Comments on: I Am IronFatty, Part II: The Bike

By: Kathleen@ForgingAhead

Kathleen@ForgingAhead — Fri, 07 May 2010 05:36:13 +0000

Glad you discovered that triathletes are really nice people :-)

Sounds like a great bike ride!

That whole peeing on the bike thing…never.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Thu, 06 May 2010 05:46:39 +0000

I love your little anecdotes about the people you met along the way. Sounds like you had a fantastic race (so far anyway – I haven’t yet read the run!).

By: douglas

douglas — Wed, 05 May 2010 20:58:05 +0000

great job and great report. classic riding using a road bike on a time trial. you were channeling the pre-lemond greats.

i did a century last week on zero miles of training in the prior month. i still passed the tt nerds on climbs. it was a great feeling.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 05 May 2010 16:51:40 +0000

I really really like your write up! Awesome finishing such a beast! I’m envious.

By: alison

alison — Wed, 05 May 2010 16:14:07 +0000

Speaking of 100+ mile bike rides, guess what I am doing tomorrow? 100 Miles (in the Middle) of Nowhere. My bud Amy and I were undaunted by your closed registration: we ordered our own swag (Twin Six T + Garmin waterbottle), we’ll make our own livestrong donation, then we’ll do a loop around Lk Pickett in Chuluota, FL (hence the middle of nowhere – look it up, you’ll see)…a whole bunch of times. With any luck, we’ll be done before the kids get off the bus!

Look forward to hearing about your 100 – go Fatty!

By: Decker

Decker — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:58:48 +0000

In the scuba diving world, we say there are two kinds of people:
-Those who pee in their wetsuits
and
Those who lie

Peace, out!

By: linteater

linteater — Wed, 05 May 2010 14:55:52 +0000

Congratulations! My cleat did that whole swivel/can’t unclip thing during my first century. The guy I was riding with unhelpfully said, “Maybe you should use your repair kit BEFORE you start riding instead of wasting time on the ride” You are a much nicer riding buddy.

By: buckythedonkey

buckythedonkey — Wed, 05 May 2010 14:49:40 +0000

Ever since reading your first loose cleat story I have become something of a cleat maintenance obsessive. I suppose some people never learn, eh? ;-)

@NoTrail, Indeed. I was wondering whether that Fatty’s initial lack of pre-race movement would lead to his own Julie Moss moment in Part 3.

By: Les

Les — Wed, 05 May 2010 14:40:51 +0000

Great stuff. The St. George Ironman posts make for great reading. I am a cyclist first , but my wife has me running with her and her “running” group. A group which has a real live running coach. The coach(who is an excellent coach, nice guy and really good runner) also participated in the St. George event. FYI you beat him and his Cervelo TT by over 12 minutes! Nicely done.

Reading these post makes me almost want to do an Ironman. Is there an easier, perhaps softer metal, I could start with? Like maybe a Copperman?

By: SactoDave

SactoDave — Wed, 05 May 2010 14:28:49 +0000

Fatty,

First, I really feel sorry for the volunteer that assited Peeing Guy during the transition to the run.

Second, properly prepare your equipment. In this case, your wife’s equipment.

Remember Fatty, the engine is the fallable link in a otherwise controllable system!

Speaking of fallable links, I can’t wait to read about the run!

Congrats to you and The Runner by the way.