Manatee Mentors 2014 v.2 thread2 CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?) (Page 10)

Originally posted by mtnbikerchk

Originally posted by dmgaudre Yay! I love other greyhound peeps! We're "special". lol

I think the term "NUTS" is more accurate

Funny, when I see "special" i think short bus or maybe "bless her heart"  

She's pretty!  And, I love your floors 

Good news!

The race simulation was fun. The weather was cool but not cold once we got going up the first hill. It was fun to see the newbs figure out transition, and to be able to give them tips n tricks (like rolling up the socks). Now they'll be all set for the race on Saturday! Then the pancake get-together at Coach's house was fun. Talking through the simulation and race day.

The TT was... windy, but fun. Can't complain when I'm racing with DS2.

MANATEES REMINDER POST FOR THE NEW THREAD

If you haven't figured it out, we talk a lot. :-)   Also, we tend to be an inspiring bunch (as in, we use the "inspire" feature of the site a lot).  If you are not familiar with inspires, note that you can reply to them by clicking Reply.  This pops out a new window for you to type your response so that the original poster can see it.  Finally, most of us use the training log on the site (Yanti said that it's required: "Keeping up your training log here on BT and opening it to other group members is mandatory.").  This makes it a lot easier for us to help each other when training questions come up.   Here's a few shorts article on training logs:  http://running.competitor.com/2013/12/training/why-you-should-keep-... http://www.active.com/triathlon/articles/10-reasons-to-keep-a-train... If you're not going to log or blog or whatever here on BT, please put a link to your training log in your BT Dashboard.

If you list your upcoming races on your training log  -- by adding to My Races or listing them in Dashboard, we'll celebrate with you!

We have a Google+ community that we use on an irregular basis.  Send your info to a returning Manatee (Janyne, Chris, Monica or Darren) and you will be added.

We have a Bike Gallery as well.  Post a picture of your racing steed and draw Chris' attention to it.  He'll get you added.

We have a Strava group too.  Let Chris or Janyne know and we can add you.  (PRO TIP:  If you decide to join the Strava group, check out https://tapiriik.com/or http://www.syncmetrics.com/. They will sync from Garmin Connect to Strava in the background.)

Oh, we're on Twitter too...

In the past, someone in the Pod (Yanti, Chris, Janyne) has created a table listing all of the pod members with links to their logs.  Once this handy dandy table has been created, feel free to copy/paste it to your own dashboard.

Please be active!  Inactive Manatees make us sad!

And speaking of bike galleries, I'm not sure if Darren's upside down bike is there???

I'm glad that you had a fun weekend!  Sorry about the windy time trial though :-/  That makes it tough to compare your times between events. 

Yes it is, but it looks different when it isn't hanging from the ceiling. 

My bad!

As I mentioned earlier, this was Staff Meeting Monday for me.  I get to the meeting and see that one of my co-workers has on a red shirt that looks like this

And I said to you, "I don't think that you're authorized to wear that shirt."

He was speechless.

What is this cool thing??

Or that hill thingy????

I tried to post my elevation profile from the TT but couldn't get it to "take" in the RR. Maybe I'll give it a shot here...

(TT elev.jpg)

So you're trying to tell us that it's not flat?

Add Instagram to the list of social media sites that are in use by a few of us as well. If there is a way to stay in touch, we use it!

It looks to have "elevation" with "hill thingies."  Chris won't understand that. 

Somebody said something about Matt getting injured.  What's up with that?!

What the heck are those things??    Here's a link to what we consider hilly.  http://www.mapmyride.com/us/clermont-fl/florida-challenge-bike-ride-course-route-438596

You will note that there are 2 cat 5 mountains!!  

Wow, Hands.  You gain 1,700 ft., with an average 2.5% grade.  Sounds grueling.  I really can't understand why TdF riders don't train there.

I know!!

Chris, don't forget to post the glossary and Yanti nickname list, or at least send them to Deanna for her edification.  That reminds me, I still need to send you a picture of Red (my new bike). 

Speaking of climbing. The Tour of Utah starts today. Yet another sporting event to add to my need to watch list.

Speaking of puppy pics. Here is a recent one of Pikatti. I get to retrain him in about 6 weeks and break him of all of Nana's "loving" (spoiling) from the past 9 months. He is my 19 month old Alaskan Husky. He is almost as spoiled as my human kids.

(Pikatti.jpg)

OMG, Jonathan, he is gorgeous!  He looks like a smarty paws too.  I imagine he'll be over the moon to see you when you get back and will teach you all his new tricks right away, the rascal!