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Old 12-07-21, 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
I've tried to tell fellow cyclists this many times but they always want to argue. A quick look at the sunset tables will confirm this.
Don't you know that arguing with conviction is better, no matter the facts? It's 2021.
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Originally Posted by gnome
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See post #8880 #Fact
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
Don't you know that arguing with conviction is better, no matter the facts? It's 2021.
I use both.
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Old 12-07-21, 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
I use both.
here is video of the KSU Owls meltdown. Sad.
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
here is video of the KSU Owls meltdown. Sad.
https://youtu.be/-Tr_hK2UeHo
Coached by a former Tennessee assistant. Gotta bring your A game if you want to win in Johnson City.

Fun Fact: ETSU disbanded football from 2003 - 2015.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
See post #8880 #Fact
Not everywhere.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Coached by a former Tennessee assistant. Gotta bring your A game if you want to win in Johnson City.

Fun Fact: ETSU disbanded football from 2003 - 2015.
Another fun fact.
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
Another fun fact.
Not really.
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Now that LAJ has his lawn set (presumably, I've seen no pic), it's time for him to set his sights on fixing up the house.

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Old 12-07-21, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Not really.
another fun fact. I've been an Owls season ticket holder since the beginning of the program.
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Old 12-07-21, 07:22 PM
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For a snack I prepared my own interpretation of DougRNS 's favorite lunch:

A couple of pickle spears and a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale.
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
Little Girl said that she wanted to make a bracelet for mom for Christmas, so I took her to Michael's, she picked out beads, cord and clasps. She came up with the bead pattern, we strung 'em together and I had to learn a couple of knots to finish it off. Being 5 years old, she's decided that she can't wait 'til Christmas and is giving mom the present today.
Perfect.
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Old 12-07-21, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by datlas
It's the atenolol. Talk to your physician. If you can get off that medicine (and maybe take another BP medicine in a different class), I predict your FTP will increase 5-10%. Not kidding.
ok, I'll talk to him at my next visit , thanks
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Man, I wish that I was on Atenolol so that I could get off of Atenolol and bump my FTP.
yeah, but that comes with 30 or more extra lbs and high ish blood pressure don't forget.
and yeah, today's numbers were all back to "normal" 149 max heart rate tonight.
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
I'd confirm by looking up my own sunrise/sunset figures, but I don't need to deepen the depression.
We keep getting rain instead of snow. Sad.
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We might get some rain Thursday night!

Thursday
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Low: 48 °F
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So the zwift thing happened again tonight. We do the group ride thing so "we all stay together". Last couple times I've been ok. Felt normal. Like a regular ride. Tonight. I was killing myself trying to stay with the group, let alone the front. So after blowing my guts out for 30 minutes I exited the meet up and rode solo. When I came back in I was 32 seconds behind. I finished the hour 40 or so seconds ahead. No problem making power. So I don't understand wtf is going on. Why is a group ride making it so difficult for me? I literally can't make enough power to stay on the front. It shows approx 4wpk but Im maxed out? There is a voice in my head screaming that there is Tomfoolery going on.
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
Don't you know that arguing with conviction is better, no matter the facts? It's 2021.
it is not...
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Originally Posted by rjones28
We keep getting rain instead of snow. Sad.
Cold and snow here the last two days. Mostly nuisance snow, though, not enough for play.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Perfect.
Mom posted pics of it on Instagram - that's how you know that she really liked it.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
We might get some rain Thursday night!
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Originally Posted by rjones28
We keep getting rain instead of snow. Sad.
Liquid is the normal form of water in a habitable environment.
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Originally Posted by ls01
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
another fun fact. I've been an Owls season ticket holder since the beginning of the program.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Looks like you have a slight chance of snow Saturday night. You should rise at 5am Sunday so you can go out and look for flurries!!

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