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Re: Amazon Gift Cards Reviews

guest — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:04:50 GMT

Excellent. This is the only place to buy amazon gift cards.

Re: 2008 NCLR Diabetes Dash

guest — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:28:00 GMT

This was a completely free event to raise awareness for diabetes in Latinos. Participants were given a free shirt, goodie bags and lots of free samples after the race. The pre-race speech was a bit lengthy, but that wasn't a surprise given that the event had a very specific cause.

There was a pre-race warmup lead by a group of Marine's spread throughout the crowd, which I found to be both corny and useful. The course itself wound through Seaport Village and was actually quite pretty. No hills or anything tricky, just flat pavement.

I would absolutely, positively do this event again, and I would consider paying for it if the price was $10 or less.

Re: 17th Annual SDG&E Armed Services YMCA Mud Run at Camp Pendleton

guest — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:57:07 GMT

After participating in this event, I came up with some alternate names I might called this event:

"The Mostly Dirt Run"

"4k Mud Run (with Mandatory 6k Uphill Run Preceding)"

"The Manure Run"

1k: No mud, sprayed by a couple fire hoses.

2k: No mud, ankle deep "river" crossing

3k: No mud, running in sand

4k: No mud, lots of uphill running

5k: No mud, still running uphill. Tire obstacle was 3 tires wide and could easily be jumped over. Dud.

6k: First mud pit/wall/mud pit combination...FUN! Transition right into the 4 ft. deep river (lake?) crossing. MORE FUN!!!

7k: A bit more running on slight hills.

8k: Second mud pit/wall climb/mud pit combo, then into a tunnel crawl (more pain than fun, lots of sharp pebbles but no mud in the tunnels).

9k: Muddy hill climb...a bit of a bottleneck but still a blast. They should have had 2 hoses blasting down the hill, but one made it fun. Would have been more fun without a line as you could have slid around a bit.

10k: Final mud pit that required you to crawl through. Nasty but fun!

Would I do it again? Probably not. If it was half the distance with more obstacles, yes, I would. My entire team expected to be head-to-toe in mud at the finish, but we were barely dirty. All in all it was fun, but left me wanting more.

Re: Mission Bay Triathlon

guest — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:04:44 GMT

This event was a blast! I was impressed by the level of organization; Koz did a great job organizing everything. The only hitch would probably be the rain the night before, but you can't blame that on an event organizer.

I will definitely plan on doing this event again next year.

Re: Protect your hair

guest — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:36:18 GMT

In high school I played water polo and swam competitively... close to 5 hours a day in the water for those 4 years!

Somehow we learned that getting your hair wet with non-chlorinated water before jumping in the pool helped it not to absorb the chlorine.

Re: I've got an odd question

guest — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:46:52 GMT

I'm just going to say what everyone else is thinking...

Just pee in the water. Seriously.

I played waterpolo and swam competitively for nearly a decade. I'd venture to say that 95% of my swims involved peeing in the pool.

Ask any waterpolo friends you might have...I'm not alone! Its actually a point of humor for many of us.

Re: Where u from?

guest — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:04:20 GMT

I'm Mike. Another San Diego resident, and I'm also training for the Mission Bay Triathlon in October. Can't wait for it!

Re: Entry level bikes for Triathlons

guest — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:12:23 GMT

Great advice, I'll definitely look into that bike further. I haven't done much research on it but I did hear good things!

Re: Entry level bikes for Triathlons

guest — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:45:26 GMT

I've been researching this for nearly a month now, and I've bumped up my budget significantly. The cheap bikes just don't give me the confidence I was hoping for.

My extensive search for a bike has had me on about a dozen bikes, and I've come to some conclusions:

1. Carbon frames tend to soak up the road bumps much better than aluminum frames (This is a big plus for my 40-mile roundtrip commute!)

2. You DEFINITELY get what you pay for. After riding a Giant OCR A0, the OCR 3 felt like it was made of cement.

3. Quality shifters make a big difference to me

4. Minor changes in weight do make a bike feel harder to move

At this point now, I'm doing my best to find an acceptable bike under $1000. If I find some way to justify it, I'll probably go for the Specialized Tarmac Elite. It absorbed big bumps, fit my body well, and was a blast to ride. I took it for a long test ride and it felt like it wanted to go faster!

Decisions decisions!

Re: USA Triathlon Wetsuits vs. Xterra Wetsuits

guest — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:03:51 GMT

Well, I guess that's not a huge surprise after the research I've done! Not to mention, both websites seemed to use the same shopping cart system.

Thanks for the info!