September 2010
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Might as well blog...
I am sitting at the Starbucks as today was a strange sequence of events. The people came to clean our house so I can’t stay there, UT is on lockdown because of some crazy with a gun, and I decided not to bring my laptop home.
I am very glad I wasn’t there for any of the craziness. I am even more glad that nobody got hurt. No university needs multiple massive shooting incidents in...
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New Fit
So I went see Eric over at Austinbikes for a bike fit this week. Great experience, as usual everybody there is friendly and knowledgeable. I ended up much further forward than I had been (which I expected was going to occur). The fit finished up yesterday, and I decided what better way to try out than to go race a crit? Somewhat kidding.
Regardless, the crit went pretty well, I spent some time up...
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Dilloman Triathlon Report
First off, I learned an important lesson about pre-race nutrition. The Salt Lick is non-optimal.
But back to the race itself. We got out there with plenty of time, and Carrie and I racked our bikes and got our transition areas set up. It was a small race, only about 170 participants, so it was a very small transition area and one could rack wherever they wanted.
The race started in just two...
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Time for New Cleats
You know it is time to get new cleats when you unclip twice in a 30 minute race. Yikes.
The first time my right foot hit my front wheel. The second time there was no wheel contact. Unfortunately, both times I dropped back significantly and had to chase back on. That seemed like one of the fastest 4/5 races of the year last night. I unfortunately did not make it back into the top 20, though I feel...
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Getting Ready for a Triathlon
It has been a little over a year since the last time I did a triathlon. I was out of shape, and it was one of the most pitiful athletic outings of my life.
Well, I decided to sign up for a triathlon this coming Saturday out at Pace Bend park: the Dilloman. It’s a sprint distance, and I am thinking it should be a much better experience. We have gone swim a few times in the lake at the gym,...
Final ToA Race Report
I road up to the Pickle Research Campus on Monday morning to warm up. My stomach was feeling kind of gross, but I figured it would go away once we started racing, and it did. The race started fast. People in front were getting dropped, so I had to go around them and then bridge the gap to the actual group.
I did this several times but when I had to do it into the tail wind I lost contact. I...
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Saturday recap
The day started out well. Woke up, had some tea and breakfast, got ready, watched a little bit of the vuelta. We packed up the truck and started to head out to the race. But as I was driving out of our parking lot I realized I ran over something. Turns out it was my front wheel. Whoops. I had taken it off and leaned it against the truck, and forgot to put it in the truck. It now had no axle as I...
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Getting Ready
This weekend (tomorrow, in fact) starts the Tour De Austin. One time trial and three criteriums. I am very excited, as I sort of circled this on the calendar a long time ago. I was very excited when Drew told me that he wanted this to be my big target for the summer. I’ve had a few training interruptions along the way, but I am feeling pretty good. I did my last ride early this...