Ive known this for some time now but..

After meeting Chris Horner and Levi Leipheimer today, I can say with much confidence that we are all way too fat for this sport

I'm too fat for Sumo wrestling but I'm still having a great time fooling myself out there.

Maybe she's farting.

Girls don't fart!!!!

That's pretty cool...we're not going to have any celebrities at our Tour de Cure next Saturday

Notwithstanding the danger, I saw another cyclist along the Buddhist loop, which is somewhat rare.

We're a resilient peoples, us Knox Countian cyclists. We put on a stiff upper lip and go about our rides in the face of great peril.

In other news, I saw a sign at one end of the office park which said, inter alia, "No Bicycle Riding".

wut

Get stuffed, Travelers Insurance

Not me compadre, I may actually be too light.

Pictures or it didn't happen.

Haha, good luck with that.

Ever seen Rasmusen?

About half way through working outside yesterday it occurred to me that this would actually be a mild day down South. Ninety degrees and that humid for two weekend days are always the source of someones last breath this far North. Usually it is someone already not in good shape and the power goes out from everyone running their AC on high nonstop. A good promoter would have rescheduled the race instead of pushing forward in dangerous heat. We think that sunny and mid fifties is shorts and t-shirt weather up here.

Are you skinnier than this guy? If so then I guess you could be right.

I was a bit surprised to see the temperature was around 80 degrees, per one news site. That would be cool here right now. From what I read, this same race last year had temperatures in the 50s. We had a girl die here last year during a sprint tri, dropped suddenly off the bike from heat-stroke.

https://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2...each-triathlon

Long post from her memorial site, dedicated to helping raise awareness:

"On June 19, 2010, Nikki Buchholz, Amy Wharen and Kalie Grambeau formed a relay team “416” to participate in the first race of the Fernandina Beach Triathlon Series. Everyone was excited as we were racing the boys’ team, a friendly competition. As Nikki started the second leg of the relay team she let us know that it would take her “32 minutes” and to watch for her. As time went on, 34 minutes, 36 minutes, we began to wonder where she was. Something did not feel right. We soon found out from another participant, a biker had crashed. We suspected it was Nikki, but still did not know for sure. As we ran to see what happened, asking police and bystanders along the road, no one could tell us what was going on. Finally we knew it was Nikki once someone stated it was a girl in black with a black camel pack. By the time we got about 2 miles down the road, she was already put in the ambulance. We saw the scratched bike, helmet, and the knee prints on the cement road.

Before the ambulance left we still did not know what was happening, besides the fact that we were not allowed to see her or travel with her to the hospital. The only thing we heard through various people by word of mouth was that she was seizing. (Only minutes before she went down a member of the boys’ team had seen her and joked with her as they passed each other.)

EMS asked us what the girl’s name was, what her history of seizures was, and if she was on any medications. I have known Nikki for a long time and couldn’t recall any history of seizures but knew she was on some common medicines but could not name them. Nikki’s husband knew what type of medications but did not know the exact names of the medicines. We had to eventually track down this information from her father, which did not happen until we were at the hospital. Also, no one was allowed to ride with her to the hospital, so we had to move quickly as we were warned there was something serious going on.

As we traveled to the first hospital anxiously waiting to hear anything from actual medical personnel we quickly learned she would be life-flighted to another hospital. To sum up the story, Nikki was in a serious and life-threatening situation that all of a sudden in one split second changed many people’s lives forever!

Nikki’s body went into hyperthermia, an abnormally high body temperature. Hyperthermia is a serious life-threatening incidence. Brain damage can occur if the body temperature elevates higher than 105 degrees. Nikki’s highest reported temperature was 107 degrees. This happened very rapidly and without any warning. Nikki had trained and stayed hydrated. We later found out about all the triggers that caused the tragic perfect storm.

1. Medications: including but not limited to anti-depressants, anti-anxiety, and migraine medications (Nikki had no changes in medication since middle school, and was watched by doctors). Nikki did everything right that she knew of to do to come prepared to the race!

2. Serotonin syndrome: between the medicines, the exercise, her natural body’s production of serotonin, and external factors such as heat, this became a problem.

3. The heat (which at 8:30 a.m. was only in the low 80s)

4. Metabolism going out of whack because of a fluid and electrolyte imbalance.

Basically her body was heating from the inside out, which caused her to have a seizure, which caused her to fall off the bike during the race. It took almost an hour to get her to stop seizing at the second hospital. No one knew her history or if she was on any medications. For a while no one even knew it was Nikki until friends got to the scene and could identify that it was her. Family and close friends were not allowed to go with her to the hospital.

Most important thing to do when someone is in a hyperthermic state is to cool off the body with a cooling blanket, ice packs, ice water, etc. There is a small window of opportunity before serious complications arise when dealing with this emergency. Nikki’s temperature did not get back into normal range until after she was flown to a second hospital. This means it took hours to cool off her core temperature. In Nikki’s case this happened which caused the perfect storm to unravel!"

That has got to be one of the first responses you have given that was not in the form of a question. I will not be posting a semi-nude picture of my physique for your enjoyment, however.

It was in the nineties an hour North and somewhat inland from the lake. The humidity and wind really made it hard to be active though. I drank multiple gallons of water and made water at least fifty times.

I did not ask for semi-nude. Don't humour yourself.

I do not understand how someone in good enough shape to be out running can die in anything short of the upper 80s. Then again, I have no formal medical training.

It has been in the 90s for the past week here, and this is one of the cooler parts of the state.

I'm watching the Stanley Cup finals like a good Canadian, yet I'm cheering for the American team. I've got an identity problem.

Can I have the semi nude ones (are we talking just bibs?)?




If you show me yours I'll show you mine.

Why, why are you asking for semi-nude photos of another man?

curiosity?

I am quite sure that you are joking. If you are not, please have the decency not to destroy this ideal.


Sincerely

Thank you I like the ladies

That doesn't make it right.

Hell, even I don't want to see more pics of anyone else around here.