hashing...good fun. did it when i lived in zambia (yes....long story) basically 100 already hungover guys running 5K cross-country through the bush followed by more drinking, with some drinking thrown in. did i mention there was some drinking involved?

@dstearns - You're lucky you didn't go blind!

yeah, i probably wouldn't do it again. it was fun but also incredibly dorktastic. but back to the topic at hand. have you gotten your coaches' green light to do the fun run yet?

it's biweeky, my bad. ran it in 20:08. will post result link later.

You're so fast.

I do the Monday Brooklyn Hashes as my off season cross training, it is a good way to transition back from CX beer hand-ups to only drinking after the race is done. Most NYC hashes don't have beer checks (but when i hare they do).

I'm probably going to be doing this time trial. I think Eric and Vlad are as well.

https://www.bikereg.com/Net/15598

If they're willing to stay for the men's A TTT, all we need is a 4th to have a full squad.

PS - men's A teams can include lower category rides.

I can do that. I'm a big fat time trialing bastard.

11.5 miles? You kidding? We'll crush it.

Oh sweet! J effin'O!

Hey, look what I got to mark the occaish...

Bootiful

damn that looks fast.

Vlad, Perlberg, Owens, and Ragot? That is a formidable crew for a flat TT.

HOT DAMN that looks fast

Woah! Strictly had one of those on their "show off" stand out front on Tuesday. Veddy veddy niiiiiiiice. Eeeeeelektronik gruppo?

Mechanical Ultegra.

Anyone want some Aksium's?

I need a pointy helmet

2 things:

1) Do we get deals from Rudy?
2) Can I borrow yours?

Vlad,

See sponsorship thread.

thanks Dan... pointy helmet is on it's way.

shit man, that's a nice looking machine.

Y'all can hate on CTS as a coach - but this came arrived in my inbox yesterday. Seems very appropriate.


"On the other end of the spectrum, the beginning of June is also a good time to look for signs that your workload is too high. The season is still young, but many of you have been hitting it hard since January or February and you need to listen to what your body is telling you, even if it’s different than what the beautiful weather says to you.

The trouble starts quietly, and your goal should be to keep problems from ever becoming extremely loud and incredible disruptive. Maybe you have small cuts from mountain biking that aren’t healing as quickly as usual. Maybe you’re getting small skin infections even though you haven’t had acne since you were a teenager. Or perhaps you’re having minor joint or tendon pain that’s easy enough to work through, but unusual all the same. These can be physical signs that your body needs more recovery. Over time, athletes even develop their own personal “tells”, individual responses that only crop up when they are fatigued or struggling to recover adequately to their training workload.

June is one of the months when these problems come up for athletes in the Northern Hemisphere, and this year’s mild winter in the US seems to be making it more of a problem than usual. Athletes in the US were able to start hard outdoor training earlier this year than in some previous years, and many have already accumulated the annual mileage/kilojoule workloads we’d typically see at the end of July.

Here’s my advice, especially for US Athletes: take a look at your training logs for 2012 and compare with January-May of 2011. If you’re already far ahead of the workload you achieved in 2011 already, look at what happened to your performance when you reached this workload level in 2011. Did your performance continue to improve, or did you take a significant recovery period first, and then see improvement? You may be able to handle more workload this year compared to last (that’s the point of training, after all), but don’t underestimate how significantly the mild winter may have shifted the build/recover cycles of your spring and summer.

It may seem too early in the year to need a break, but if that’s what you’re body is telling you it needs, it pays to listen."

FWIW I just checked the numbers on my 2011 vs 2012 stats (your milage may vary)

For what it's worth I just did the math on 2011 vs 2012

Miles 10% more
KJ 40-50% more
TSS 50-60% more

Same hours, waaaaay more intensity.

Ok, I'm done feeling sorry for myself about being a little tired.

guys. there is a race tonight at 7pm again! I don't know if I'm gonna go yet as I'm still a little sore form FBF yesterday.

Here are the results from 2 weeks ago: http://nycruns.com/results/765-al-goldstein-speed-series-523#/results::13390006359680

5:30 miles to win it.

Perlberg!

Having just looked at WDC in his Vassar kit photo in another thread...I remembered I wanted to post a comment here (in the goal setting thread this was earlier. Was it merged ? )

oh man

Perhaps this should be merged with the "Listen to your wife" thread.

@dstokes

lets not get carried away here.

Wife listening is heartily encouraged. No pun intended.

dstearns said:

Goals: Drop my weight to 160 (I'm at 170 and have been that way for about a year now).... Improve my finishing time at Battenkill by 45 minutes (almost - shortened it by 25 minutes...) Help keep Lt. Dan in the L&C green jersey by being an active and helpful part of the lead outs (so far so good after week 1, but still room to improve there...and make it consistent)...and..... Have enough left after the second prime to be active at the front of the pack later to help the end-of-race sprinters (Christian, etc..) get podiums (i was toast after the 2nd sprint last time) show up in PP every morning for the team workouts. Improve my TT times. Hit 160 RPMs on my sprints. Buy a cross bike, learn how to use it, and race cross for the first time this fall. Get some good, long, hilly rides in on non-racing weekends this summer....and get up Alpine in 6:30 or less. Do at least 1, 10,000-feet climbing day in the Blue Ridge when I'm in Asheville, NC this summer... Have fun.

Ok looking back on this after my crazy summer....where did I stack up against my goals?