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2017-02-14 9:42 AM in reply to: Rileyvb91 |
Master 7712 Orlando | Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed Originally posted by Rileyvb91 I have been having a rough month so far. I haven't found the energy to run or go hard on my bike ride except a week ago. Then over the weekend I got sick, whole body just hurt, tired and dehydrated. Been sleeping a lot but somewhat restless. I definitely feel that my mind can do so much more than my body will allow, it's very tough going from a middle/front packer to a beginner. Also runnings been hard, barely have been thanks to a bum ankle that finally healed over the weekend....it has finally healed :D Now that I'm done venting I want to really need advice on starting over, Still very motivated and thankfully not taking it too hard but I'm mentally exhausted with this fatigue. I would love to try and find a solution to this so that I can properly begin exercising and not be hurting myself coming back I don't know that I can offer meaningful help about starting over when you are exhausted with fatigue. You need to figure out why you are so exhausted and work to correct that. Once you are feeling better it's pretty straight forward, jump back in with a slow build. If you have trouble training alone, find a running group, masters swim group and or bike club. I also find having a race to target helps keep me on track. Good luck and feel better! |
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2017-02-14 9:53 AM in reply to: cdban66 |
Master 6595 Rio Rancho, NM | Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed Originally posted by cdban66 I was thinking about trying to get set up for Zwift for my IM training. Not sure what I need though. Originally posted by mcmanusclan5 Quick question that I know was asked, but search engine won't bring it up for me (and I scanned back but can't find the right page on the thread). Anyone know how to get Zwift onto BT other than a direct upload? I have it linked to Strava (which won't "count" it, as it's a virtual ride - fair enough) and TP, but not Garmin Express or BT. Really just want to add BT, as I've never much used Garmin except to push to other sites (and only need BT more for fun, as TP has good analytics and Strava has the FB of fitness aspect covered for me), but don't want to download/save/upload every time. Apologies for retreading this... Thank, though. Matt PS - see what happens with a taper week? All this time to THINK (bad for everyone). Funny, this popped up on FB yesterday - http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=2817
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2017-02-14 11:57 AM in reply to: amd723 |
74 Smithtown, New York | Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed Originally posted by amd723 Originally posted by Rileyvb91 I have been having a rough month so far. I haven't found the energy to run or go hard on my bike ride except a week ago. Then over the weekend I got sick, whole body just hurt, tired and dehydrated. Been sleeping a lot but somewhat restless. I definitely feel that my mind can do so much more than my body will allow, it's very tough going from a middle/front packer to a beginner. Also runnings been hard, barely have been thanks to a bum ankle that finally healed over the weekend....it has finally healed :D Now that I'm done venting I want to really need advice on starting over, Still very motivated and thankfully not taking it too hard but I'm mentally exhausted with this fatigue. I would love to try and find a solution to this so that I can properly begin exercising and not be hurting myself coming back I don't know that I can offer meaningful help about starting over when you are exhausted with fatigue. You need to figure out why you are so exhausted and work to correct that. Once you are feeling better it's pretty straight forward, jump back in with a slow build. If you have trouble training alone, find a running group, masters swim group and or bike club. I also find having a race to target helps keep me on track. Good luck and feel better! I've definitely been getting my diet a lot better over the past year. I'm coming with a strategy to increase the my run intervals roughly 10% a week, 20-40s walking, until I'm walking only every other mile by June. Also increasing my long runs & bikes 10% every other week so I'm hitting a 10 mile run and bike ride just before my taper in August |
2017-02-14 12:03 PM in reply to: Rileyvb91 |
