The not too serious get fit thread

[djrashonal]

LOL, sounds like you hate those chalky vitamins as much as I do!!! 

yes sir, and every morning our conversation goes as follows:

Her: Honey do you want you vitamin?
Me: I believe the correct answer here is yes?
Her: I'm not going to force you to eat it, but just know you need these nutrients to.....
Me: YES PLEASE!

We'll see what she says when I bring home gummy bears......i mean vitamins 

[DesmoLu]

Or in my case, El Matador sheepishly gets busted pounding my gummy vitamins like candy.

The omega-3 ones are key. I mean damn, those pills smell so foul!

[Monster Dave]

You'd think that they'd get the drift that they taste aweful and would make vitamins more....flavorful!

[Monster Dave]

We'll we're down to the last 2 days leading up to El Tour de Tucson - 109 mile bicycle race. I'm really excited and nervous all at the same time. It will be my first race, my first century race, and a huge achievement for me. I'm aiming to complete the 109 mile in 5.5 hours or less (the or less depends on wind, and other things out of my control!!).

I've been training really hard and feel ready. I'm taking tonight to workout at the gym, do a little work on a spin bike, but then take Friday off so that I'm ready for Saturday morning. The race kicks off at 7:30am, but the staging starts at about 4am. So it'll be an early morning for sure!!! As it stands, there are currently a little over 8000 cyclists registered for various distances (109, 80, 66, 35 miles). A large portion of the proceeds are allocated for charity and medical research (leukemia, Parkinson's, etc...) and last year they earned nearly 1.4 million dollars for a variety of organizations.

Also, last years race set some new best times for the 109 mileage with teams finishing in under 4 hours!!

I'll be sure to post up the results after it's over!

[metallimonster]

Hey man,

Good luck and thanks for a little inspiration.  I started a little jogging today and am getting ready to hit it hard when my semister is over in 3 weeks.

[djrashonal]

We'll we're down to the last 2 days leading up to El Tour de Tucson - 109 mile bicycle race. I'm really excited and nervous all at the same time. It will be my first race, my first century race, and a huge achievement for me. I'm aiming to complete the 109 mile in 5.5 hours or less (the or less depends on wind, and other things out of my control!!).

I've been training really hard and feel ready. I'm taking tonight to workout at the gym, do a little work on a spin bike, but then take Friday off so that I'm ready for Saturday morning. The race kicks off at 7:30am, but the staging starts at about 4am. So it'll be an early morning for sure!!! As it stands, there are currently a little over 8000 cyclists registered for various distances (109, 80, 66, 35 miles). A large portion of the proceeds are allocated for charity and medical research (leukemia, Parkinson's, etc...) and last year they earned nearly 1.4 million dollars for a variety of organizations.

Also, last years race set some new best times for the 109 mileage with teams finishing in under 4 hours!!

I'll be sure to post up the results after it's over!

I live up at w cortaro and thornydale, anywhere close by i can hang out and watch you guys zoom by?

[Monster Dave]

Thanks for the encouragement - and I'm glad that my efforts are helping to motivate others! Excellent!

DJ, the route has us coming from south on Silverbell to east on Ina and south on the frontage road along the highway. That's probably the closest place for you to see us. Cyclists will start coming by there by 11:30am or so. If all goes according to plan I should be coming by there between 12:30 and 1:30pm.

I found out yesterday that friends of mine who run On Any Moto (on Grant) will be out there showing support at Grant and the frontage road - that was an unexpected surprise that really got me feeling great! If you've ever met any of the guys there (or not), I'm sure they'd love to have anyone who's thinking coming out join up with them!

Thanks!  

[NAKID]

P90X Yoga = ASS KICKER!

[djrashonal]

Thanks for the encouragement - and I'm glad that my efforts are helping to motivate others! Excellent!

DJ, the route has us coming from south on Silverbell to east on Ina and south on the frontage road along the highway. That's probably the closest place for you to see us. Cyclists will start coming by there by 11:30am or so. If all goes according to plan I should be coming by there between 12:30 and 1:30pm.

I found out yesterday that friends of mine who run On Any Moto (on Grant) will be out there showing support at Grant and the frontage road - that was an unexpected surprise that really got me feeling great! If you've ever met any of the guys there (or not), I'm sure they'd love to have anyone who's thinking coming out join up with them!

Thanks!  

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Yea Dave! I may swing by there, I'm buddies with Scott and Jessica, and know the other guys. Did you hit up the anniversary party last saturday? BTW....why dont you and the mrs ever come to any of the DesmoSW outings? shame on you


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[Monster Dave]

/Threadjack response/

Yes I was there, but didn't make it out until almost the end - I got my bike all washed up and beautiful only to have it rain. 

We're pretty busy during the week, especially in training for El Tour, which is why we never make it to any of the meetings.

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I'm not sure who's all going to be out there for me, but Michael seemed really excited to do it! Should be fun. I'm planning on positioning myself near that side of the road when I fly by to see everyone! 

[djrashonal]

/Threadjack response/

Yes I was there, but didn't make it out until almost the end - I got my bike all washed up and beautiful only to have it rain. 

We're pretty busy during the week, especially in training for El Tour, which is why we never make it to any of the meetings.

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I'm not sure who's all going to be out there for me, but Michael seemed really excited to do it! Should be fun. I'm planning on positioning myself near that side of the road when I fly by to see everyone! 

sounds good! I'll look for ya, maybe Michael will try to sneak in the race on his Multi, see if anyone notices  [moto]

[DesmoDiva]

Good luck with the Tour this weekend, Dave.   

[Monster Dave]

Thanks everyone for the good wishes, it means a lot to me! I'm really excited about this race and can't believe that it's here already!!!

[teddy037.2]

after going the the doctor last week, I found out that since getting back into hockey, I've lost 8lbs

so, y'know... that's good, I guess 

[DesmoDiva]

Good work!   

Exercise can be fun.