Big Boys Club

[stevek]

So true.

 

[roguejuror]

So true.

Class of 24 is going to be so much better with Mick Jagger, imagine knocking on heavens door with Mick and your harmonica

 

[roguejuror]

What's up with gym guys wearing sports bras?



soccer players too

yall seen that?

does it help

 

[Shortstop]

Really want the temperatures to come down.

90's next week here... Glad the pool is still open!

I have to cut the grass and do some other yard work.

Home ownership sucks!

 

[Vegas Dave]

What's up with gym guys wearing sports bras?



soccer players too

yall seen that?

does it help

 

[Matty]

Going to ride my bike with/against a bunch of retired olympic athletes and pros this Sunday. 15kms individual time trial followed by a spirited ~100kms group ride.

Ima get crushed.

LFG

 

[roguejuror]

15kms individual time trial

how many participants?

 

[Matty]

60 for the time trial

Unlimited for the group ride, should be around 100

 

[roguejuror]

before predicting your placement, how's your shoulder Matty?

 

[Matty]

Shoulder's good! I'm able to do pushups now.

Turns out there's only 24 of us signed up for the time trial. I'm starting 2nd. I haven't stalked everyone on Strava, but just based on the course's elevation profile (it's pretty hilly) i'm gonna say I finish 18th or so. I'm too big for hills.

 

[roguejuror]

I say we pull a surprise and place top 9

 

[Matty]

I beat a teenage girl. That's it. 😆 Skinny pricks with fancy bikes, the lot of them.

 

[Teela]

What I’m hearing is that you weren’t last

 

[Matty]

The "prize" I got seems pretty clear though. 😂 (The girl didn't count - she podiumed because she finished 3rd out of 3 women, lol)

$20 at an out-of-town car wash

So around 8am this morning, I met up with a bunch of guys at a downtown Hamilton coffee shop which is about 12mi/20km from start/finish line of the race, and it was immediately clear that I was gonna get crushed. Everyone had fancy aero helmets and $10k+ bikes. (I'm not using that as an excuse - fancy gear can buy you maybe 45 seconds to a minute on a 10mi time trial, and I was about 3 mins slower than the average time of 25 mins and change.)

Anyhoo, I start chatting with the guy next to me during the pre-ride:

-That's a nice Cannondale you got there. How much was that if you don't mind me asking?
-Around $12k.
-😬 I assume you're a habitual racer?
-Yeah, mostly gravel though. I did Paris to Ancaster earlier this year, you know about it?
-Yeah yeah. Huge turnout there, eh?
-Yeah about 2000 riders this year.
-How did you do?
-Heh! Not bad, I finished 11th.
-Dude.
-lol

Bit out of my depth I was there, boys.

Still had fun.

 

[roguejuror]

Damn 3 minutes behind in 15 kms

You were dropping like 12 seconds per km, I will attribute 6 seconds of that due to the bike

I'm still proud of you machu

 

[Matty]

Thanks Rogatien. To be honest it's the 30 extra pounds of fat that did me in today. The course was a lot hillier than I expected.

Need to go back to starving myself for a few months.

Eating disorders are ok in moderation.

 

[roguejuror]

you're my toro rosso

 

[Matty]

Big Dadbod Energy