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Bra bustin' ride-HCTT's
Mar 22^nd, 2008, 2:51pm

(subject modified to fit the topic better... after all, it was the BRA that went... Wink

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File this is in the category of "very few of us can relate" : During the finish of the horse country time trials today ,Mrs Strada had a ,um ,er ...equipment malfunction that Janet Jackson & Justin Timberlake would be proud of(although not on the par with their Super Bowl display of a few years ago).

Upon nearing the finish line of an all out time trial effort ,Peggy was working so hard to climb the last hill & against a very tough East wind ,that her sports bra BLEW! Now ,insert jokes here_____________.

There were 4 'bents that showed up(all Bacchettas)for the time trial. Nelson ,Peggy ,Robert J ,& Greg(what a nice surprise to see Greg out & riding again). Overall ,I believe the total number of entries was over 100. All 4 'bent riders rode strong & represented the 'bent class well. It was nice to finally meet Robert & Nelson rode like a man possessed.

Congrats to all who rode & Nelson has bragging rights at least until round#2 starts on May10th. Also, Congrats to Kevin for putting on a great event. Hopefully ,we'll have a few more 'bents entered for round#2 ,I know I will be there(RIDING next time).

-Steve

P.S. Greg ,the check's in the mail

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jman Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 644	Re: Boob bustin' ride-HCTT's Reply #1 - Mar 22^nd, 2008, 4:47pm Sounds like a SPARTAN effort
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Re: Boob bustin' ride-HCTT's
Reply #2 - Mar 22^nd, 2008, 5:13pm

Congrats to Peggy for busting out a great time, and Robert too in their first TT. A real pleasure to see Greg there and showing signs of coming back fast! Sure would be great to get up to 8 bents next time! Everybody has to get healthly that's an order! Conditions today were pretty tough, the ENE wind was almost at our backs on the way out. I hit 40.1 down the first hill without even trying too hard so I knew coming back would be fun, I think I averaged 12 on the way up. My splits were 14/23 so ugh. I would much prefer the wind to be at our back for the climb back!

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Re: Boob bustin' ride-HCTT's
Reply #3 - Mar 22^nd, 2008, 10:44pm

Quote from Kwijybow on Mar 22^nd, 2008, 5:13pm:

Congrats to Peggy for busting out all over

Fixed!

I am stil dissapointed, but otoh, shouldn't expect too much given how much it hurts to cycle. I gotta find a way to fix this. The best part of the ride was the conversation at Subway afterwards - thanks y'all!

Also we generated a LOT of buzz, and one of the TT guys wanted to try out my bike. Several were circling it like a pack of dogs, just trying to figure out if it was trying to become the alpha dog or if it was just a fire hydrant

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Re: Boob bustin' ride-HCTT's
Reply #4 - Mar 23^rd, 2008, 11:10am

Quote from aikigreg on Mar 22^nd, 2008, 10:44pm:

Quote from Kwijybow on Mar 22^nd, 2008, 5:13pm:

Congrats to Peggy for busting out all over

Fixed!

I am stil dissapointed, but otoh, shouldn't expect too much given how much it hurts to cycle. I gotta find a way to fix this. The best part of the ride was the conversation at Subway afterwards - thanks y'all!

Also we generated a LOT of buzz, and one of the TT guys wanted to try out my bike. Several were circling it like a pack of dogs, just trying to figure out if it was trying to become the alpha dog or if it was just a fire hydrant

Greg ,a few months after surgery & still riding in some pain ,I wouldn't be disappointed with yesterdays ride at all. You all rode well yesterday. Subway was fun . That tells me that riding is about as much as comradeship as anything else.

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Reply #5 - Mar 23^rd, 2008, 11:50am

That was a great time yesterday. Now I have my first one out of the way, I have only one way to go, thats to get faster much faster.I was not every well trained for that type of an event. I need to work on sprint intervals and being able to work at my max heart rate for the hole 35 minutes or so.
Thanks to Steve, Nelson, Greg and Robert for not letting me quit before I started, I am so lucky to ride with a great group of people. Robert it was great to met you, congratulations on getting your first time trial under your belt. Hope to see you at the next HCTT in May.
Peggy

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Reply #6 - Mar 23^rd, 2008, 12:24pm

I agree 100% Peggy. When I first said I'd do the time trials back last year, I never thought I'd be competitive, but I figured at the least, they would be great ways to judge my own improvements over the course of the year, and they were. So even if you don't think you're a racer, think of thees are real-world data to show yourself how much you're capable of improving.

