tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17628635.post7681165207086593661..comments2023-10-30T01:16:11.672-07:00Comments on IM Training: Triathlon and Me: OCTDj.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00055445562137022310noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17628635.post-61648798380985034962007-06-14T16:39:00.000-07:002007-06-14T16:39:00.000-07:00PS just read the other comments... Women DEFINITEL...PS just read the other comments... Women DEFINITELY get into it too. For a good example, see the extremes Natascha Badmann has gone to, putting her drinking system INSIDE the frame of her bike for more aerodynamics. Triathletes are just sick...No Wetsuit Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12469623491199183549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17628635.post-70943645866857174172007-06-14T16:35:00.000-07:002007-06-14T16:35:00.000-07:00ohmygod, know exactly how that feels. The world...ohmygod, know exactly how that feels. The world is a scary place, full of unknowns and unpredictables. You can't control it, but at least you can boil it down to a formula which, if you keep entering in all the new values for the different numbers every day, you know how it is, you at least feel like you have control over the world. Which is what we're all looking for, isn't it? But then again, I don't think that Impulsive Training Disorder is any more sever than hiding behind a "family", "career", or "Connecticut's giant pumpkin champion for 2007". It's just that triathlon is a lot harder to hide, or justify than the others. But that's why we keep coming back isn't it? Because the way we feel afterwards is a hell of a lot better than knowing you grew a 600lb pumpkin...No Wetsuit Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12469623491199183549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17628635.post-73672738368661919252007-06-14T11:58:00.000-07:002007-06-14T11:58:00.000-07:00Funny! I just blogged about this from the flipside...Funny! I just blogged about this from the flipside: http://ironmom.blogspot.com/2007/06/meet-coach-joy.html<BR/><BR/>Maybe Hak is right and us women just don't obsess about this to the same nth degree that you guys do...Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17297237900094898777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17628635.post-66912178627420189522007-06-13T09:46:00.000-07:002007-06-13T09:46:00.000-07:00I don't know if women get as obsessive as we men d...I don't know if women get as obsessive as we men do when it comes to our sports/hobbies. No matter what it is, bass fishing, bowling, tennis, Ironman, or lawn darts, we will analyze it to the nth degree. For Pete's sake, look at what most men turn cutting grass into.<BR/><BR/>"Ya-op. Dat dere's the John Deer hex-a-cut system on my mower. Self-sharpening blades with 500hp of grass-slaughtering fury."<BR/><BR/>As a recovering techno-geek, I'm trying to take a more Amish perspective to most of my non-work life. It's difficult and I'm not always successful. <BR/><BR/>The turning point for me was when I went shooting with a friend of mine a few years ago. He could tell you anything and everything about bullet trajectory, different powder loads, etc. He just couldn't hit the broad side of the barn from the inside. <BR/><BR/>Focus on what will get you the most bang for the buck. I'm still trying to figure that out for triathlon...although it's fun to succumb to the dark side of pole-vaulting mouse turds from time to time.<BR/><BR/>hakhakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08896324510960012602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17628635.post-13028486126160252712007-06-13T06:12:00.000-07:002007-06-13T06:12:00.000-07:00Ahhh. A different sport.Golf - "The Spling 3 Wood...Ahhh. A different sport.<BR/><BR/>Golf - "The Spling 3 Wood is 1 trillionth of an ounce lighter than last year's model. Tests show an average of 3/4" longer drive."<BR/><BR/>Tennis - "The Spling racket is now made of high-tensile carbon fiber embedded with rubber eraser bits. Average serve speeds (into the net) have jumped from 89.33 mph to 89.69 mph."<BR/><BR/>Fencing - "The Spling foil is now 1/3 lighter than last year's model, rendering it invisible to the human eye. Tests show that it actually makes contact, although no one can confirm it."<BR/><BR/>Changes sports, but it'll never change. <BR/><BR/>;)Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596205932932108573noreply@blogger.com