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re: Deep Pilonidal Cyst

Posted by gmrkr5 on 5/22/24 at 7:15 pm
I had one removed about 20 years ago. Running season is over....

re: Do you know your VO2 max?

Posted by gmrkr5 on 5/22/24 at 5:04 pm
[quote]It was my understanding that once you got passed 40 all you could do is maintain.[/quote] Yea, definitely not true ...

re: Tell me about Raleigh/Durham

Posted by gmrkr5 on 5/20/24 at 12:15 pm
[quote]The Baker[/quote] Idk man…. The wife and I have a lot more “fun” here than we did in ‘ol BR. But yea if you wanna go to LSU sporting events and sit on the boat in lake ponchatrain every weekend, i guess i would have a pretty negative opinion as well...

re: Tell me about Raleigh/Durham

Posted by gmrkr5 on 5/20/24 at 9:55 am
Left LA about 6 years ago. We’re in Apex. Lots to do. COL has gone up and lots of growth. 1000% better than baton rouge. There was a big thread on this same topic a month or so ago....
shits been poppin around here the last few days.......
Protesters at UNC took down the American Flag in the quad and replaced it with a Palestinian flag today. How bout them apples...

re: tOfficial Cycling Thread

Posted by gmrkr5 on 4/29/24 at 6:15 am
Thanks man. Power was a bit lower than target but paced it well. Without the fatigue in the legs from Saturday probably could have gone sub 55. I ran it with a 60mm on the front vs the 85mm widow maker lol. The 85mm was probably worth a few seconds as well. Happy with it though…...

re: tOfficial Cycling Thread

Posted by gmrkr5 on 4/28/24 at 1:50 pm
Yea i saw that video…. All my road setups are 30-32 except for that TT bike that I have to run 25s on. Weekend races are over.. finished with the sprinters in the road race yesterday but couldn’t do a good sprint since i’d been fighting cramps for the last 10 miles, ended up 10th. 40k TT was th...

re: tOfficial Cycling Thread

Posted by gmrkr5 on 4/26/24 at 7:38 am
flat and windy... whew. brought the aspero with road wheels and 32s. didnt mind the extra cushion on the shitty beach roads now i have to try to conjure up a tad of fitness for the weekend. road race tomorrow and TT sunday...

re: FBD - What day is it?

Posted by gmrkr5 on 4/23/24 at 2:13 pm
2BD: whatever tf this is the wife bought. Not terrible [img]https://i.imgur.com/F5tTMB1_d.webp?maxwidth=1520&fidelity=grand[/img]...

FBD - What day is it?

Posted by gmrkr5 on 4/23/24 at 1:20 pm
Haven’t done one of these in a while… FBD [img]https://i.imgur.com/wfrgLHy_d.webp?maxwidth=1520&fidelity=grand[/img]...

re: tOfficial Cycling Thread

Posted by gmrkr5 on 4/23/24 at 5:43 am
Nice.. we’re on the coast for the week. Brought a bike, but definitely no hills ...

re: tOfficial Cycling Thread

Posted by gmrkr5 on 4/22/24 at 10:28 am
[quote]I can just ride up mountains.[/quote] now we're talking......

re: tOfficial Cycling Thread

Posted by gmrkr5 on 4/21/24 at 5:06 am
interesting approach.. i'm going to stick to training methods that involve a saddle though....
I’ve been to most of those sites. Worked for firm that did plume modeling....
Depending on where you’re going, you can be in the smaller foothills (uwharrie, pilot mountain) in 1.5hrs…. Western NC (asheville, boone, etc) is 3+...
Currently live in the triangle. Lots of good food, sports are big here, still the “south”, 2 hours to the beach 3 to the mountains. COL is not low And this… [quote]Beautiful area but quickly turning into Nashville, Austin etc[/quote]...

re: tOfficial Cycling Thread

Posted by gmrkr5 on 4/1/24 at 2:19 pm
Threw the TT bike on the trainer this morning for my annual 1 month TT cram. I like riding that bike fast, but i really hate riding that bike..lol. NC/SC regional road race/TT champs is at the end of the month. Hoping to go sub 55min...