Big ups to everyone, and especially to Nelson for beating the pants off me.

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Reply #7 - Mar 23^rd, 2008, 12:40pm

I didn't beat the pants off anybody! You guys were very close! (well maybe a bra)
I really enjoyed the subway fellowship as well, Thanks for that.

As an interesting comparison I dug up my 1 mile lap splits from last July.

03/22/08 07/28/07
Lap Split Avg Lap Split Avg
1:55 31.3 2:02 29.5
2:05 28.7 2:11 27.3
2:09 27.7 2:13 26.9
2:39 22.5 2:43 22.0
2:27 24.4 2:32 23.6
2:07 28.2 2:12 27.1
3:31 17.0 3:01 19.9
3:45 15.9 2:46 21.7
3:31 17.0 2:29 24.1
3:16 18.4 2:19 25.7
4:12 14.3 3:10 18.9
4:22 13.7 3:00 19.9
1:37 11.9 1:08 16.6
37:36 19.7 31:46 23.3

I was definitely in better shape for going fast last summer than now, but there was very little wind that day, and it was 80 degrees vs somewhere in the 50's. I clock the course at 12.32 with my GPS.

Take Care,
Nelson.

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DallasBikr rbent member Posts: 145	Re: Boob bustin' ride-HCTT's Reply #8 - Mar 23^rd, 2008, 12:51pm Full results: http://www.ic3-ntx.org/March_Results_For_Web.pdf Thanks all, and happy Easter! Kevin
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Re: Boob bustin' ride-HCTT's
Reply #10 - Mar 24^th, 2008, 10:32am

Sound like y'all had a good time I guess I got till May to get some reasonable practice. I got more then enough hills on my commute to get bent/hill practice but may try out the course pre-may. I know I shouldn't care but I'd rather not be too slow.

If I did my math correct y'all did between 17 and 20mph average with wind and hills yikes. (and chipseal! I barely go on chipseal)

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Reply #11 - Mar 24^th, 2008, 11:32am

The best part of the ride was getting to meet the folks I only knew as forum contributers - Steve, Peggy and Nelson - and also good to see Greg again on his bike. Sorry I didn't get to stay around and enjoy everyone's company at lunch, but I had a house full of relatives I needed to keep entertained.
Having never participated in an "official" race in any sport, I was looking forward to giving this a try before I get any older than I already am! I pretty well expected I'd be the slowest bent rider there, so I tried to make it a race against myself. I have a 13 and 21 mile course in Keller that I occasionally try to bust a gut and see how fast I can go. My best before this time trial was a 17.4 average. I think I did the TT in 17.45, so I suppose I should be pretty happy, especially given that I haven't put many miles on the bike this year so far. I'll have to work on my training regimen and see if I can't do better next time. It was still fun, or at least the part up to the turnaround - mostly downhill and with the wind. I thought I was really cooking until Greg caught me only a couple of miles from the start! Peggy was in front of me and I might have gained a little ground early on, but decided it wouldn't be wise to put out the effort that would have been required to catch her. I tried to keep the heartrate in the 145-155 range going out, as I thought I could sustain that. After the turnaround and heading uphill and into the wind, it didn't take long for my heart rate to max out around 162 and once I get to that point there's no "faster" to be had! Greg caught up to Peggy and they yo-yoed back and forth a couple of times. Peggy's adrenaline must have kicked in with Greg on her tail as the last I saw it looked like she was gradually pulling away. After another hill or so I lost sight of them both.
I enjoyed riding with everyone. You guys are strong riders on a not particularly bent-friendly course. See you at the next one if not earlier.

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Re: Boob bustin' ride-HCTT's
Reply #12 - Mar 24^th, 2008, 2:25pm

Quote from Strada177 on Mar 22^nd, 2008, 2:51pm:

Upon nearing the finish line of an all out time trial effort ,Peggy was working so hard to climb the last hill & against a very tough East wind ,that her sports bra BLEW! Now ,insert jokes here_____________.

-Steve

Uhhh, I'm still having a difficult time picturing this.... did anyone happen to picture this? Wink

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Reply #14 - Mar 24^th, 2008, 7:45pm

Paul ,no pictures. I will clarify the equipment failure. I was wearing a zip front sports bra, so I didn't have to lean back on the clasp. As I was approaching the crest of the last hill completely out of breath , I pull on up on the handle bars to try to make it to the top. As I did,I pulled apart the teeth on the bra. rendering it useless. The "boys" were not showing ,just loose under the jersey.

If that's too much info for some ,sorry ,but Paul did ask.

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