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Ok folks, I’ll give you the specs, and we’ll see who gets the closest HP as measured at the rear wheels (this coming April) Currently putting the finishing touches on the new motor (for project "C") 10:1 Compression and a Vortec "T" Trim with 8lbs of boost (at an estimate 6,000RPMS)??? [...]

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There’s some trolling going on in here, and these are two of the easiest subjects to get people all heated up, so they are precisely the subjects chosen to comment on for that reason. Folks, the trolls are just pulling your strings. Let’s get back to running! Here’s a little [...]

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[ Galen Hekhuis ] None of this, however, is suitable for hiking the Grand Canyon, although it does keep bears away… I haven’t got any personal experience with bears, but I guess even they can be frightened off by an aging sysadmin telling his war stories from [...]

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I’m thinking of using a double bottle belt (holds about 1.3 litres) behind me – this also has space for keys, money, paracetamol) and a bum bag (US, fanny pack?) in front of me for a few packs of gel and a couple of energy bars, plus a waterproof jacket. What would [...]

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In my first long races my HR was right up there in the mid 160s. My best marathon (last October) shows a straight line on the HR graph at 161 from start to finish. My max (the highest I’ve recorded doing long reps) is 177. My long run HR is in the [...]

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bike course numerous times, swam 3 mile sets, and run 16 miles at a 3 hour marathon pace in preparation yet I couldn’t anticipate that fog over the water would crush my chance at finishing the IM distance.  There were only
I hear you there.  The fog at Malibu on Saturday helped [...]

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doug martsch is the singer for built to spill, this is a verse from his new solo album: there isn’t a way of deciding / which half of life’s less inviting / awake or a dream / cause both of them lead you to suffer / you wake from [...]

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The way we do it at our local race is this: Have the first and second mile clock reader in the lead car they start the clock when the gun goes off. The rest of the miles we have a guy go around the course with the current official times and [...]

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Wow, that sounds like flame bait when you say that women and especially older women need lower gears and triples. Maybe you should go back and compare your bike split from last year to the top ten women in 45-49, hmm? I think it would be more accurate to say that [...]

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OK, I’m back from Eagleman and….[snipped lots of good stuff]…This was
a pancake flat course. I am convinced that it is more effective to carry your own fluids with you on this type of course than it is to employ bottle exchanges. Great post; thanks for the insight!  It [...]