Manatee Mentors 2016 - Closed (Page 10)

Originally posted by johnthecat So this group already exceeds the amount of total posts we had for the whole year in the 2015 mentor group I joined last year. (Where our mentor disappeared midway through)

Originally posted by Jet Black


Robin – Glad to hear you won’t be kicking my butt on strava all year! Hope the limb behaves this year. Sounds like if you were ever going to get it worked on again, this might be a good year for it. SQUIRL!!!!

Originally posted by rrrunner

Pfffft. Canadians I have no quibble with. They have maple syrup, and Tim Hortons, and poutine!!!

I grew up in Colorado so Texans are an invasive species, much like Californicans and tamarisk 

Originally posted by johnthecat Or you got Germans like me living in Texas. So not only Texans and 'Mericans.

Originally posted by Jet Black Wow, so many new and old faces on here! I’m kind of ADD, so I had to do a book report type of exercise to make sure I read everyone’s bio’s in detail. Jen – good luck with the home reno, that sound super stressful! Hope you can use SBR to blow off some steam! Lisa – That is awesome that you’re cleared to swim and bike!! Adam – Welcome aboard! My advice is definitely make a plan and stick to it for your 70.3. It’s going to take a lot of hours of training to get through that in a reasonable amount of time. I used the free plan on here last year for my first 70.3 and it was ok. It got me through with a respectable time, but I don’t feel like it had enough running in it, especially in the last 6 weeks. Good luck! Karen – good to see the coach is pushing you! How are you liking it so far? Judi – I’m right there with you, this group is hard to keep up with lol! My wife loves the beach body videos. She did a mix of T25 and 21 day fix for over a year, and is now doing an insanity class a couple of times a week and also just started the new Hammer/Chisel program. Good luck rebuilding the run! Kevin – welcome! If you’re not on strava, get on there! It’s super motivating to see everyone’s workouts every day. And if you’re competitive, the manatee leader board provides extra motivation! Tom – welcome! Our kids are the same age, fun times! I haven’t been at this long, but I feel what success I’ve had is due to planning, planning and more planning. Plan out your season, or at least decide what your A race is for the year, then build a training plan around that. Again, the free plans on this site are pretty good. Or you can use training peaks and purchase plans there. Dicky – welcome! Good luck to you and your wife with the IVF, sending positive thoughts your way. Dave – welcome! Those are some awesome races you have planned this year! Stacey – you are a great manatee! Post more pics of those puppies though! Darren – Are you going to share that cake or what? Very cool race, I’ll definitely be following along! Laura (Daffodil) – welcome! Sounds like you have a wealth of experience, thanks for joining! Mark – welcome! Those are some speedy HM times! Jim – welcome to the manatees! I’m doing my first IM this year as well, good luck with all the training! Ox – I’m similar, I usually find the time to read all the posts, but not always reply, guess that should be my new years resolution. Ann-Marie – Cross fit?!?!! Say it ain’t so! And the 70.3……dooooooooooeeeeeeiiiiiiiitttttttttt!!!!!! Markus – welcome fellow Houstonian! Wow, that is quite and incredible story of perseverance! Huge congrats on overcoming the illness and completing not only 1 tri but 3 last year! Well done! Connor – welcome! That is so awesome that you didn’t listen to the Dr’s and are now kicking all kinds of butt! Robin – Glad to hear you won’t be kicking my butt on strava all year! Hope the limb behaves this year. Sounds like if you were ever going to get it worked on again, this might be a good year for it. SQUIRL!!!! Mary G – welcome back! That’s quite the race lineup for this year, love it! Janyne – the lifeblood of the manatees!! You are incredible! Thank you for all you do to keep this group going and organized! Melanie – better get that training in gear, that’s quite a race plan for the year! Ben – hope the clavicle heals up quickly, I know you want to get out there on your bike(s)! Monica – looking forward to kicking azz at IMTX with you!! Good luck with the training! TJ – You had me at beer! Can’t wait for you to kick that 50k’s butt! Request for more scenery pics on strava, been missing those lately. Chris – the other lifeblood of the manatees! Thanks for the inspires, it’s so nice for you to do that as much as you do. And you know Janyne is right! I hate swimming, well yeah, I hate swimming. But I hate it much less when doing intervals with a group. Makes the time go by much faster. And the group keeps you honest! David A – welcome! huge congrats on the weight loss, that’s very impressive! Another first time IM’er this year, nice! That’s three of us so far I think. Yanti – You are an animal!! (or crazy lol) That is one ridiculous race schedule! So you blame 2 short tri’s on Stacey, who the hell do you blame for the 5 IMs and 10k swim?!?!! Justin – welcome! Another Texan, nice. And you’re not in my age group anymore (I aged up this year), so we can be friends. I’m also self-trained. Looked into a coach end of last year but it didn’t work out and I like doing my own thing anyway.

