Manatee Mentors 2016 - Manatee à trois (Page 76)

Are you doing any tris before Lou?  I am planning on the Lake Logan HIM again this year.

I'm still planning for this weekend.

i haven't really gotten that far as I'm still kinda in denial about Lou, but I've been told that would be a good race to do.  We'll see...

I am working through my schedule now. Probably do an Xterra race at some point this year. I need to figure out if it will be early or late in the season and their website isn't the most helpful. Some info, but not enough to make an extremely informed decision. Possible trail runs in the winter, early next year. Probably do a couple of the local sprint tri's as well.

My schedule is currently quite open, so if anyone has suggestions...

I've seen it come up too. Probably going to be more wait and see for a bit on something like this. I think it's a multi-directional accelerometer and they've been around for at least a few years, though more for in studies than commercially available with visibility like this is pushing for. Kind of want to make sure the analysis and training that comes from that has matured well enough first. There could be some potential, but especially since it's running that also includes the potential to create more issues than it fixes.

I've never seen this before.  It's interesting, but I think I'd want to see results with others first.

I'm glad that your friend's daughter made it through surgery.  Continued good thoughts heading her way.

Hopefully the dental stuff will resolve the headaches. That would be a good things.

CONGRATS ON THE NEW JOB!

Think there is potential with it too. Just something that can very easily be misunderstood. Very easy to end up chasing numbers without really understanding why. Something like vertical oscillation, lower is not necessarily better. Gravity can help get a literal bounce in your step. Kangaroos take that to more extreme. Front to back improvement can come from less braking forces that slow you down, but less so if the form turns into a speed walking hybrid that doesn't have any spring to it. It's still very necessary to understand and feel through the work. The numbers can help supplement that, but caution in going directly to the numbers a lot as that skips over an important part and heads towards the chasing part.

Not too different from some swimming things. Like stroke count. It can be reduced by just taking longer to do the stroke. More so when getting into a catch-up drill. Can get to 0 just by kicking. None of these necessarily mean more efficiency and looking just at the numbers misses the point of the work, to work on extending better in the water. How one gets there is the heart of it, not just getting a "better" number.

Since this all can sound very negative towards it, I'm interested in where tech like this ends up going too. Hence waiting for it to mature some more instead of writing of off as gimmicky or garbage. The work to do for any of this is already out there in the form of strides, repetition pace work, hill repeats, skips & bounds, and other things. When used well, this may help hone in some of what to do there.

happy news that your friend's little girl made it through surgery, I can only imagine what she and her family are going through.

yikes! That's a lot of teeth trouble!! it won't be fun to get through, but I'm sure you'll feel a lot better once it is done.

Yay, for a new job!!

I think that it would be helpful in conjunction with a local running coach.  I mean, if you could track it yourself but get feedback from a running coach every other week.  I don't necessarily mean a private coach, either.  Some places have group runs with coaches that know what they're doing.

GO RACING MANATEES!

Go me at IMWA Sunday

My best friend in Jakarta just passed away ... long-term health complications but he was still so young. I miss him terribly but feel his presence and super support near. Kinda beside myself and feeling ... homeless, lost.

I'm so sorry about the loss of your friend, Yanti.  (((big hugs)))  Good luck to you on Sunday, be safe and have as much fun as you can.  

So sorry for your loss. Go get'um this weekend!!!!

Racing Manatee!!!

December 3-4
Yanti - Ironman Western Australia on Sunday

Is anyone else racing?

After checking DH's work schedule my "A" races are:

Oracle Rumble 50 miler in Tucson on January 28

C&O Canal 100 near Knoxville, MD on April 29-30. (Yes, there are two days because the cut-off for 100's is 30 hours)

A couple others I'm doing for "fun" are

The Pueblo Marathon in Colorado on Feb 19 (because I like the RD)

The Bataan Death March Memorial Marathon at White Sands Missile Range on Mar 19 with my RWB team

Jim, I am sorry to hear about more difficulties for your family.  Enough already!  Glad to hear your wife is convalescing.

Laura, glad to hear your friends daughter did well with the surgery.  Continued good thoughts and prayers.  I hope your teeth get worked out and congrats on the new job!!!

Yanti, I am so sorry to hear about your loss.  I hope you feel less lost in very short order. Good luck on Sunday.

I am just about done with this semester literally and already done with it figuratively.  We have a great group of second year students, but the first years are...trying.  Two weeks of exams and then a nice break!

My training has been spotty lately, as I always struggle with getting out of bed when it is so dark and dreary for so long.  We have had about 55 days out of the last 60 that have had measurable rain.  Ugh.  If I don't train in the AM, then it doesn't happen, either, for the most part.  Trying to do SOMETHING each day at least.  If nothing else, I am getting in 2-3 days of strength training a week, because I can do that at lunch or right after work.  Which I have to get back to now .  Have a great weekend everyone!

ETA:  Race schedule!!  Very, very tentative:

June 4 Oliver half distance

June 25 Coeur D'Alene 70.3

July 27 Whistler 70.3

Nov 26? IM Cozumel