40MI RIDE TONIGHT ANYONE?
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tomato at 10.7.08 - 1:22 pm
frozen needs some lovinnn and taco tues is going on but anyone around to ride 40 miles at a medium pace with me tonight? maybe only 1-2 stops for drink/restroom.
Eastside GoGA is cancelled and i need to train for the metric century coming up this weekend.
pleeeaaassseee?? i just got over strep throat and i'm out of shape. i'd ride alone but i'm sure something bad would happen to me.
thx
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sfvcm. take the redline to orangeline and exit woodley. i wilt accompany you back to the redline.
ijunes10.7.08 - 1:26 pm
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Tiffany, i think nicki is coming out to sfv cm, you should grab a ride with her. if not and you still make it out, ill personally give you a ride home if you dont drive.
tinycities10.7.08 - 1:27 pm
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i got all my lovvinn last night but theres always room for more.
im still not well enough to ride this distance otherwise i would be so down!
im T.T. ing since its a very chill pace.
you should root run tomorrow night if you want to get in shape!
(i totally rhymed the last part on accident.)
Frozen Fingersss10.7.08 - 1:29 pm
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the only problem with root run i have is the 30 mile ride back home over the hollywood hills after riding 40+ at super fast pace.
and still finding it enough to get up for work the next morning.
i rode hard alone yesterday and when i got up today, i had no feeling in my legs. i had to drag myself to the bathroom where i started to regain some circulation.
sheli, i'll have your lock tonight!
ijunes10.7.08 - 1:31 pm
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@ijunes
GET A CAR! oh and root run is a pretty standard 50 miles now.
larsenf10.7.08 - 1:38 pm
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@ Frozen Fingers
+2 for Taco Tuesdays and ROOT RUN.
@ tomato
We'd love to see you at ROOT RUN this week. The Palos Verdes Hills ought to wake your legs up right quick. It's a good ride if you want to improve your speed and endurance. Frozen Fingers can verify that ROOT RUNners tend to be in sweat-free car-pacing condition after a few rides.
@ ijunes
We'll have to come up with a transportation solution for you so you can come to ROOT RUN without worrying about the ride back. Maybe there are some more valley peeps who might want to drive out and drive back? Either way, we could use your legs out there.
Undercover Bob10.7.08 - 1:44 pm
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thanks for all the suggestions but i do want to stay on the westside tonight.
plus i want to try cubcamp week 2 on thurs.
tracy said root run is rediculously fast and i have a hard time keeping up with her so it's not an option for me. i have athsma when i go fast for a long period and hills kill me. if i get dropped i'll panic.
sigh. i am limited in my options. i wish goga wasn't cancelled.
tomato10.7.08 - 1:53 pm
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i actually cant verify what undercover bob said because ive never actually gone on ROOT RUN but only heard lots and lots from fwends and such.
Frozen Fingersss10.7.08 - 2:00 pm
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@ijunes, I work in the Valley so if you wanted to cut out at least part of the commute, I could bring you to the Westside for Root Run in my truck. It still leaves you with the problem of getting home tho...
nancine10.7.08 - 2:02 pm
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you can too verify! I was cruising next to that convertible and chatting with you last night without breaking a sweat!
Undercover Bob10.7.08 - 2:03 pm
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i work in DTLA, so i can get to root run.
i might have to find a day when i can crash out there on the westside and not face any repercussions.
ijunes10.7.08 - 2:04 pm
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VERIFIED.
+2 at Undercover Bob
for going 25 and acting like it was nothin.
Frozen Fingersss10.7.08 - 2:05 pm
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larsen-
SAME THING going through my head while reading the entire thread while I said instead...
ROOT
ROOT
ROOT
ROOT
jonnyboy10.7.08 - 2:15 pm
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my bike doesnt handle right until i'm 19+
25 is average with my clipless
ijunes10.7.08 - 2:15 pm
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@larsenf
wouldn't getting a car defeat the purpose of umm... rooting?
ijunes10.7.08 - 2:16 pm
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ijunes
enough with your slanderous comments!!
more ROOTING!!
alright I'm outta here
jonnyboy10.7.08 - 2:17 pm
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when i start to push 20 i start to die. dending on the road i can go 22, but i soon start to suffocate.
i wish i was able to go faster, but i haven't ridden very much the last few weeks. =( i am trying.
tomato10.7.08 - 2:20 pm
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Pump some albuterol right before you start riding, that shit will last for 6 hours.
Also lighten your bag or ditch it all together
jonnyboy10.7.08 - 2:22 pm
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And Tiffany- I'm kind of in the same boat with you.
I tried to keep up with UCB on the way home from Los Angelopes this Saturday, what started out as a very slow chill ride down Pico became semi ROOTING and then some all out
ROOTING when we were trying to slingshot the roller hills.
I about died on a few of em, but the sense of accomplishment was great.
