tetonrider

glad you did not take it as offense -- i did not intend any. i was just going on a tangent.

i think your results speak for themselves and it is funny when people talk power while looking at race results (and even talk $hit about the race winner, as in they have higher power).

tetonrider

geez...i hope not. otherwise it's time to commit ritual suicide for me.

tetonrider

geez. impressive. those ladies hardly seem like competition for you -- like you're just toying with them and can win at will. chapeau!

Enthalpic

Aww, you know just what I like.

Enthalpic

So pumped that I just fixed / jury rigged my washing machine. Thing wouldn't spin or drain so I used my mulitmeter a few places and determined that it was the lid safety lock. Bypassed that crap and it works fine.

canuckbelle

In terms of sprinting, yeah. I only get competition at the national level. But that's my strength. FTP and w/kg is my weakness. Happily, regional racers don't really know enough tactics to exploit that. National level racers sure do!! So as I make that jump next year, we focus a lot on my subthreshold and FTP to have me even in the mix for the sprint...so then I can just do my thing.

Flatballer

Have you raced track at all? You're not terribly far from Rock Hill and your skills might lend themselves well to the track.

beatlebee 

So is the conclusion: ingesting keytones aids endurance performance, without the need to actually put the body into a state of ketosis? My understanding, little at that, is that ketosis is useful for switching % of preferred fuel usage to a higher percentage of fats which is great for dropping fat and endurance pace, but it also limits the production of atp for high intensity efforts and so it is really not useful for race situations. Maybe okay for off season to drop weight but be sure to readapt the body to using glycogen in the build up to racing.

Thanks.

topflightpro

Evelyn Stevens announced she is retiring at the end of the year: Last Lap for U.S. Bike Idol Evelyn Stevens - WSJ

ridethecliche

Second year of med school begins with a bang. Holy crap behind already and I'm just a week in.

Sold the motorcycle. Ugh. Crushed to do that. Looking for a miata now. Any of you guys miata drivers/enthusiasts?

canuckbelle

I have thought about it. I'm about 2.5hrs from Rock Hill. I agree that my talents would lend well to track riding. Still a possibility. We're still focusing on being a roadie, though.

shovelhd

A sad day, especially as we watch Kristin Armstrong wear a gold medal. Evie is smart and very employable. I'm sure she has a great job waiting.

topflightpro

At Worlds last year, we ran into her after the RR. She was taking pictures with everyone, and my wife was very excited to get her picture with her.

And I'm sure you're right, she probably does have a great job lined up.

Harlan

Oh yes. I've had 5 of them. Prices are up, up, up. I have two dogs and a wife so I can't DD one anymore, but it was fun while it lasted. Cheap to fix and run forever if you can keep the rust at bay. Don't buy one in the NE.

gsteinb

anyone want the death of marco pantani, by Rendell?

PM me your address and I'll send it to you. Pass it to someone else when you're done.

I have several more I'll toss up here soon. None of them are really holding my attention, honestly. But that probably has more to do with my lack of interest in pro sports and celebrity, than the quality of the books.

big john

Speaking of sports and the Olympics, that Michael Phelps guy is pretty good.

Flatballer

It's like he's playing a different sport than everyone else. It doesn't seem fair.

mattm

All I know is that there are at least 3,000 different swimming events in the Olympics.

caloso

Seriously.

canuckbelle

Put in my upgrade to Cat 1 today.

The Crossroads Classic results haven't hit USAC yet, but hopefully that happens soon. It'd be nice to be a 1 for the remaining races.

Flatballer

No joke. And for some reason we get to watch every single heat and semi final of every single event. Is NBC aware there are like 700 different sports at the Olympics? Why don't we try watching a few of them sometimes instead of an interview with a swimmer after the 5th heat of 18th event of the evening.

How about track cycling? Or shooting. Or modern penathlon. Or archery. Or basketball, or soccer. Or literally anything else but more swimming.

hack

The prime time coverage is pretty rough because it jumps around all over (and covers sooo ... much ... swimming). My wife likes watching the gymnastics (since she's a former collegiate gymnast), but we have to record it to blast through the other stuff.


There are a few other subNBC channels that offer some coverage as well and have been carrying some of the less popular (?) sports like rugby, table tennis, indoor volleyball and so on. I'll throw it on in the background the days I work from home and will catch a few cool things here and there.


Track and field started today, so expect a whole lot of that over the next week.

topflightpro

Yeah, the prime time coverage has pretty much sucked. NBC will start with gymnastics, then cut back to a bunch of swimming, and then come back for the gymnastics finals right before the end at 11. I'm not staying up that late for something I'm marginally interested in seeing.

mattm

According to 538, Volleyball is actually the most popular, but swimming is up there.

What Are The Worst Olympic Sports? | FiveThirtyEight

Cycling lands somewhere in the middle.

Flatballer

I'm at my family's now, and they only have basic, basic cable. So I think they just get the one NBC channel. Tonight I might hook the laptop up to the TV and see if we can find anything good to stream.