LAST CHANCE BIKE ROMANCE. if you haven't already made your commitment to tomorrow's ride to Quilcene, this is it. Your last chance. Go to the bottom of the page and click on the 'post a comment' tab. A new page will open and you can respond anyway you like. Please note, however, that we do not respond back to anonymous posts.
Our ride tomorrow departs at 1000 from the Bainbridge Athletic Club. We will have vehicular support for the 35 out miles as well as the 35 back miles. Ten dollars gets you all this. This is not a race, there are no awards for speed. Endurance counts, as does attitude. It may rain. We don't care. It is summer and we will ride. The beauty of the SAG wagon is that if you bonk, bend or bruise, you simply rack and pack. Rack your bike and pack your bones in the truck. No shame, no blame. 70 miles of smiles. An entry I once made at a cafe somewhere to the left of nowhere during a month long ride, now seems appropriate, "The quality of your sunset is determined by your attitude on the uphill grade.", or as Neal Donald Walsch says, "Your growth starts at the end of your comfort zone."
Speaking of the BAC, we are now officially partners. The RCVman is opening a three person CompuTrainer Multi-Rider center in the club with Grand Opening slated for 1 September. I was in contact with Simon Ward, aka, The Triathlon Coach yesterday and we pretty much agreed that a Bainbridge Island versus Leeds inaugural team time trial would be just the ticket for opening festivities. This is going to be a true test for us because Simon is one of the very best coaches on either, or any, isle and produces some blazing fast athletes. This, of course, is exactly what makes it fun. The bloody competition. Soon after that we'll invite our reps in Australia, Canada, Norway, South Africa, France, Japan and maybe even California to compete with us. Sound like fun?
Lastly today, I am SERIOUSLY looking for some help in the form of motivation. I need a couple of local training partners for the 2012 Ironman Arizona. It will be in November of next year, and my goal is to qualify for Kona of 2013. This is a HUGE commitment and takes special planning and circumstance to properly execute. That is why I bring it up here today, with merely 489 training days between now and then.
We'll do 70 tomorrow, that's a start.
Pic: The official partnership incorporation document in contractual form is signed ceremoniously by the COB, RCVman. The first order of duty was to make coffee.
10 comments:
I'm in for tomorrow's ride!
Wow, a movie star and silver medalist! Looking forward to it. Maybe we should make it a race!!!!
I would be in if I had a bike!! :). Someday, hopefully!
My leg is better, (thanks for asking)! I went to PT. Apparently, my adductors, abductors and glutes are soooo weak that when I run all of the force is being swallowed up by my front muscles/bones (pelvis) and it's causing my hip joints to torque!! Not fun. Anyway, I'm on a very intense strengthening regimen and will hopefully be back running w/ in a few weeks!!! Yay!!!
We can get you a bike, speak but the word!!!!! Good news on the long term diagnosis. Do the drills. A stronger athlete is a better athlete. And hang in there, it's part of the process. See you Saturday?
ok
the az deal
Specifically, OK, what?
PS: Congratulations on your new deal with BAC, hope you find a couple of REALLY committed training partners for the AZ Ironman, great photo!
Thank you. Anyone training for an Ironman 488 days out should BE committed. Ya think a 60 minute yoga session and a 70 mile easy ride qualifies as an IM brick?
can i do the ironman training
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