Comments on: Beach2Battleship Training Weekend

By: Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:21:27 +0000

Only one leg warmer, or was one rolled up?

Either way you look GANGSTA! Way to rock it Carol!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:58:41 +0000

Great training weekend!
How did you like the leg warmers? We are doing a bike race the weekend before Thanksgiving and I am trying to get ready for the COLD! I like the idea of leg warmers because they are cheaper then cycling tights but wanted to know if you had any problems with keeping them up?

By: ginger

ginger — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:47:48 +0000

Hmm..my first post didn’t come up…. what had said was..

Carol is much too humble. As we turned for the last 10 miles, she and I were in front having a nice chat and Mary rode up to us and casually mentioned that if we picked it up a bit we’d finish at Furman’s hope of an 18mph average. (we were right at 18.0 at that point). Carol happily said “Okay!” And then proceeded to take the front and pull us all the way back holding a 23 mph pace, and once when I looked at my computer she was pulling at 28 mph!! When we neared those two overpasses I was praying not to get dropped off the back and almost reached that nice “hurl point” trying to stay with the others, Carol still pulling!

What a great day for her physically and MENTALLY with that last 10 mile effort. She’s in amazing shape and I can’t wait to watch her race!! Whoo hooo….GO CAROL GO!!!!

By: Tricia

Tricia — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:18:56 +0000

great training weekend !! … and, well, I run for donuts

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:20:37 +0000

Will will do awesome, enjoy this reward for all your hard work.

By: ginger

ginger — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:10:53 +0000

P.S. We finished with an 18.2 average! At the time Mary rode up to us we were at 18.0!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:06:09 +0000

Nice prep ride for the big day!! Definitely get that cold weather gear…it would suck to be cold for 112 miles!

By: Velosprinter

Velosprinter — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:32:19 +0000

Your going to do great!
If it is raining you might think about a thin wool socks for the ride. Your feet are going to get wet no mater what you put over them. I raced several years in Oregon and tried just about everything. The wool really helps!
One thing to keep in mind is that if it is really cold or cool and wet it will make it harder to open and eat things while riding so pre-open and put in easy to get to places. I remember a race in NM where it was raining and snowing and I could not feel my fingers let alone fumble through my jersey pockets gels.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:26:38 +0000

Carol, you are really doing your homework for this race! I am so impressed, you are really going to kill it. Reading about your weekend brought back lots of memories. The primary one was COLD! Try getting out of freezing cold water with numb feet and start biking in 39 degrees. Scott and I are both haunted by the coldness of the day.

Your post made me think of a vivid memory of the start of this race. Standing on the beach in the dark with friends, just waiting. It was a cool experience. Right before the start they played Emimen ‘lose yourself’ as we all went into the water. It was a surreal experience.

I hope all of my B2B comments on your blog don’t annoy you! It was the last triathlon a did (almost a year ago..ughhh), but it was the biggest breakthrough performance of my life. I hope that you are able to have the same experience that I did (minus the freezing cold).

By: Darlene Nyce

Darlene Nyce — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:21:55 +0000

Donuts are DEFINITELY good karma.