Master 10208 Northern IL | Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed Originally posted by Rileyvb91 I have been having a rough month so far. I haven't found the energy to run or go hard on my bike ride except a week ago. Then over the weekend I got sick, whole body just hurt, tired and dehydrated. Been sleeping a lot but somewhat restless. I definitely feel that my mind can do so much more than my body will allow, it's very tough going from a middle/front packer to a beginner. Also runnings been hard, barely have been thanks to a bum ankle that finally healed over the weekend....it has finally healed :D Now that I'm done venting I want to really need advice on starting over, Still very motivated and thankfully not taking it too hard but I'm mentally exhausted with this fatigue. I would love to try and find a solution to this so that I can properly begin exercising and not be hurting myself coming back Hang in there Riley. Your body can only do as much as it can recover from. As was suggested, keep trying to figure out those other things causing exhaustion or restlessness. Consider lowering expectations of what you can do right now. Especially with injuries & sickness, take care of those. Extending these out by trying to power through to stave off fitness losses can hurt more in the long run as they can take substantially longer to get through. Understand very well about seeing the gap in ability between now and then. Was significantly faster just a few years ago too. Had to do a lot of relaxing on thinking too much about that difference. Just looking where I'm at now and going forward with that. The excess fatigue can make this feel like a really heavy weight, so keep working on that. You'll pull through this. |
2017-02-14 12:10 PM in reply to: cdban66 |
Master 9705 Raleigh, NC area | Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed Karen - Congrats on getting ‘er done — and with a podium finish at that! |
2017-02-14 12:18 PM in reply to: jmkizer |
Master 9705 Raleigh, NC area | Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed Congratulations to Laura on her NEW BIKE! |
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2017-02-14 12:42 PM in reply to: cdban66 |
310 Raleigh, North Carolina | Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed Originally posted by cdban66 Originally posted by mcmanusclan5 Quick question that I know was asked, but search engine won't bring it up for me (and I scanned back but can't find the right page on the thread). Anyone know how to get Zwift onto BT other than a direct upload? I have it linked to Strava (which won't "count" it, as it's a virtual ride - fair enough) and TP, but not Garmin Express or BT. Really just want to add BT, as I've never much used Garmin except to push to other sites (and only need BT more for fun, as TP has good analytics and Strava has the FB of fitness aspect covered for me), but don't want to download/save/upload every time. Apologies for retreading this... Thank, though. Matt PS - see what happens with a taper week? All this time to THINK (bad for everyone). Funny, this popped up on FB yesterday - http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=2817
+1 on https://tapiriik.com/. I have an off-brand (non-Garmin) watch that will sync with Strava. Tapirik syncs everything from Strava to BT pretty seamlessly. I pay the $2 per year for the automated service. |
2017-02-14 1:30 PM in reply to: rrrunner |
436 | Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed Originally posted by rrrunner Originally posted by cdban66 I was thinking about trying to get set up for Zwift for my IM training. Not sure what I need though. Originally posted by mcmanusclan5 Quick question that I know was asked, but search engine won't bring it up for me (and I scanned back but can't find the right page on the thread). Anyone know how to get Zwift onto BT other than a direct upload? I have it linked to Strava (which won't "count" it, as it's a virtual ride - fair enough) and TP, but not Garmin Express or BT. Really just want to add BT, as I've never much used Garmin except to push to other sites (and only need BT more for fun, as TP has good analytics and Strava has the FB of fitness aspect covered for me), but don't want to download/save/upload every time. Apologies for retreading this... Thank, though. Matt PS - see what happens with a taper week? All this time to THINK (bad for everyone). Funny, this popped up on FB yesterday - http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=2817
I do most of my riding on Zwift. In order for me to get a ride in outside I need to drive about 20 mins from my house, so just being able to jump on in my garage and get as close to the real thing as I've ever experienced has made me a big fan of Zwift. I have a Kickr although from what I've read any old trainer will do. I'm not sure if it's not a "Smart Trainer" you'll enjoy it as much though. It's very cool to see a hill ahead on my computer and have the resistance change automatically! Other than that I personally use a 5 yr old Apple Laptop and you need an ANT+ dongle thing with an extender which was about $30 on Amazon. The fee of $10/month is high but for me I tend to use it more cause I won't let that $ go to waste . |
2017-02-14 1:43 PM in reply to: 0 |
