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Everyone, I've figured out how to get a direct link to athletes using the Ironman athlete tracker. Here are direct links for the Detroit Iron People I know doing IM Wisconsin race:

Stuart Baskin

Ken McLaughlin

Damon Krueger

Ashley Krueger

Jason Lyngaas

Eric Nguyen

Mike Blackburn

Jerod Nagel

Courtney Roschek

Mike Freedland

Krista McComas

Robin McDonald

Lindsay Gabbard

Keith Hahn

Brad Bolen

Bora Guven

Kyle Smith

Kori Martini

Mike Daniels

Karen Matrille
Let me know ...

Just wanted to see what kinds of maintenance people do on their own bikes. I have started to really get into it and do everything on my bike now. A great reference to have in home is "Zinn and the art of triathlon bike maintenance." I have a copy for sure.

Just last night I replaced my chain for the first time. That was remarkably easy with a Park Tool CT-5 chain tool. Chris at ...

Ok, there have been grumblings about which race to do next year as a group. So I'm going to throw out 5 options along with a brief synopsis and opinion about each race. Feel free to chime in.

1. IM Canada- the second oldest IM. Historically difficult to get into and used to fill up on-site. The past two years there have been online slots so there is a chance of getting a slot as ...

Another scary case of a driver attacking a cyclist -- be careful out there!

http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles ... 966042.txt

Just wanted to see which athletes in the area are racing at IM Wisconsin this year. Here's what I've got so far (please add yourself if you're not there... or if there's a question mark next to your name):

Damon Krueger
Ashley Vartoogian Krueger (as of July 9, 2010)
Eric Nguyen
Jerod Nagel
Brad Bolen
Stu Baskin
Mike Blackburn
Andre Carr
Mike Freedland
Mike Daniels
Jason Lyngaas
Jared Pomramky (?)
Bora Guven
Robin McDonald
Lindsey ...

I'm doing the motor city triathlon and am concerned about the water temps. I've only done triathlons on the Gulf coast, this is my first time up north. I hate cold water in the first place, but I'm afraid the river will be frigid.

I'm lining up a QR full wetsuit from a buddy, but am still concerned. Do I need a cap or gloves or anything else?

This is great! I got the link to this article from Bicycling Mag on twitter (@bicyclingmag)

Ride a Bike, Power a Hotel

If you ride one of its new electricity-generating exercise bikes long enough to generate 10 watt hours or more of electricity (not long), you get a free meal worth about $45.

The bikes have iPhones on the handlebars that can tell you how much power is being produced and fed into the hotel. ...

Damon found this great cycling jersey site that has some really cool sayings on the jerseys. I really need to get myself a couple of these. You can check out their website at Share the Damn Road Cycling Jerseys Some of my favorites are:









The reverse type on the front saying "Thanks" is absolutely awesome! In addition to these being funny for cyclists, I really think they could help educate the ...

What races is everyone doing this season? It would be great to get a bunch of people together at the same events. I know there are a bunch of us with Detroit Iron doing either Big Fish or Steelhead half ironmans and IM Wisconsin.

What do you have planned?

Any one ever do the Motor City mile(1 mile and 5 k swim) at Belle Isle, July 7th?

I was wondering how many people attend, and how the event is run.

Although it is in the middle of the week, it would be a good strong current swim test before my Summer season kick's off.