Manatees Dooo Eeeet!!! (Page 10)

I'm just teasing!

Proof of Life. 

I have spent 10 days this year House Hunting in Houston. We made two offers last week on homes but didn't get either of them.  The second one we were $13K over list price but there were 7 offers.  I hope interest rates go back up.  If they would double or triple that would be all good with me because it would keep all the people that are upgrading from their 6-1/2% loans they got 15 years ago, when interest rates were at historic lows, to the current 2-1/2% loans so they can get a bigger home for the same payment.  It is really crazy.  Nothing we looked at two weeks ago is still on the market.  Half of the stuff we looked at four days ago is sold.  I don't know if we are going to get anything with this housing market.

So with travel, I have been missing half of my workouts.  The hotel I was at 2-1/2 weeks ago had a nice spin bike that I used for my bike training.  It didn't have Watts, so I spent more time making adjustments than riding but I got my HR up and went through the motions.  Last week all we had was a sit-down bike with your hands anchored under the seat and your feet up at waist height.  That sitdown bike worked muscles I don't usually use and I was sore after that workout.  On Saturday I was home and did a 20-minute trainer ride.  It had a lot of long intervals at high intensity.  I survived them all, but when I got off the bike my felt leg locked up.  I have never experienced that on a training ride (just long course races).  The first places to lock up were the muscles that were sore after the sit-down bike work out.  On Monday I has some running speed work, but died before I got through all of them (likely due to the locked-up legs on Saturday still affecting me).  Today was a workout, unlike anything I have ever done before.  It had me doing 5 minutes above FTP then 1 minute of recovery, then jumping off the bike and doing squats for two minutes then jumping back onto the bike and doing the 5' super threshold intervals then back to the squats. It was kind of crazy jumping on and off the bike.  After the bike, it had a 10K Brick Run.  Ya...that was very different from anything I have done before.      

I'm sorry that the housing market is so nuts.  That does not sound like fun at all   Then again, jumping off the bike to do squats followed by more intervals followed by a 10k brick run...

I'm sorry that the housing market is so nuts.  That does not sound like fun at all   Then again, jumping off the bike to do squats followed by more intervals followed by a 10k brick run...

Finally got myself some new bike shoes. I ended up with tri shoes not because that was what i was really after but because similar to housing it seems bike gear is in short supply. i ordered a pair of road shoes first for curbside pick up (we are in lockdown again/still) but i ordered the wrong size ... but when i went to see about another size they were all out of my size. And many of the other options were also out of stock in my size so i went to another bike shop close by and managed to get a pair of LG tri shoes in my size. They seem to fit! They won't be the best for training in the fall as they are so vented and my feet will freeze in the Canadian climate ... but good for indoors and summer races! I am really not likely to do a flying mount or dismount so .... 

so, i'll be installing some cleats and riding tonight. I'll have to throw out my old ones or knowing me i'll try to wear those sad falling apart ones at some point. 

Here's an interview on ST with my former coach: https://www.slowtwitch.com/Interview/The_Determined_Zwift_Badge_Hunter__7863.html 

Did you go there for hill training?

Finally got myself some new bike shoes. I ended up with tri shoes not because that was what i was really after but because similar to housing it seems bike gear is in short supply. i ordered a pair of road shoes first for curbside pick up (we are in lockdown again/still) but i ordered the wrong size ... but when i went to see about another size they were all out of my size. And many of the other options were also out of stock in my size so i went to another bike shop close by and managed to get a pair of LG tri shoes in my size. They seem to fit! They won't be the best for training in the fall as they are so vented and my feet will freeze in the Canadian climate ... but good for indoors and summer races! I am really not likely to do a flying mount or dismount so .... 

so, i'll be installing some cleats and riding tonight. I'll have to throw out my old ones or knowing me i'll try to wear those sad falling apart ones at some point. 

