"kdw is going to be my bitch at Timberman"

If that means fetching you a beer, I'll have one waiting for you at the finish, assuming you make it there...

I'll be sure to return the favor at the AmZof finish, assuming you make it there...

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float , hammer , and jog

What, no west coast tour? Thats crap. You need a better booking agent. Come on man, I went all the way across Canada looking for that ass kicking only to end up administering a beat down.

Besides, how do I know this isn't some smack I ran into a wall and had to DNF tour?

speaking of swim, I've got to go get my weekly 1500 in.

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Brian Stover USAT LII
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Man you start early !
But you do have smack talk as a super power

I am in for the northern swing, maybe even AZ. How much time are you spotting me at tupper?

BTW how are you planning on making tetsuoni cry at harriman?

"But you do have smack talk as a super power"

I dunno...smack talking after a DNF is a little like the freshman locked in the locker yelling "when I get out I'm going to get you."

No whiteface hill climb smackdown?

Gravity is not tetsuoni's friend. The only part of that course that ain't hilly is the swim. And even that can feel like it is.

How much time do you want? I'll give you 10 mins on the bike, and 5 on the run, but take back 5 for the swim. 10 mins work for you?
Loser buys dinner and beers the night before the next time we race. Deal?

DD - wish I could manage a west coast leg of this year's tour, but it isn't meant to be. We're spending double our tax return on home improvements (ext. paint, all new windows, new garage doors, etc.), so race-related travel (and/or a new bike :-p ) are totally out of the budget, and then some, for '09.

kdw - I recover quickly from adversity. Got all the blisters drained today, I start running again tomorrow. This past weekend being a rare exception, I have generally acquitted myself pretty well at various ST smackdowns over the years. And by putting it out there now, I've gotta get and keep my ass in gear now for the rest of the season.

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float , hammer , and jog

Can't swim and I mean litteraly can't swim due to rupture ear drum but I might come for Epicman minus the swim.
Very likely will be back @ Azof. This time I will come prepared!

Fred.

Deal on the 10 minutes and the terms. I imagine that there is someplace decent for you to buy dinner and beer in NH.

Not to be petulant, but we're 2-0 so far due to DNF's on your part (Harriman 07, Du Nats 09). Do we need to order you a lawn chair and a blankie given that I will be at AmZ ?

Dear GOD - you are my Kryptonite!!! It all makes sense now!!! I've only taken 2 multisport DNF's ever, and you were there both times.
Curses!!! ;-)

I'll take my chances at AmZof. I have an even more powerful streak happening there, I am 3-0 at Winning Tetsuoni's Money, and counting.

Besides, it'll be kinda like the Three Bears:
the first one was too cold, the second one was too hot, but the last one was juuuuust right. : )

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float , hammer , and jog

is the one with the Z in it that I don't know how to pronounce the one I'm supposed to come to?

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maybe she's born with it, maybe it's chlorine
If you're injured and need some sympathy, PM me and I'm very happy to write back.
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The prologue for stage 2 of smackdown tour is the Whiteface climb that you don't see listed, but it is embedded in the Epicman stupidity. Hope that Lavery shows up to break the ST record...if not, there is a Whiteface climb at Irontour 2 weeks later.

I did not realize that Harriman is part of the ML smackdown 2009 Tour.

Dev

It's not too late to add Harriman to your Smackdown itinerary. You have your choice of homestays at Chez ML or Casa Tetsuoni (I'm much closer, only 20 mins away).

I'll think about the Whiteface prologue some more... I still want to at least theoretically 'save' something for the sprint the day after Epicman.

That'd be a helluva an epic 2.5 day schedule:
Thurs PM - Whiteface TT
Fri all day - Epicman Lite (I guess cut the run short?)
Sat AM - Pawling sprint tri

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float , hammer , and jog

The best way to be a stud at your sprint tri is to do the Epicman Prologue Hill Climb and skip the final 9 miles of the Epicman run :-).

Turns out that Harriman is a weekend before the ING Ottawa Half Ironman. Question about Harriman...is the run on pavement or entirely on trail? I am just 9 weeks out from a broken ankle and just getting full stability back (not to mention that I have not run more than 70 min in 5 months). I really should save that first half Ironman effort to Tupper as tempting as it is to push a recovering joint for an ML smackdown event.

Dev

Not going to be in attendance to make the hill climb this year. I live too far away now to make a weekend trip to LP.

My 50:44 from last year didn't crack the ST record?

harriman run was all on pavement last year. Stoopid hilly.

Elevation Gain: 2720 ft
Elevation Loss: 2727 ft

I'm seriously considering American Zofingen, though my goal would be merely to complete it. Forget racing you guys.

The 15 mile hilly trail run at the end might just prove my undoing.

DD - wish I could manage a west coast leg of this year's tour, but it isn't meant to be. We're spending double our tax return on home improvements (ext. paint, all new windows, new garage doors, etc.), so race-related travel (and/or a new bike :-p ) are totally out of the budget, and then some, for '09.

50.44 is the ST Whiteface record and it belongs to you.

There is no one on this thread that has enough power, or if they do, they are sporting too much Molson Muscle (Tetsuoni) to give that a good go. Triyoda has the right build, but not enough power. We'd need to have Rappstar do a celebrity appearance. Or what about cdw from the ranks of the real world of posers? OK, better go and squeek a run cause posting ain't going to help in any smackdown. Ride some hills before dinner today.

I cannot imagine a universe, this one or any alternative one, where you could possibly beat me at AmZof.
You can bring Dawhead (aka Kryptonite), a voodoo doll, goat entrails, whatever.
Won't matter. For whatever reason, I've always done well there.

Maybe I'll come do the Desert Du next year? Or is there some other event you'd recommend that is ML-friendly?

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float , hammer , and jog

Desert Du is a good race. It's in February though.

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Brian Stover USAT LII
Accelerate3 Coaching
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"though my goal would be merely to complete it."

A wise course of action.

I was just softening ML up last year so I can come in for the kill in 09.

Or maybe that was just my own legs softening up on the 15 miles of trails...I forget. Everything after T2 was in a pain-induced haze... ;-)