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Geoff said:

She also commented on how hard the bike to run transition was
compared to the last time she did a triathlon. She's now done a bit
of "bike in Tacx trainer to Treadmill" training and as a result is
now much more comfortable with this transition.

Yep I've been doing a 4km run straight after the Sunday BR's. The worst
part is the 4km starts with a reasonably steep uphill. That really hurts
after 70km of riding.

DaveB

Geoff said:

The website as at yesterday now has the start times for each event
separated.

Where on the website is the start times. All I can see is the start list
of competitors names. Please tell me Male 35-39 is not last, I hate
standing around for ages getting cold.

DaveB

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Quoted message said:

Geoff said:

The website as at yesterday now has the start times for each event
separated.

Where on the website is the start times. All I can see is the start list
of competitors names. Please tell me Male 35-39 is not last, I hate
standing around for ages getting cold.

DaveB

http://www.triseries.com.au/day3/sprintDetails.asp

Has the timings for your race. Unfortunately it only gives 1st wave start
time.

Geoff

warrwych said:

cos it sure beats running for a sport.. .. .. .. ..

amen to that!

hippy said:

Any other 'racing types' out there suffering a
Severe Lack of Motivation like me?

I've had a week or so off from training and
the week before that, my training was also reduced.

I have to cough up $200 or so for a new license
now and I'm questioning my motivation into '05.

Is it just me? Are the rest of you all pumped up
and ready to kick [censored] in the new year? Or feeling
flat from the holiday revelry?

hippy

just ordered a new bike, training for the 130km Alpine Classic and spent Monday cycling Falls Creek. planning a 2006 4 month cycling holiday in France/Spain, funny....I'm not having any motivation problems:-)

ProfTournesol said:

just ordered a new bike, training for the 130km Alpine Classic and spent Monday cycling Falls Creek. planning a 2006 4 month cycling holiday in France/Spain, funny....I'm not having any motivation problems:-)

Lucky Bugger! I wouldn't be having any motivational problems either with that holiday in the planning. Not that I'm not having any motivational problems anyway...too new at this game to be getting jaded just yet. Intending to get in decent training this year and go racing for the first time. Fingers crossed for no injury relapse and a great year cycling wise!.

OSC 😄

ProfTournesol said:

just ordered a new bike, training for the 130km Alpine Classic and spent Monday cycling Falls Creek. planning a 2006 4 month cycling holiday in France/Spain, funny....I'm not having any motivation problems:-)

Get back to us when your dying up one of the many col´s i expect you will be heading up. You will wonder what your motivation is then. 🙂

Where in France and Spain will you be riding?

oely said:

Get back to us when your dying up one of the many col´s i expect you will be heading up. You will wonder what your motivation is then. 🙂

Where in France and Spain will you be riding?

my motivation will be getting down:-)
I like hills.
we think that we might go from San Sebastien to Barcelona.

"ProfTournesol" <[email hidden]

Quoted message said:

oely said:

Get back to us when your dying up one of the many col´s i expect you
will be heading up. You will wonder what your motivation is then. 🙂

Where in France and Spain will you be riding?

my motivation will be getting down:-)
I like hills.
we think that we might go from San Sebastien to Barcelona.

Well, I scored an '05 race licence and did okay at Glenvale on
Sunday (given my form), so I guess I'm still racing :-)

I'm kind of jealous of your plans but at the same time I think
of me trying to lug 100 kilos of man meat up those hills.. ;-)

hippy

"ProfTournesol" <[email hidden]

Quoted message said:

oely said:

Get back to us when your dying up one of the many col´s i expect you
will be heading up. You will wonder what your motivation is then. 🙂

Where in France and Spain will you be riding?

my motivation will be getting down:-)
I like hills.
we think that we might go from San Sebastien to Barcelona.

Well, I scored an '05 race licence and did okay at Glenvale on
Sunday (given my form), so I guess I'm still racing :-)

I'm kind of jealous of your plans but at the same time I think
of me trying to lug 100 kilos of man meat up those hills.. ;-)

hippy

hippy said:

Well, I scored an '05 race licence and did okay at Glenvale on
Sunday (given my form), so I guess I'm still racing :-)

I'm kind of jealous of your plans but at the same time I think
of me trying to lug 100 kilos of man meat up those hills.. ;-)

hippy

AAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD???? well how was it hipstar???????????????? how did u feel after????

