I've never ridden a disc road bike so I don't know if that's a normal setup or what.
Edit: This thing-
https://www.giant-bicycles.com/global/showcase/conduct
Guess it's a unique to Giant setup, so I'm not sure if the "fade" feeling is something to do with that particular bike's setup or if it's normal for that system.
Edit: This thing-
https://www.giant-bicycles.com/global/showcase/conduct
Guess it's a unique to Giant setup, so I'm not sure if the "fade" feeling is something to do with that particular bike's setup or if it's normal for that system.
06-03-18, 11:05 AM
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Not sure, tbh. It was a weird setup... the brake levers had mechanical cables that ran into a sort of junction box built into the stem faceplate, and from there thicker cables, presumably with hydro fluid, ran to the actual brake calipers. I've never ridden a disc road bike so I don't know if that's a normal setup or what.
06-03-18, 11:16 AM
#6597
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This is the kind of crazy debauchery I get up to when AG is gone:
https://www.strava.com/activities/1614839022 (19 PRs, and the fastest 40k my watch has seen)
https://www.strava.com/activities/1614978619 (4 mile brick run that ripped out what was left of my soul)
Now I kind of feel like vomiting.
https://www.strava.com/activities/1614839022 (19 PRs, and the fastest 40k my watch has seen)
https://www.strava.com/activities/1614978619 (4 mile brick run that ripped out what was left of my soul)
Now I kind of feel like vomiting.
06-03-18, 11:26 AM
#6598
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And of course Tuesday I'll be shutting COTA down. That'll be another 40+ miles.
06-03-18, 11:42 AM
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06-03-18, 12:47 PM
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smelling the roses
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I couldn't even get it started, so I left the phone at home. It wouldn't acknowledge that location history was turned on.