Veteran 2842 Austin, Texas | Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed Originally posted by awm007 Originally posted by cdban66 +1 on https://tapiriik.com/.I have an off-brand (non-Garmin) watch that will sync with Strava. Tapirik syncs everything from Strava to BT pretty seamlessly. I pay the $2 per year for the automated service. Originally posted by mcmanusclan5 Quick question that I know was asked, but search engine won't bring it up for me (and I scanned back but can't find the right page on the thread). Anyone know how to get Zwift onto BT other than a direct upload? I have it linked to Strava (which won't "count" it, as it's a virtual ride - fair enough) and TP, but not Garmin Express or BT. Really just want to add BT, as I've never much used Garmin except to push to other sites (and only need BT more for fun, as TP has good analytics and Strava has the FB of fitness aspect covered for me), but don't want to download/save/upload every time. Apologies for retreading this... Thank, though. Matt PS - see what happens with a taper week? All this time to THINK (bad for everyone). Funny, this popped up on FB yesterday - http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=2817
Very cool - thanks! Had seen that name (tapiriik) but never knew what it was for. For anyone using it, when you cut over to it, did you have to disable other services, or does it "deconflict" workouts and only save new ones (no duplicates)? Also, will it pull old workouts from one site across to others if they're not there (like pulling my Zwift rides that are on Strava and TP but not BT across to BT) automagically? Matt ETA - I just don't want to blow up all my existing sites with duplicate or triplicate workouts, and would also love to just have them all in each site... Edited by mcmanusclan5 2017-02-14 1:44 PM |
2017-02-14 1:49 PM in reply to: TXTriRook |
Veteran 2842 Austin, Texas | Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed Originally posted by TXTriRook Originally posted by rrrunner I do most of my riding on Zwift. In order for me to get a ride in outside I need to drive about 20 mins from my house, so just being able to jump on in my garage and get as close to the real thing as I've ever experienced has made me a big fan of Zwift. I have a Kickr although from what I've read any old trainer will do. I'm not sure if it's not a "Smart Trainer" you'll enjoy it as much though. It's very cool to see a hill ahead on my computer and have the resistance change automatically! Other than that I personally use a 5 yr old Apple Laptop and you need an ANT+ dongle thing with an extender which was about $30 on Amazon. The fee of $10/month is high but for me I tend to use it more cause I won't let that $ go to waste . Originally posted by cdban66 I was thinking about trying to get set up for Zwift for my IM training. Not sure what I need though. Originally posted by mcmanusclan5 Quick question that I know was asked, but search engine won't bring it up for me (and I scanned back but can't find the right page on the thread). Anyone know how to get Zwift onto BT other than a direct upload? I have it linked to Strava (which won't "count" it, as it's a virtual ride - fair enough) and TP, but not Garmin Express or BT. Really just want to add BT, as I've never much used Garmin except to push to other sites (and only need BT more for fun, as TP has good analytics and Strava has the FB of fitness aspect covered for me), but don't want to download/save/upload every time. Apologies for retreading this... Thank, though. Matt PS - see what happens with a taper week? All this time to THINK (bad for everyone). Funny, this popped up on FB yesterday - http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=2817
I'm really enjoying Zwift. The other riders and courses couple with the smart trainer make it feel much closer to riding outside (which I've also pretty much stopped doing - too many white pickup trucks here. Not sure why, but drivers of white pickups in particular seem to hate dudes in spandex). So much so, that my wattage is much closer to my outdoor riding - right off the bat - than the same rig without the ipad in front of me. Silly brain! But whatevs, it works to get me riding harder, so I'm all in for the illusion. I have not yet tried workout mode, but after this weekend's HM (or maybe after the 10k we're doing in a couple months) I plan to get back into structured training on the bike and will try it then. Might or might not take something away from the experience - we'll see... Matt |
2017-02-14 2:21 PM in reply to: mcmanusclan5 |