I missed my 1st ever crit - postponed it til next saturday, but went for a great ride on sunday around kinglake with some guys and had a ball! One of those guys is 90kg of pure mean muscle (still dreaming of his legs!!) and climb! he's a machine.. so 100kg of manmeat aint nuthin to scoff at hippy - its 100kg of potential hilleating power!!

hippy said:

I'm kind of jealous of your plans but at the same time I think
of me trying to lug 100 kilos of man meat up those hills.. ;-)

hippy

Gags is 100kg and he kills me on hills. go figure!
Must be all tohse 'Brett'-bix he's eating 😄 😄 😄

"warrwych" <[email hidden]

Quoted message said:

hippy said:

Well, I scored an '05 race licence and did okay at Glenvale on
Sunday (given my form), so I guess I'm still racing :-)

I'm kind of jealous of your plans but at the same time I think
of me trying to lug 100 kilos of man meat up those hills.. ;-)

AAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD???? well how was it
hipstar???????????????? how did u feel after????

Well.. you asked for it!

Weekend cycling wrap-up:
Saturday morning, wake up when alarm goes off at 6am.
Get out of bed just before 8am :-) Wash, dress, ride to
'drome, arriving at sprint training in typical late fashion.
Wonder where Dutch and yourself are hiding..?
I notice on the way there my HR seems elevated. Probably
to be expected after 3 weeks of almost no riding.
We do some of the usual exercises, including a 2-on-1
exercise with limited gearing. Chasing Wayne, I hit 175rpm
and <cue drastic music> 205bpm HR!!
Strange considering don't often get that high in races let
alone training drills! Don't spin that fast in races though I
guess..
After training, rode to Carl's and then back to Hawthorn,
where I'd left the car the night before. Drove to the 'drome
and watched Geoff do a 500m TT. Hung around to renew
my licence and watch the state TT champs.
Got home with a headache and sunburn..
Headache gets worse and doesn't respond to water intake.
Headache really bad now and I'm seriously thinking about
spewing. Lie down (and I never lie down..I must be crook).
Wake up when ex-gf comes to check on me. Feeling
[censored] - go back to sleep.
Wake up early the next morning feeling okay so I head to
Glenvale. I take it very easy getting there and arrive before
anyone else. Have over an hour of warmup time before the
race. Ride around, stretch, enter C with $10 donation, ride
some more. Whistle blows, head to line. D grade leaves and
then C grade is off shortly after. The field is smaller than
usual - hopefully the pace will be slow.
My goal for the race was to maintain position near the front.
This was something I haven't been doing, which was stuffing
up my chances of winning the sprint.
50 minutes of racing goes bye. '13' on the Bianchi must be
strong or stupid as he keeps trying solo breaks (from memory
he's strong). Some dude on a Colnago tries to pass on the
inside of turn one and is told in no uncertain terms he'll be put
into the gutter next time (not by me, I didn't notice him until I
was most of the way through that turn).
I'm doing okay and do end up holding a good position for most
of the race. As expected, the pace hots up with 3 to go..
I'm still in a good position. 2 to go and someone grounds a
pedal on turn 3. No crash and I'm not nearby for once!
Last lap and I'm starting to go black around the edges. I'm
almost cooked! '13' is out wide on the back straight and I try
to hold his wheel as he accelerates past the front runners. Three
weeks of heavy drinking and buffet breakfasts ain't doing me
any favours now and I can't quite hold on. The final corner is
a bit sketchy on the inside with riders changing lines mid-corner,
so I go wide again, to no avail. The pace of the front runners is
such that they drag a few more riders with them and I sit up
with 100m to go, spent. Usually I'd be annoyed with this result
but I was happy about my positioning and I did have enough
power for most of the race. Not bad considering my preparation.
I watched A and B and then rode home, deciding not to watch
the Bay crit in order to let my already sun-fried brain have a rest.

Quoted message said:

I missed my 1st ever crit - postponed it til next saturday, but went

Why?

Quoted message said:

for a great ride on sunday around kinglake with some guys and had a
ball! One of those guys is 90kg of pure mean muscle (still dreaming of
his legs!!) and climb! he's a machine.. so 100kg of manmeat aint nuthin
to scoff at hippy - its 100kg of potential hilleating power!!

