Manatee Mentors 2015.2 CLOSED (Poptarts? Pet pics?) (Page 75)

Originally posted by Jet Black Pictorial proof of a manatee meetup!!

Woo hoo!  Looking good!  (that is how we can tell it was a pre-race pic)

Originally posted by Jet Black The weekend is underway! The kids race got rained out but they didn't seem to mind too much. Checking out the swim course.

I love the matching shoes! 

Congratulations! 

hahaha!  I about snorted my work appropriate beverage when I saw this! 

What a lovely picture!  Glad to hear the day went well.  Congrats to both of you!

Sean - those are two adorable kiddos!

Sean, Jonathan and Matt - that is one studly lineup and very cool you got to meet!  Congrats to all on finishing with great times!

MR Matt - congrats on your big day, you are a very lovely family!

Randee - congrats to you and the husband, I'll get over to the RR soon.

Mary - whaaat?!  Wow!  Congrats on putting down a great time even after your struggles with injuries over the past few months!

Yanti - congrats on your race and continued hopes and prayers for you and your friends.

My race went very well, but it wasn't without the help of the manatees and their kind words of encouragement and support.  I had the voices of many of you in my head (is that really possible if I've never actually heard any of your voices?!) throughout the race, keeping me strong.  Thank you, thank you, thank you.  The manatees is a very special group of people, of friends.

DCRainmaker giveaway.

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I figured you guys would do great but WOW!! Looked like some very fast bike legs.  Can't wait to hear all the details.

Great pics and great racing all!!! 

Alright, got my RACE REPORT up

Complete with lots of photos! I had an awesome, action packed 30ish hours for sure! 

So tired today...trying to decide how I want to manage my training week since I have another race on Saturday...

Hey - thanks for all the well wishes on the race, oh podmates!  Great day and even better company. 

Been digging out back at work from all the stuff I've let maaaaaaaybe slide a little on the way up to the race. 

Learned a ton on this one - still processing some of it, but will write up a RR in the next couple days.

Some highlights:  condo-madness, sunburn, no wetsuits, fire ants, hail on the bike and some carnage generally on the run course once the sun came out - but a really good race for me (and a bunch of other BTers, to boot) from an execution and fitness test standpoint.

Felt great after the race and am now really psyched for race season!

Thanks again to all for the "community encouragement" leading into this one.  As others have said, it makes a difference!

Matt

I hit a 20s power average of 839W this morning.  Feeling pretty good heading into road racing this weekend.

Some of you have asked, so here it is. This is from TW:

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Awesome! Sorry I think I missed it, did you get  a new bike?

Also, ORANGE!

Speaking of orange....

I've got everything lined up to custom paint my bike and make it look awwweeessssommme.

I'm going to disassemble it in the next few days and drop it off to be painted flat black (while we are on vacation) then an awesome BTer is going to reassemble it for me and swap out the cables (orange) and grips/pedals (blue) and then I got a new headtube badge.

So, flat black,  orange and blue. 

Yall! 

All races are excellent learning experiences, even if you execute exactly how you want. Great job and waita set the bar high for your racing going forward

Now that's a mighty sweet looking machine!  Oh, and the bike looks pretty awesome too.   Congrats on the new ride.  How many are you up to now?  6? 8? S-1?

Awesome! Where did the headtube badge come from? I was wanting to do something custom for my fixie, but I never really pursued it. 

And yes, I have been internally fighting over a new Tri bike for a while. A long while. TW started pushing me to do it as well. Finally, I was in the LBS a couple of weeks ago and Mel (one of the owners and a fellow Triathlete) mentioned that she could get an extra large 2014 Xenith T from the Jamis rep. It came in, they put it together and whammy, it was the wrong size. Jamis sent a large sized one.  So, Gary (Mel's husband) called and said we should try it out and if it doesn't fit, no problem, they'll get the right one in. I gave it a go, didn't feel right on it, and waited. The next week it came in and fit me better. The funny part is that Gary mentioned the first one fit him pretty well.  When I picked up mine, the original was on the stand getting carbon wheels and new tape, etc. I may ask to borrow his wheels for a race in a couple of weeks  I'm pretty sure the wheels would work for me!

My stable includes a road bike, a fixie, an old hardtail MTB, and the Xenith. But, DD2 has the hardtail, so really I only have 3. 

Very exciting!

My MTB is a Jamis although the branding is about to go out the window.

The headtube badge is from a local hand-made bike accessory place https://www.builtbyswift.com/

They mainly specialize in bike touring/bike camping stuff. Which is kind of how I am going to use my MTB. My little adventure machine. 

So, are you going to go with racks/panniers and such? Some of the MTB guys mentioned meeting some fellow riders that you would really like. Full racks and packs and no wasted space. I'm thinking you'll have a trailer for gear in no time!

ETA: You had mentioned the Jamis frame a while back and I knew then that this was in the works, but I didn't want to get my hopes up, so I've been quiet about it.  I dropped hints, but nothing noticable. I didn't want to get bit in the tush!

No, no remember I am a minimalist.

I don't see myself doing much in the way of multi-day or anything. More just biking to a base camp for a 1-nighter. I'll just use a pack. I'm scheming the feasibility of getting everything I need into my 21L pack, which will be a feat but I think I can do it.