310 Raleigh, North Carolina | Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed Originally posted by mcmanusclan5 Originally posted by awm007 Originally posted by cdban66 +1 on https://tapiriik.com/.I have an off-brand (non-Garmin) watch that will sync with Strava. Tapirik syncs everything from Strava to BT pretty seamlessly. I pay the $2 per year for the automated service. Originally posted by mcmanusclan5 Quick question that I know was asked, but search engine won't bring it up for me (and I scanned back but can't find the right page on the thread). Anyone know how to get Zwift onto BT other than a direct upload? I have it linked to Strava (which won't "count" it, as it's a virtual ride - fair enough) and TP, but not Garmin Express or BT. Really just want to add BT, as I've never much used Garmin except to push to other sites (and only need BT more for fun, as TP has good analytics and Strava has the FB of fitness aspect covered for me), but don't want to download/save/upload every time. Apologies for retreading this... Thank, though. Matt PS - see what happens with a taper week? All this time to THINK (bad for everyone). Funny, this popped up on FB yesterday - http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=2817
Very cool - thanks! Had seen that name (tapiriik) but never knew what it was for. For anyone using it, when you cut over to it, did you have to disable other services, or does it "deconflict" workouts and only save new ones (no duplicates)? Also, will it pull old workouts from one site across to others if they're not there (like pulling my Zwift rides that are on Strava and TP but not BT across to BT) automagically? Matt ETA - I just don't want to blow up all my existing sites with duplicate or triplicate workouts, and would also love to just have them all in each site... I honestly don't know. Last year, I used my watch to auto sync to Strava, then Tapiriik to Garmin Connect, then Garmin Connect to BT. When Tapiriik starting supporting BT directly, I added it to Tapiriik as well (so I had Strava, GC, and BT all listed). When I did, I found that I did have some duplicates going back a ways on BT. Based on that, I think it will sync some on your logs for xx period of time. Once I removed Garmin Connect from Tapiriik, I no longer get duplicates. Right now, using Tapiriik to just connect Strava and BT works really well. YMMV though. |
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2017-02-14 6:04 PM in reply to: awm007 |
Master 6595 Rio Rancho, NM | Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed Originally posted by awm007 Originally posted by mcmanusclan5 I honestly don't know. Last year, I used my watch to auto sync to Strava, then Tapiriik to Garmin Connect, then Garmin Connect to BT. When Tapiriik starting supporting BT directly, I added it to Tapiriik as well (so I had Strava, GC, and BT all listed). When I did, I found that I did have some duplicates going back a ways on BT. Based on that, I think it will sync some on your logs for xx period of time. Once I removed Garmin Connect from Tapiriik, I no longer get duplicates. Right now, using Tapiriik to just connect Strava and BT works really well. YMMV though. Originally posted by awm007 Originally posted by cdban66 +1 on https://tapiriik.com/.I have an off-brand (non-Garmin) watch that will sync with Strava. Tapirik syncs everything from Strava to BT pretty seamlessly. I pay the $2 per year for the automated service. Originally posted by mcmanusclan5 Quick question that I know was asked, but search engine won't bring it up for me (and I scanned back but can't find the right page on the thread). Anyone know how to get Zwift onto BT other than a direct upload? I have it linked to Strava (which won't "count" it, as it's a virtual ride - fair enough) and TP, but not Garmin Express or BT. Really just want to add BT, as I've never much used Garmin except to push to other sites (and only need BT more for fun, as TP has good analytics and Strava has the FB of fitness aspect covered for me), but don't want to download/save/upload every time. Apologies for retreading this... Thank, though. Matt PS - see what happens with a taper week? All this time to THINK (bad for everyone). Funny, this popped up on FB yesterday - http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=2817
Very cool - thanks! Had seen that name (tapiriik) but never knew what it was for. For anyone using it, when you cut over to it, did you have to disable other services, or does it "deconflict" workouts and only save new ones (no duplicates)? Also, will it pull old workouts from one site across to others if they're not there (like pulling my Zwift rides that are on Strava and TP but not BT across to BT) automagically? Matt ETA - I just don't want to blow up all my existing sites with duplicate or triplicate workouts, and would also love to just have them all in each site... I do get duplicates on BT but it might be because, as mentioned above, I need to turn off the garmin connect. I'll give that a try. |
2017-02-15 10:13 AM in reply to: rrrunner |
Master 7712 Orlando | Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed And now for something completely different Any Manatee use an Instapot? If so, just how swell is it and which one do you use? |
2017-02-15 10:30 AM in reply to: amd723 |
