rkwaki

Does that apply to wr's sexy feminine hips?

rkwaki

I've got a great site for you...

Ah crap...
Wrong forum...
And wrong gender...

Creakyknees

saw that... sympathies and support

thechemist

So my dad is a serious runner, boston among other marathons all the time. Ended up in the hospital with an electrolyte embalance. Basically to much water. He is fine now just posting as its not something you hear about all to often.

Grammer fail

revchuck 

Frameset or complete bike? If the former, pickings are pretty slim to my knowledge. If the latter, I think that the aluminum versions of the Trek Domane and the Cannondale Synapse come with fender eyelets, as does the Specialized Secteur (aluminum version of the Roubaix). Any of those would probably be more comfy than your CX bike.

Another way to skin this cat would be to get a road frameset and use Crud Roadracer II fenders, which don't require eyelets but do work well at keeping the water and crud off of you. You can run 700x23s and still have room for the fenders on most bikes. I did this last year and it worked well - I was popular wheel to follow in a rainy paceline too.

shovelhd

Best to him.

tetonrider

That stinks.

That at dihydrogen monoxide will kill you if you take too much of it!

rkwaki

Water toxicity is as dangerous as dehydration...

gsteinb

I'm only drinking pepsi for now on.

rkwaki

Everyone's a comedian...

misterwaterfall

I'll figure out a fender solution regardless of eyelets or not. I have some time before rainy season but I might as well start now I figure.

Enthalpic

Odd hyponatremia (low sodium) is common amongst crappy marathoners, not Boston qualifiers. Fast runners have high sweat rates and don't like to slow down to drink from aid stations. Slow runners have lower sweat rates and like to slow down and drink at each station which leads to sodium dilution.

Does he follow a low sodium diet?

carpediemracing 

Fixed that for you.

The promoter said that he halves his insurance costs by going outside USAC. This was at a USAC promoter meeting I attended. My thought is that the $3 surcharge isn't that much, and saving $1.50 seems pretty ridiculous. Just increase the hefty entry fee by $1.50.

However by going outside USAC he also avoids having to follow pretty much any rule he doesn't want to follow. Field size limits, required officials etc (although honestly I don't know what he does in terms of caravan stuff, if he follows USAC requirements), these are all things that are up in the air once you're outside USAC's jurisdiction.

I try to avoid renegade races. I did one, I didn't realize it went renegade until I got there (New Britain Crit). I was tempted to not show my license and to register for the Cat 4s (I'm a 3) because, frankly, my USAC license doesn't mean anything once I'm outside USAC. Okay, fine, I knew everyone at the race (promoter etc) but still, it was annoying. It's a USAC waiver, the officials are using the USAC guidelines, doesn't seem right to not pay the $3/rider to USAC for using USAC's structure, training, certification, etc.

shovelhd

He uses the Purple Knights for motos and SRAM neutral support for the higher categories. I don't know what he does for the Cat5's. I've always told people to bring a flat kit.

The National Senior Games, for all intents and purposes, were pirate races, although they used USAC officials, and squashed their recommendations every chance they could.

echappist

actually, he just need to hire a few Germans to deal with the insurance company
+1. Condolences
+1. Speedy recoveries
Psh. weak sauce. i'm drinking only bourbons from now on

thechemist

Interesting, I will have to ask him. He is strict about diet but I am not sure which plan he is following.he does however vary his pace from marathon to marathon. He targets some fast races but he will also runs slow pace with friends for the social aspects. He was a good 8-10 minutes faster than bq qualifier time though

grolby

Yeah. I didn't have any problems when I raced it five years ago (holy crap, has it been that long!?), but I've heard of some nasty stuff before. The condition of the roads is definitely something I'm thinking about, I remember from when I lived out there that they often get pretty torn up in the winter. But I did fine on the bumpy stuff last time and I'm running 25mm rubber. If I remember correctly, that part of the route is mostly climbing to level without a lot of fast descents, so it might not be too bad. I'm generally pretty comfortable on bumpy stuff, so if I decide not to do it, it'll be because of the entry fee - most expensive RR I'm looking at for the spring.

grolby

Yikes. Hoping for the fullest possible recovery.

gsteinb

never done it. seems interesting. most likely I'll being doing sunday crits in NJ though.

grolby

You would probably be able to do well, but I know it's not really your thing. And a long drive.

ljrichar

Maybe we'll get a velodrome?

Downtown Winston-Salem lands U.S. Olympic cycling center

U.S. Olympic cycling center coming to downtown Winston-Salem - Greensboro - Triad Business Journal

wanders

Just when I was working on becoming a climbing specialist.

This will be great.

ljrichar

Am I gonna see you this weekend? We should hit Foothills before the races.

JohnKScott

Glad your dad is doing ok!

gsteinb

I'll do a bunch of RRs this year, and like climbing. That's a long drive early in the morning though, and I have reservations about the promoter.