Yeah.. fine if the 100kg is all muscle.. ;-)

Let me put it another way.. even if I was all muscle.. I'm still carrying
the equivalent of a whole other bike up the hill compared to him! :-)

hippy
"6 pack?! I have a keg!!"

"flyingdutch" <[email hidden]

Quoted message said:

hippy said:

I'm kind of jealous of your plans but at the same time I think
of me trying to lug 100 kilos of man meat up those hills.. ;-)

Gags is 100kg and he kills me on hills. go figure!
Must be all tohse 'Brett'-bix he's eating 😄 😄 😄

Power/Weight & Body Fat % come into play here..
I'll stick to flat crits thanks! :-)

hippy

hippy said:

"ProfTournesol" <[email hidden]

Quoted message said:

oely Wrote:

I'm kind of jealous of your plans but at the same time I think
of me trying to lug 100 kilos of man meat up those hills.. ;-)

hippy

so I won't be seeing you up at Bright in 2 weeks then:-)

"ProfTournesol" <[email hidden]

Quoted message said:

hippy said:

"ProfTournesol"
<[email hidden]

Quoted message said:

oely Wrote:

I'm kind of jealous of your plans but at the same time I think
of me trying to lug 100 kilos of man meat up those hills.. ;-)

so I won't be seeing you up at Bright in 2 weeks then:-)

Not unless someone is shouting me a holiday.. :-)

hippy

In article <[email hidden]>,

hippy said:

"6 pack?! I have a keg!!"

The good news -- an article in the latest 'Bicycling Australia' says a
six-pack is the last thing a cyclist needs. Maybe next month they'll put
a positive spin on kegs...

--
Shane Stanley

hippy said:

Well.. you asked for it!

Weekend cycling wrap-up:
Not bad considering my preparation.
I watched A and B and then rode home, deciding not to watch
the Bay crit in order to let my already sun-fried brain have a rest.

Quoted message said:

I missed my 1st ever crit - postponed it til next saturday, but went

Why?

Quoted message said:

for a great ride on sunday around kinglake with some guys and had a
ball! One of those guys is 90kg of pure mean muscle (still dreaming of
his legs!!) and climb! he's a machine.. so 100kg of manmeat aint nuthin
to scoff at hippy - its 100kg of potential hilleating power!!

Yeah.. fine if the 100kg is all muscle.. ;-)

Let me put it another way.. even if I was all muscle.. I'm still carrying
the equivalent of a whole other bike up the hill compared to him! :-)

hippy
"6 pack?! I have a keg!!"

I shouldnt be laughing but when i got to the bit about ur ex and ur headache not improving, couldnt help myself. And anyone chasing Wayne is gunna have a mega heart rate to keep up to that speedrat!

I missed the crit on Sat cos I fried myself.. had 125km on the card to do.. set out to do 60 km or so before the race, head off to Warragul to race then finish off the mileage post race. Good plan, until the wind hit about 30 or so min into my ride.. by the time i got to 60 km was tired so in my tired state, thought bugger racing, lets just get me thru the next 60 km. At 80km I seriously bonked, which hasnt happened in a LOOOOOOOONG TIME!!!! So I crawled the last 30 km home and threw away the last 15km to the birds and the wind (which left my neck of the woods 30 m in after I finished - must have p!ssed off the wind god that day hehehe)

And I guess no more pizza and 6 packs then Hipstar until u nail that win (wotn be far away - 1st race back shows some good form still there)

"warrwych" <[email hidden]

Quoted message said:

So I crawled the last 30 km home and threw
away the last 15km to the birds and the wind (which left my neck of the
woods 30 m in after I finished - must have p!ssed off the wind god that
day hehehe)

Guess it owed me today.. quite a fast ride in to work
with that tailwind from the east.

Quoted message said:

And I guess no more pizza and 6 packs then Hipstar until u nail that
win (wotn be far away - 1st race back shows some good form still there)

I don't eat much pizza and other than xmas I haven't
been drinking much at all. No wonder I can't win.. ;-)

hippy

hippy said:

I don't eat much pizza and other than xmas I haven't
been drinking much at all. No wonder I can't win.. ;-)

hippy

I reckon chasing Wayne around in circles has gotta have some kind of positive outcome :p