Originally posted by CRFTX2001 I have a few questions about Strava. 1.What is it? What does it do? 2.How do I set up an account? 3.How do I join the Manatees group? Thanks

Originally posted by cdban66 I am ashamed to admit that Gunnar, Zoe, and I believe Smoky are all missing.

Originally posted by IndoIronYanti

And we have a guy in Germany (is he German)? My German citizenship is currently in process. My husband and I (and sister) are moving there, but for now just a few months at a time.

Originally posted by IndoIronYanti

And we have a guy in Germany (is he German)? My German citizenship is currently in process. My husband and I (and sister) are moving there, but for now just a few months at a time.

Originally posted by Jet Black It's like facebook for exercisers. Just go to strava.com and setup an account. Chris can add you to the manatees. Follow us other manatees and you'll see our workouts pop up when we do them. You can link strava to your garmin account so that the workouts are automatically loaded into strava from garmin.

Originally posted by popsracer

Wow, pod-2016 is off to a blazing start.  I'm back in and will post bio soon.  The last three weeks were extremely rough so just getting back into the swing of things.   

Originally posted by cdban66

https://goo.gl/photos/HQdz43BBuxQHpV5a9

I am woefully behind!

Originally posted by cdban66 I am ashamed to admit that Gunnar, Zoe, and I believe Smoky are all missing.

Originally posted by Maria527

I'm trying to get motivated after taking a break, so when Janyne suggested I join the group, I decided to take her up on it!

Originally posted by JBacarella I made my request to join the team on Strava. For you Texan's you will find an entry from last week. I did a lap around AT&T Stadium while I waited for my oldest Daughter's to pick up their tickets for the Cotton Bowl. On the electronics side, I have a Timex Ironman GPS watch that I hate, so I mostly use my iphone and the Strava app. The problem is battery, my iphone dies 83 miles into a century ride last year. I'm breaking the thread, but I prefer tights I have a UA pair, but I have 3 teen aged daughters and I wife (so yes, I am wrong a profound amount of time). So for winter races and when the family is home I have a pair of Nike running pants. Did someone say something about Twitter?

Originally posted by IndoIronYanti

Hi! I'm so excited you're here. Welcome, and I hope you stay.

I'm coaching a guy and we're shooting for 2020 in Tokyo.

His name is Oscar and he's an honorary Manatee. He also has had some tough breaks in life.

 

TO ALL THE MANATEES:

Oscar is on Strava (so am I, I just don't log there--it's just to keep an eye on Oscar!) and I think I'll make him join the Strava group.

Originally posted by jmkizer

Zoe is understandable since she's new-ish (she's four months old today, btw).  Gunnar and Smoky though! 

Originally posted by StaceyK I need some help Manatees. My mum and my sisters have decided that they are going to do a HM with me at the end of August. They aren't currently runners and are all over 40. They are thinking, finish not fast, and run walk. They have asked me to do them up a training plan. The HM is 33 weeks away, so I am thinking a 30 week plan (by the time I get it done and to them). They can all walk for at least 45 minutes at a decent pace so they aren't total couch dwellers. Where do it start? I have said for now they have to be walking for at least 30 minutes a day four times a week and 45 minutes once a week. What are your thoughts from there?

Originally posted by tomsimper Hi After reading all the posts I am well and truly motivated now for 2016, I had planned on doing three sprint tri's this year to get me in the swing of things but I am now thinking of doing a sprint in may and then an olympic distance in July. Do you think this is a realistic aim or should I stick with just the sprints? thanks Tom