Manatee Mentors 2015.2 CLOSED (Poptarts? Pet pics?) (Page 10)

Yessirree Pops. You are such a gorgeous man(atee) ... it would only be fitting to have beautiful scan images reflect the hotness.

OMG PEOPLE it's finally at the minute I can order pancakes from McDonald's. I wasn't sure I could endure.

When I say we have NO FOOD in the house, what I mean is we have in-the-teens assortment EACH of dog, cat, and kitten dry and canned foods.

I'm desperate and I haven't gone food shopping in ... a week? More? but I'm not THAT desperate.

Yet.

Those foods ARE high in protein.  You probably don't want to know exactly what KIND of protein, but the fact remains (don't want to know what kind of remains either) that they could get you through in a pinch.  I'm guessing it would have to be a pretty big pinch though....

TJ, is that a new bike?

I'm impressed, you didn't wait too long to repurpose the room. We are finally working on the rooms now. 6 years after the second one left for school. 

Nice set-up.  Good to see you're keeping your helmet close at hand in case you have an extra-hard ride planned.   I like the race bib design.  I hadn't thought to save my bibs for my races, except for my 1st one.  Maybe I should start...

Looks like Sean had a great race!!!

Hope Matt is having a good weekend (first-time butterflies and rain notwithstanding)

Tom- take care of that knee tomorrow and have a blast!

Ann-Marie - if you can't have a PR, hoping you get cool, non-rain weather...and fun...and beer.

My "training" is a self-imposed 3-4-6-4-3 running schedule (I've missed one of the 3s with odd days the last two weeks.) Next week, the bike is back in consistently, and swim will just be on back burner til I actually have a race to plan for. Those are not anywhere in near future as J is continuing his job search and budgeting is priority.

Today we took the mtbs out to our CGMtn trails. I haven't been there since November's cactus butt crash, and I'm using the clipless now. I was definitely tight/nervous on the narrow, rockier sections, but they really make such a difference on the climbs. All in all, it was a pretty good ride for the lack of trail time I've had lately.

It was super windy and looked like rain was coming in. Made for some great views!

(and now to read more than this last page)

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That is mega cool.

That race was seriously uphill both ways in the snow.  I ran 10 minutes slower than I normally do.  It wasn't a true test of fitness, but it was a legit workout!  It'll make a great story.

Nice workout room.  I really like the race numbers.  I've got several stacks that I'm waiting to do something similar.  I hope you have a mat to go under the trainer.

When last child moved out her room became my fitness room.  My wife wanted to turn it into a guest bedroom but there wasn't much debate.

Wow Sean!!  You just killed it.  Really a well run pace.  Picking it up as you went along.  I'm totally impressed.

Glad to hear that things are less serious.  Must be a huge relief.

Unfortunately, I have to wait until Monday for the results of my scan.  I really wish they could do the scan and results same day.  It is a little nerve racking.

I'm going to go for a short run this morning to test out my sore foot.  Thought I'd go to the track so I could cut it short at anytime and not have to walk far.  This was a good week with 5 rides and 4 swims.  I really need to make some solid gains on the bike.

I'll work on a race report for my races, but here's the cliff notes for each one:

20k TT - Rain was light at parts, but not too bad.  Wind was a different story.  Managed to finish 5th among CAT 4's, and would have placed 1st in CAT 5.  I raced as a 4 in the TT to get more points for the team in the local series.

CAT 5 Crit - Holy cow this was awesome!  I did some short sprints out of turns for the first few laps to see who the contenders were.  After I noticed who I pegged as the strongest of the other guys struggled to bridge one of my harder efforts I decided to go for it the next lap.  After I realized my break stuck I basically time trialed it for the remaining 12 minutes of the race and won by over a minute off the front.  It was an awesome experience!

CONGRATS, Champeeon!!! And way to take one for the team, you still did awesome even Cat 4.