UCB made me wish I had gears or at least a 52 x 16 gear ratio.
jonnyboy10.7.08 - 2:25 pm
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there's nothing scarier than a full-blown asthma attack in the middle of ROOT RUN... at least that's how it felt the first time. Now I've figured out to just stop eddie-merxing it at that point and draft thestolba 'til I can breath. He pushes so much wind that I can just coast while he pulls me along until my lungs open up again
Undercover Bob10.7.08 - 2:25 pm
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is it 420 yet? is it wednesday night yet?
where am i?
thestolba10.7.08 - 2:30 pm
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my inhaler doesn't do much for me. goga is tough enough.
bah i don't want to sound like a quitter before i even try, but even the last cubcamp week 2 killed me. hopefully this week they go easier on me.
tomato10.7.08 - 2:37 pm
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This is what happens to Tomato's that try not to ROOT.
larsenf10.7.08 - 2:37 pm
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@Tomato, hit me up tomorrow and I'll have a better idea of what my work sked is like, but maybe we can do a long GOGA paced ride Thursday night? I want to scout a ROOT to Suicide Bridge in Pas, but we can take it slow up the hills. I'm thinking it'll be around 45 miles...
nancine10.7.08 - 2:59 pm
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speaking of ratios, folks i'm going from 44t to 53t on my big ring.
muahahahaaaaaaaaaaa
ijunes10.7.08 - 3:08 pm
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Tomato, I'm curious. Do you just have a rescue inhaler (albuterol), or do you also use a steroid inhaler to treat the asthma iself rather than simply the symptoms? The reason I ask is that many general practice docs will simply give you a rescue inhaler, which will shut down an attack, but don't prescribe a real treatment (which does nothing when you are in the middle of an attack). I started on a steroid inhaler treatment 10-15 years ago and my asthma is effectively gone. My rescue inhaler is, quite literally, 10 years old. I'd be afraid if I need it, because the albuterol inside has surely converted into soe toxic lung poison by now. And it isn't simply that the asthma has gone away. If I stop the treatments, I'll start having symptoms again within 48 hours. Getting on the right drugs was, quite literally, a life changing event for me. If you are blowing up with an asthma attack in the middle of rides, your asthma is either MUCH worse than mine or you only have rescue drugs. I've known a few other asthmatics with the same experience as mine - a complete cessation of any symptoms of asthma, even exercise or stress induced symptoms.
And while I'd normally be willing to get out and ride with you tonight, my knee has been acting up and I'm afraid of damaging it, so I'm off the bike except for my commute until I figure out what is wrong.
ideasculptor10.7.08 - 3:09 pm
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"Getting on the right drugs was, quite literally, a life changing event for me."
i can say the same thing. although not nearly in the same context.
ijunes10.7.08 - 3:14 pm
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i have anemia. i wish epo was legal. and OTC.
ijunes10.7.08 - 3:14 pm
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tomato - if nothing pans out for you tonight, I will ride with you tomorrow!
txt me if you want to do that tres uno zero 7 4 ate sics 9 tres 4.
diautobot10.7.08 - 3:16 pm
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hmm thanks sam. i don't get attacks but i definitely have trouble breathing during really strenuous exercise- and it's not because i'm out of shape. it gets better as i get better but if i push too hard, i have to stop if i want to catch my breath again- and it takes a while. i sound weak i know, but i know there are some rides i am not capable of keeping up with. maybe in the future =). plus if they blow through major lights (not sure if root run does), i don't feel comfortable since getting hit by a car in feb. i don't want to risk my life on a ride. again i don't know which rides do, but i hear wolfpack does.
tomato10.7.08 - 4:03 pm
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#1 - The first rule of ROOT RUN is don't stop.
#2 - The second rule of ROOT RUN is don't stop.
#3 - Draft draft draft
larsenf10.7.08 - 4:51 pm
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All your rides are belong to ROOT RUN!
jonnyboy10.7.08 - 4:53 pm
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wait- it's not that i can't, it's that i weigh 40 pounds too much. i bet if i lost weight i could be fast. but it's not a priority at the moment. i can't deny myself food.
doesn't look like i'm finding anyone to ride with tonight.
i may do taco tuesdays- besides, it's super dry and hot outside. taco tuesdays sounds fun.
tomato10.7.08 - 5:46 pm
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doesn't rule #3 of rootrun conflict with the other 2 rules?
if you get pulled into a slipstream, and you're edging towards someone's wheel, do you overpower them or ummm do you press the brakes to STOP it from happening.
flawed logic....
ijunes10.7.08 - 5:50 pm
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Tiffany, 40 lbs too heavy??? Ya right!
You are skinny now, if you lost 20 lbs it would be a bad thing!
ijunes-
you just gotta ROOT & RUN. whatever it takes man. pfff
jonnyboy10.7.08 - 5:59 pm
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wow this all started with my one comment about root run.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
i hear my lungs wheeze every time i take a breath. should i be worried?
or is someone taking my breath away?!?
Frozen Fingersss10.8.08 - 10:14 am
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Brett's mom has a tendency to suffocate everyone and everything that breathes with her mountainous mounds of flesh... The fact that you are wheezing is no surprise considering that little knowledge nugget!
Knowledge Nugget!
jonnyboy10.8.08 - 10:41 am
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challenging others to pull is hard....
i dont like to let people pass me too often ;o
thestolba10.8.08 - 11:30 am
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