Master 6595 Rio Rancho, NM | Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed Originally posted by amd723 And now for something completely different Any Manatee use an Instapot? If so, just how swell is it and which one do you use? Yes, I have an Instant Pot, 6 qt me thinks. I like it. I don't use it every day but it's a great tool to have. I also do the "Once a month meals" (though I do several mini sessions) and the combination with the IP and my slow cooker makes my weeknights less stressful. |
2017-02-15 10:46 AM in reply to: rrrunner |
Master 7712 Orlando | Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed Originally posted by rrrunner Originally posted by amd723 And now for something completely different Any Manatee use an Instapot? If so, just how swell is it and which one do you use? Yes, I have an Instant Pot, 6 qt me thinks. I like it. I don't use it every day but it's a great tool to have. I also do the "Once a month meals" (though I do several mini sessions) and the combination with the IP and my slow cooker makes my weeknights less stressful. thanks! |
2017-02-15 12:50 PM in reply to: rrrunner |
Master 6834 Englewood, Florida | Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed Originally posted by rrrunner Originally posted by amd723 And now for something completely different Any Manatee use an Instapot? If so, just how swell is it and which one do you use? Yes, I have an Instant Pot, 6 qt me thinks. I like it. I don't use it every day but it's a great tool to have. I also do the "Once a month meals" (though I do several mini sessions) and the combination with the IP and my slow cooker makes my weeknights less stressful. For a moment I thought your slow cooker connected to the internet. |
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2017-02-15 5:35 PM in reply to: cdban66 |
Master 6595 Rio Rancho, NM | Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed Originally posted by cdban66 Funny you say that. I've seen a number of times when someone was asking for help in the FB forum and with the power of auto correct they asked how to prepare something in their iPhone Originally posted by rrrunner Originally posted by amd723 And now for something completely different Any Manatee use an Instapot? If so, just how swell is it and which one do you use? Yes, I have an Instant Pot, 6 qt me thinks. I like it. I don't use it every day but it's a great tool to have. I also do the "Once a month meals" (though I do several mini sessions) and the combination with the IP and my slow cooker makes my weeknights less stressful. For a moment I thought your slow cooker connected to the internet. |
2017-02-16 6:30 AM in reply to: rrrunner |
Champion 14677 | Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed One of the reasons for me being away. Training of a different type going on here. (Raven1.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Raven1.jpg (201KB - 3 downloads) |
2017-02-16 7:02 AM in reply to: ceilidh |
Master 7712 Orlando | Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed Originally posted by ceilidh One of the reasons for me being away. Training of a different type going on here. Aww! That's a great reason to be away! |
2017-02-16 8:07 AM in reply to: cdban66 |
Expert 4594 Middle River, Maryland | Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed Originally posted by cdban66 Originally posted by rrrunner Originally posted by amd723 And now for something completely different Any Manatee use an Instapot? If so, just how swell is it and which one do you use? Yes, I have an Instant Pot, 6 qt me thinks. I like it. I don't use it every day but it's a great tool to have. I also do the "Once a month meals" (though I do several mini sessions) and the combination with the IP and my slow cooker makes my weeknights less stressful. For a moment I thought your slow cooker connected to the internet. Hell - refrigerators and stoves do. Why not the slow cooker? You could remotely start/stop it, review the internal temperature, make it beep, all kinds of cool stuff. As an added bonus, it would give hackers another opportunity to get into your wifi system and steal your identity. |
2017-02-16 8:58 AM in reply to: jmhpsu93 |
Master 7712 Orlando | Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed Originally posted by jmhpsu93 Originally posted by cdban66 Originally posted by rrrunner Originally posted by amd723 And now for something completely different Any Manatee use an Instapot? If so, just how swell is it and which one do you use? Yes, I have an Instant Pot, 6 qt me thinks. I like it. I don't use it every day but it's a great tool to have. I also do the "Once a month meals" (though I do several mini sessions) and the combination with the IP and my slow cooker makes my weeknights less stressful. For a moment I thought your slow cooker connected to the internet. Hell - refrigerators and stoves do. Why not the slow cooker? You could remotely start/stop it, review the internal temperature, make it beep, all kinds of cool stuff. As an added bonus, it would give hackers another opportunity to get into your wifi system and steal your identity. Actually, I think there is a bluetooth version! |
