Iceman Cometh

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Fanatic #3965

posted: 3/1/2013 at 12:26 PM

Anyone else in? I just registered for my first. Perhaps I can pray that a flying monkey makes it up this far and takes me out of my misery pre-race. I haven't even been on a bike outdoors since this happened >3 months ago...

Kirsten

'07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)

'13 Goals:

• DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!!!

• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)

• 1st olympic distance duathlon

• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race

• Half Fanatic

• punch Type 1 in the junk

Trent

posted: 3/1/2013 at 12:31 PM

Running is stupid.

I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.

Poor baby

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Fanatic #3965

posted: 3/1/2013 at 12:37 PM

Quote from Trent on 3/1/2013 at 12:31 PM:

Running is stupid.

Not as stupid as mountain biking, I'm starting to think...

Kirsten

'07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)

'13 Goals:

• DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!!!

• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)

• 1st olympic distance duathlon

• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race

• Half Fanatic

• punch Type 1 in the junk

BoilerTom90

posted: 3/1/2013 at 12:49 PM

wow, that looks painful. Hopefully a current xray looks much better.

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Fanatic #3965

posted: 3/1/2013 at 12:52 PM
modified: 3/1/2013 at 12:53 PM

Quote from BoilerTom90 on 3/1/2013 at 12:49 PM:

wow, that looks painful. Hopefully a current xray looks much better.

Everyone I know who has done this race says it is WAY tougher than the 29 mile distance would suggest. 4k riders. It sold out in <30 minutes. DH has done a 100 mile XC race (Lumberjack) and said Iceman is not really significantly easier, even though it's a fraction the distance. Weather can really be hairy and mud can make a lot of the miles nearly impassable. Runners are at an advantage during stretches like that.

X-rays now are great...the heavy ligament damage is the limiting factor, now. I just finished a month of PT, but still have a long way to go to regain close to full strength and flexibility.

Kirsten

'07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)

'13 Goals:

• DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!!!

• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)

• 1st olympic distance duathlon

• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race

• Half Fanatic

• punch Type 1 in the junk

yeoldefatguy

Resident Nickelback Fan

posted: 3/1/2013 at 2:52 PM

It used to take months to sell out in the 90s. I remember when Tinker Juarez would show up and win.

This...is my boomstick.

Cecil58

Old School

posted: 3/1/2013 at 3:01 PM
modified: 3/1/2013 at 3:01 PM

Quote from Trent on 3/1/2013 at 12:31 PM:

Running is stupid.

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Fanatic #3965

posted: 3/1/2013 at 3:29 PM

Quote from yeoldefatguy on 3/1/2013 at 2:52 PM:

It used to take months to sell out in the 90s. I remember when Tinker Juarez would show up and win.

Months?! Wow, I can't even imagine. All my MTB friends have been tweaking about whether or not they'd get in for weeks. Last year they had major server crashes and the whole process took 5 hours. This year USAC decided to use Amazon servers, so things were relatively better.

Kirsten

'07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)

'13 Goals:

• DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!!!

• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)

• 1st olympic distance duathlon

• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race

• Half Fanatic

• punch Type 1 in the junk

yeoldefatguy

Resident Nickelback Fan

posted: 3/5/2013 at 3:41 PM

Quote from zoom-zoom on 3/1/2013 at 3:29 PM:

Months?! Wow, I can't even imagine. All my MTB friends have been tweaking about whether or not they'd get in for weeks. Last year they had major server crashes and the whole process took 5 hours. This year USAC decided to use Amazon servers, so things were relatively better.

Lol. Keep in mind this was before the interwebz. In the olden days we had to mail our entry in with a check.

This...is my boomstick.

AmoresPerros

HobbyJogger & HobbyRacer

posted: 3/5/2013 at 5:17 PM

In the older days, we had to run over there, with pelts tied on our back to pay. Trying to outrun the pony express was our primary type of training.

It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.

yeoldefatguy

Resident Nickelback Fan

posted: 3/5/2013 at 6:53 PM

Quote from AmoresPerros on 3/5/2013 at 5:17 PM:

In the older days, we had to run over there, with pelts tied on our back to pay. Trying to outrun the pony express was our primary type of training.

Yeah, but I did it uphill. BOTH WAYS.

This...is my boomstick.

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Fanatic #3965

posted: 3/5/2013 at 7:53 PM

In 3 feet of snow...with a headwind!

Oh, wait...that could happen at Iceman. *knocks on wood*

Kirsten

'07: 1324.5 | '08: 1561 | '09: 1810.9 run ~ 208.7 bike | '10: 1,000.3 run ~ 3513.5 bike | '11: 710.3 run ~ 4157.9 bike '12: 659.9 run ~ 3365.6 bike (100% benched by ortho last 4.5 weeks while in long-arm cast)

'13 Goals:

• DON'T BREAK ANYTHING!!!

• get within 5#s of 130#s (and stay there, gotdammit!)

• 1st olympic distance duathlon

• 1st Iceman Cometh mtn bike race

• Half Fanatic

• punch Type 1 in the junk

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