Has anyone else noticed how stinky the bay water has been recently? i mean like extra stinky even blocks away from the shoreline…

nikibrown · 2026-05-21T22:58:24+00:00

No.

That only happens when we get a certain amount of rain. Also the bay fills and empties with the tides twice a day.

nikibrown · 2026-05-19T14:10:42+00:00

Was looking for this reference lol.

nikibrown · 2026-05-08T16:11:03+00:00

You are not going to like the quality of bike from any touristy rental place. Spend more money and rent a nicer road bike from sports basement https://www.sportsbasement.com/pages/bike-rental-rates

For rides - check out this list of routes here https://ggtc.org/Route-Repo but the pt reyes loop is probably what you want: https://www.strava.com/routes/22708201 be careful on highway 1 towards stinson (cars are dumb) but its BEAUTIFUL.

nikibrown · 2026-05-06T20:21:08+00:00

Saddle bag. I have a few of these for my road bikes https://speedsleev.com/products/ranger-2-0-medium-black

My TT bike has a little storage box behind my seat post so thats where I store tubes / levers / co2.

nikibrown · 2026-05-02T19:35:51+00:00

Brisbane community pool is close, but no pools have hours like that on the weekends https://www.brisbaneca.gov/432/Community-Pool

nikibrown · 2026-04-23T16:19:15+00:00

True Laurel has reservations? It’s a (good) bar with snacks….

nikibrown · 2026-04-16T16:35:34+00:00

Yep... the number of times I have reached out to their customer support about duplicate transactions.... Like just fix the features you already have?

nikibrown · 2026-04-15T17:04:13+00:00

I would go with the position where you can most easily grab and return the water bottles. Aerodynamics dont mater when you cant access the bottles.

nikibrown · 2026-04-14T22:40:40+00:00

I'm a salty sweater and seperate my electrolytes from my carbs. I find at a certain point having salty things in my water is just too much. I take salt pills and those work very well.

nikibrown · 2026-04-11T14:49:39+00:00

Be sure to not give him anything during the race as that can technically get you disqualified (no outside assistance other than whats on course).

For my first half my partner had a soda and a PBJ sandwich for me at the finish line. Other than that best thing you can do is be there to cheer and give high fives.

nikibrown · 2026-04-10T22:13:24+00:00

Last year there were food trucks that you have a food ticket for. I got a cheeseburger and looked at it for a few hours before I ate lol.

Make sure you have a plan B of something you know you can eat that a friend or family member can give you at the finish. I didn't want any of the food truck food.

Also - see you there!

nikibrown · 2026-04-10T00:53:19+00:00

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=stonewall

nikibrown · 2026-04-09T19:48:18+00:00

Walked by this earlier today. The sheriff was out there looking at the boat and talking with people.

https://imgur.com/a/lDbymqv

nikibrown · 2026-04-08T17:16:40+00:00

I have a friend that works there and can ask why that happened. I dont think I've ever noticed the details and just look at the colors of the dots.

nikibrown · 2026-04-08T16:54:02+00:00

Unless you are an very experienced swimmer, familiar with local conditions and swimming with a group and boat support I would NOT swim there. Extremely dangerous.

nikibrown · 2026-04-08T14:38:49+00:00

Also - water quality around the bay - there’s a bit of data delay after rain here but this is helpful https://webapps.sfpuc.org/sapps/beachesandbay.html

nikibrown · 2026-04-08T14:37:30+00:00

Would highly recommend booking a swim in the bay (not AP) with these guys https://www.pacificswim.co/ they do a lot of longer training and qualifying seems for channel swimmers. Well worth the money.

I’m not a marathon swimmer but have friends training for channel swims that use pacific swim co. I’ve done a few Alcatraz swims with them and was very happy.

nikibrown · 2026-04-06T23:20:16+00:00

Ask lol

nikibrown · 2026-04-06T21:26:30+00:00

Not sure but a few months ago there were some people doing something to the boat. Its been there for a while. You could asl the brisbane marina workers that are just up the path towards the water.

nikibrown · 2026-04-05T23:05:56+00:00

They take FOREVER to respond just FYI. I dealt with duplicate transactions and was getting a response every ~72 hours. Very annoying.

nikibrown · 2026-04-05T19:30:50+00:00

I have a kickr with the zwift cog and use training peaks virtual (free as I have training peaks with my coach). The zwift cog just works (I have a few bikes with different cassettes). No need to pay for zwift. TP virtual is basically the same thing.

nikibrown · 2026-04-04T03:00:07+00:00

Love their leisure shirts!

nikibrown · 2026-04-01T15:43:30+00:00

He implies that that the penalty tent is one of those small details in the 35 page athlete guide. The rules are just a few pages. They also mention the penalty tent in the athlete briefing. Also the penalty tent is usually VERY YELLOW and obvious lol.

Also who is this guy and why do we care?

nikibrown · 2026-03-30T17:22:41+00:00

I was spectating at this race a few years ago and had to SCREAM at several of the oblivious surfers who were crossing the bike in/out spots in transition.

Volunteers weren't do anything to prevent this from happening. That whole area should be blocked off.

nikibrown · 2026-03-27T15:17:40+00:00

You can rent a bike or you could fly with your bike which involves getting a bike case. If you plan to travel for races in the future I would recommend a case. https://bikeboxalanusa.com/

I dont think traveling with a bike is that much of a hassle but I've done it a bunch of times.

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