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2017-02-16 10:26 AM in reply to: amd723 |
Master 10208 Northern IL | Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed Originally posted by amd723 Originally posted by jmhpsu93 Originally posted by cdban66 Originally posted by rrrunner Originally posted by amd723 And now for something completely different Any Manatee use an Instapot? If so, just how swell is it and which one do you use? Yes, I have an Instant Pot, 6 qt me thinks. I like it. I don't use it every day but it's a great tool to have. I also do the "Once a month meals" (though I do several mini sessions) and the combination with the IP and my slow cooker makes my weeknights less stressful. For a moment I thought your slow cooker connected to the internet. Hell - refrigerators and stoves do. Why not the slow cooker? You could remotely start/stop it, review the internal temperature, make it beep, all kinds of cool stuff. As an added bonus, it would give hackers another opportunity to get into your wifi system and steal your identity. Actually, I think there is a bluetooth version! |
2017-02-16 11:33 AM in reply to: #5208007 |
Master 6595 Rio Rancho, NM | Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed I'm in training this week :P |
2017-02-16 11:34 AM in reply to: Rileyvb91 |
Master 4117 Toronto | Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed Originally posted by Rileyvb91 Originally posted by amd723 I've definitely been getting my diet a lot better over the past year. I'm coming with a strategy to increase the my run intervals roughly 10% a week, 20-40s walking, until I'm walking only every other mile by June. Also increasing my long runs & bikes 10% every other week so I'm hitting a 10 mile run and bike ride just before my taper in August Originally posted by Rileyvb91 I have been having a rough month so far. I haven't found the energy to run or go hard on my bike ride except a week ago. Then over the weekend I got sick, whole body just hurt, tired and dehydrated. Been sleeping a lot but somewhat restless. I definitely feel that my mind can do so much more than my body will allow, it's very tough going from a middle/front packer to a beginner. Also runnings been hard, barely have been thanks to a bum ankle that finally healed over the weekend....it has finally healed :D Now that I'm done venting I want to really need advice on starting over, Still very motivated and thankfully not taking it too hard but I'm mentally exhausted with this fatigue. I would love to try and find a solution to this so that I can properly begin exercising and not be hurting myself coming back I don't know that I can offer meaningful help about starting over when you are exhausted with fatigue. You need to figure out why you are so exhausted and work to correct that. Once you are feeling better it's pretty straight forward, jump back in with a slow build. If you have trouble training alone, find a running group, masters swim group and or bike club. I also find having a race to target helps keep me on track. Good luck and feel better! I always suggest it due to my personal experience - but if you already know the sources of your fatigue then this may not matter but i've had very low vitamin B12 levels (even though i eat meat) before as well as borderline Iron levels. So for me, if i am experiencing normal training levels, life stress as well then it is time to get checked out. It seems to be particular to when i am in heavy training. anyway, it may not be your issue but something to think about. |
2017-02-16 11:34 AM in reply to: brigby1 |
Expert 4594 Middle River, Maryland | Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed Originally posted by brigby1 Originally posted by amd723 Originally posted by jmhpsu93 Originally posted by cdban66 Originally posted by rrrunner Originally posted by amd723 And now for something completely different Any Manatee use an Instapot? If so, just how swell is it and which one do you use? Yes, I have an Instant Pot, 6 qt me thinks. I like it. I don't use it every day but it's a great tool to have. I also do the "Once a month meals" (though I do several mini sessions) and the combination with the IP and my slow cooker makes my weeknights less stressful. For a moment I thought your slow cooker connected to the internet. Hell - refrigerators and stoves do. Why not the slow cooker? You could remotely start/stop it, review the internal temperature, make it beep, all kinds of cool stuff. As an added bonus, it would give hackers another opportunity to get into your wifi system and steal your identity. Actually, I think there is a bluetooth version! Just wait until all of these things become self aware. Can you imaging the havoc an evil slow-cooker could wreak? |
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