Quote from: ducpainter on November 01, 2009, 05:01:59 PM
You best stop eating then, because I know you're not gonna stop drinking.

Oooooooohhh...

The solution was right in front of me the whole time!

overweight?

push yourself away from the table 3 times a day.

I was glad to find out today that my knee is fine with sustained 8-12% climbs on the bicycle.  

Not bad two weeks after dropping my Duc on it.

Quote from: somegirl on November 01, 2009, 05:38:21 PM
I was glad to find out today that my knee is fine with sustained 8-12% climbs on the bicycle.  

Not bad two weeks after dropping my Duc on it.

We'll that's good to hear! I didn't hear that you dropped your Duc - how did I miss that?

Well we've been out riding a lot. There's 19 days left until the Tour de Tucson and I'm stoked! I'm really aiming for the gold medal, to get that I have to complete 109 miles in 5 hrs or less. I'm hoping to do another 100 mile ride before the race and to test my progress since my last run at 6 hours 4 minutes.

Did anyone see that an American FINALLY won the NY marathon last weekend?

Quote from: Monster Dave on November 02, 2009, 05:17:36 AM
We'll that's good to hear! I didn't hear that you dropped your Duc - how did I miss that?

It was in the Crash Analysis thread...bad combination of wet leaves hiding a Botts Dot and less-than-new tires while turning into my driveway.  No major harm done.

Quote from: Monster Dave on November 02, 2009, 05:17:36 AMWell we've been out riding a lot. There's 19 days left until the Tour de Tucson and I'm stoked! I'm really aiming for the gold medal, to get that I have to complete 109 miles in 5 hrs or less. I'm hoping to do another 100 mile ride before the race and to test my progress since my last run at 6 hours 4 minutes.

Looking forward to your report on the ride.

Yea, an american finally one YESTERDAY.. last time it was in 82' I believe..

Quote from: somegirl on November 02, 2009, 10:27:38 AM
It was in the Crash Analysis thread...bad combination of wet leaves hiding a Botts Dot and less-than-new tires while turning into my driveway.  No major harm done.

Looking forward to your report on the ride.

We'll be sure to take pics and write up a good review of the event! I'm glad that you and your bike are alright!

Quote from: cokey on November 02, 2009, 10:42:07 AM
Yea, an american finally one YESTERDAY.. last time it was in 82' I believe..

Sadly though that winning is only superficial as he wasn't born and bread in the USA - rather he fled his home country that was at war with Ethiopia back in the late 80's and was naturalized in the USA.

Quote from: Monster Dave on November 02, 2009, 10:47:01 AM

Sadly though that winning is only superficial as he wasn't born and bread in the USA - rather he fled his home country that was at war with Ethiopia back in the late 80's and was naturalized in the USA.

Pffft-we're a melting pot. He's an American.


He would probably also tell you that he was not "bread" anywhere. 

Quote from: MrIncredible on November 02, 2009, 11:03:20 AM
Pffft-we're a melting pot. He's an American.


He would probably also tell you that he was not "bread" anywhere.  

I really didn't mean my comment to sound badly towards the winner....congrats to him. 

The "born and bred" was used as an expression. I have no problems with people immigrating to the US, we are a melting pot - you're right!

I was only expecting someone like Armstrong to have pulled it off.

No offence intended - it sounded better in my head than it came across in typing.

Eh ill try an win it one year lol

I just agreed to fight one of my classmates in a three-round in-school "smoker" in early December. 

As soon as I finish this cigarette, I'm gonna go jump rope.

Quote from: dropstharockalot on November 03, 2009, 04:46:01 AM
I just agreed to fight one of my classmates in a three-round in-school "smoker" in early December. 

As soon as I finish this cigarette, I'm gonna go jump rope.

And put a face on like this that will intimidate the heck out of him:

Looks like I sprained my big toe some how while running (wtf).. sucks since my jon intitles walking a lot and haveing to go up n down stairs... carrying my tools.. happend Sunday.. if by tomorrow I can't run, guess ill take a 30-40 mile bike rid.. 

So B and my coworkers have convinced me to run a 10K on Turkey day. 

B and I will be visiting some of his family down in Wilmington, DE, so I'll be running the PNC Bank 10K for MS.

From about mile 3.25 to 5.75 is a hill of about 3% grade.  Doesn't sound like much, but all the running I been doing around here is flat.

To prepare I have added some 200m hill repeats and will be doing hilly runs, south of the city, on my long runs.

Today I did 7 miles.  This was the route.



Next week will be the same or similar.   

That's awesome!

We're eagerly counting down the days until El Tour de Tucson - as of this post there's only 11 left! I'm aiming for a gold medal so that means 109 miles in under 6hrs, which I think is very resonable barring any unexpected events - flat tires, red lights, accidents....