Mad Manatees 2015.3 CLOSED (or Poptarts? Pet pics?) (Page 101)

Originally posted by jmkizer

Racing Manatees!!!

October 3-4
Ann-Marie - Harvest HM on Saturday
Steve - Leavenworth Marathon on Saturday
Janyne - Atomic Man HIM on Sunday
MR Matt - Ryanman HIM on Sunday
Melanie - Yuengling Oktoberfest 5K on Sunday
Adrienne - Mt. Whitney Run-summit on Monday

Sorry to hear that Maryland Mike's race, the Waterman's Sprint, was cancelled.

Disabled List
Mary - recovering from a fall
Monica - back

Originally posted by StaceyK Go Ann-Marie, Steve, Janyne, MR Matt, Mel, Salty and TJ. Enjoy yourselves. Get better Mary and Monica.

Originally posted by amd723

 

go,racers !

Feel better Monica and Mary.

My race was cancelled because of the hurricane

Originally posted by amd723

 

go,racers !

Feel better Monica and Mary.

My race was cancelled because of the hurricane

Originally posted by cdban66

Congratulations Janyne!!!!!! You rock.

Originally posted by cdban66

I'll leave it to Janyne to get more in depth than this, but she did REALLY well, according to FB and IG.

 

Originally posted by Atlantia Yeah she did! Come brag Janyne!

Originally posted by StaceyK Go Ann-Marie, Steve, Janyne, MR Matt, Mel, Salty and TJ. Enjoy yourselves. Get better Mary and Monica.

Originally posted by melbo55

My race, or more importantly, my little mini-getaway, went very well.  My sister and friends went to the Easton Garlic Festival Saturday (the rain held off, yay!) at which we sampled lots of delicious and interesting garlic creations and bought various goodies, then had a wonderful dining experience at Molinari's (living up to my expectations yet again).  Sunday we raced the Yuengling Oktoberfest 5K, enjoyed Oktoberfest, toured the steel stacks, then had another yummy dining experience at Torre on the way home.  

For me, the race wasn't about putting down my best time but just getting out there and doing a respectable time.  My training has been very sporadic over the past few weeks, and while I feel I didn't lose too much fitness, I didn't have the drive to push myself hard as hard as I could've.  I was quite all right with pushing just a little bit.  My main goal was simply to have fun with my sister and friends.  Mission accomplished.

Originally posted by rrrunner

So glad you got away to have some fun.

Originally posted by Richardsdrr Yep, you deserve it. By the way, TJ, final of Ultimate Hell week was on this Sunday gone. Haven't watched it yet, so no spoilers please. I only realised on the Russian episode that it was filmed about 20 miles from my house at Glan Usk Park. I noticed because the hills they were trekking up with the bergans and jerry cans were the Brecon Beacons. It's also where the SAS do their training and selection. Looking forward to the escape and evasion episode .

Originally posted by Richardsdrr This week I am mostly learning how to build a pitched roof for my man cave (quiet space from the kids) from scratch. :/

Originally posted by melbo55

My race, or more importantly, my little mini-getaway, went very well.  My sister and friends went to the Easton Garlic Festival Saturday (the rain held off, yay!) at which we sampled lots of delicious and interesting garlic creations and bought various goodies, then had a wonderful dining experience at Molinari's (living up to my expectations yet again).  Sunday we raced the Yuengling Oktoberfest 5K, enjoyed Oktoberfest, toured the steel stacks, then had another yummy dining experience at Torre on the way home.  

For me, the race wasn't about putting down my best time but just getting out there and doing a respectable time.  My training has been very sporadic over the past few weeks, and while I feel I didn't lose too much fitness, I didn't have the drive to push myself hard as hard as I could've.  I was quite all right with pushing just a little bit.  My main goal was simply to have fun with my sister and friends.  Mission accomplished.

Originally posted by msteiner

I'll get my blurb in to not steal Janyne's thunder.  My race was going to be about survival, and I was aware of this going in.  Fortunately the swim got canceled (can't believe I'm that guy now) due to high winds.  Instead we did a 1.2 mile run, which I just ran at a manageable pace.  Said high winds made the bike pretty tricky, but I was able to get through it alright.   However during mile 40 I started to feel my left knee go numb a bit.  I'm thinking that my body wasn't adjusted to riding in aero for that long due to not training as much, so my IT band started to get irritated.  

The HM started out with me immediately getting  into a rhythm of jog until the knee hurt too much from IT irritation to jogging again.  I eventually got to the finish line, and was glad that it was over.

At this point I'm not sure what I'm wanting to do in the offseason.  For now, I'm going to enjoy not having to do anything and maybe ride my mountain bike some. 

Originally posted by brigby1

Had found a ride on Sunday, saw it was by a state park I hadn't been to in over 20 years, so went down Saturday to hike it. Ended up going through the century faster than planned. Fun day even though it was almost entirely in the flat cornfields of central IL and had a decent diagonal wind the whole time. There was pie at the end.

Originally posted by brigby1

Had found a ride on Sunday, saw it was by a state park I hadn't been to in over 20 years, so went down Saturday to hike it. Ended up going through the century faster than planned. Fun day even though it was almost entirely in the flat cornfields of central IL and had a decent diagonal wind the whole time. There was pie at the end.

Originally posted by msteiner

I'll get my blurb in to not steal Janyne's thunder.  My race was going to be about survival, and I was aware of this going in.  Fortunately the swim got canceled (can't believe I'm that guy now) due to high winds.  Instead we did a 1.2 mile run, which I just ran at a manageable pace.  Said high winds made the bike pretty tricky, but I was able to get through it alright.   However during mile 40 I started to feel my left knee go numb a bit.  I'm thinking that my body wasn't adjusted to riding in aero for that long due to not training as much, so my IT band started to get irritated.  

The HM started out with me immediately getting  into a rhythm of jog until the knee hurt too much from IT irritation to jogging again.  I eventually got to the finish line, and was glad that it was over.

At this point I'm not sure what I'm wanting to do in the offseason.  For now, I'm going to enjoy not having to do anything and maybe ride my mountain bike some.