Finally got myself some new bike shoes. I ended up with tri shoes not because that was what i was really after but because similar to housing it seems bike gear is in short supply. i ordered a pair of road shoes first for curbside pick up (we are in lockdown again/still) but i ordered the wrong size ... but when i went to see about another size they were all out of my size. And many of the other options were also out of stock in my size so i went to another bike shop close by and managed to get a pair of LG tri shoes in my size. They seem to fit! They won't be the best for training in the fall as they are so vented and my feet will freeze in the Canadian climate ... but good for indoors and summer races! I am really not likely to do a flying mount or dismount so .... 

so, i'll be installing some cleats and riding tonight. I'll have to throw out my old ones or knowing me i'll try to wear those sad falling apart ones at some point. 

Proof of Life. 

I have spent 10 days this year House Hunting in Houston. We made two offers last week on homes but didn't get either of them.  The second one we were $13K over list price but there were 7 offers.  I hope interest rates go back up.  If they would double or triple that would be all good with me because it would keep all the people that are upgrading from their 6-1/2% loans they got 15 years ago, when interest rates were at historic lows, to the current 2-1/2% loans so they can get a bigger home for the same payment.  It is really crazy.  Nothing we looked at two weeks ago is still on the market.  Half of the stuff we looked at four days ago is sold.  I don't know if we are going to get anything with this housing market.

So with travel, I have been missing half of my workouts.  The hotel I was at 2-1/2 weeks ago had a nice spin bike that I used for my bike training.  It didn't have Watts, so I spent more time making adjustments than riding but I got my HR up and went through the motions.  Last week all we had was a sit-down bike with your hands anchored under the seat and your feet up at waist height.  That sitdown bike worked muscles I don't usually use and I was sore after that workout.  On Saturday I was home and did a 20-minute trainer ride.  It had a lot of long intervals at high intensity.  I survived them all, but when I got off the bike my felt leg locked up.  I have never experienced that on a training ride (just long course races).  The first places to lock up were the muscles that were sore after the sit-down bike work out.  On Monday I has some running speed work, but died before I got through all of them (likely due to the locked-up legs on Saturday still affecting me).  Today was a workout, unlike anything I have ever done before.  It had me doing 5 minutes above FTP then 1 minute of recovery, then jumping off the bike and doing squats for two minutes then jumping back onto the bike and doing the 5' super threshold intervals then back to the squats. It was kind of crazy jumping on and off the bike.  After the bike, it had a 10K Brick Run.  Ya...that was very different from anything I have done before.      

Proof of Life. 

I have spent 10 days this year House Hunting in Houston. We made two offers last week on homes but didn't get either of them.  The second one we were $13K over list price but there were 7 offers.  I hope interest rates go back up.  If they would double or triple that would be all good with me because it would keep all the people that are upgrading from their 6-1/2% loans they got 15 years ago, when interest rates were at historic lows, to the current 2-1/2% loans so they can get a bigger home for the same payment.  It is really crazy.  Nothing we looked at two weeks ago is still on the market.  Half of the stuff we looked at four days ago is sold.  I don't know if we are going to get anything with this housing market.

So with travel, I have been missing half of my workouts.  The hotel I was at 2-1/2 weeks ago had a nice spin bike that I used for my bike training.  It didn't have Watts, so I spent more time making adjustments than riding but I got my HR up and went through the motions.  Last week all we had was a sit-down bike with your hands anchored under the seat and your feet up at waist height.  That sitdown bike worked muscles I don't usually use and I was sore after that workout.  On Saturday I was home and did a 20-minute trainer ride.  It had a lot of long intervals at high intensity.  I survived them all, but when I got off the bike my felt leg locked up.  I have never experienced that on a training ride (just long course races).  The first places to lock up were the muscles that were sore after the sit-down bike work out.  On Monday I has some running speed work, but died before I got through all of them (likely due to the locked-up legs on Saturday still affecting me).  Today was a workout, unlike anything I have ever done before.  It had me doing 5 minutes above FTP then 1 minute of recovery, then jumping off the bike and doing squats for two minutes then jumping back onto the bike and doing the 5' super threshold intervals then back to the squats. It was kind of crazy jumping on and off the bike.  After the bike, it had a 10K Brick Run.  Ya...that was very different from anything I have done before.      

Proof of Life. 

I have spent 10 days this year House Hunting in Houston. 

I feel your pain - I bought my home in October and the process was a lot like what you described. Some homes my realtor would get a heads up about were selling even before they were put on the market. One home I walked out of and in the driveway, the sellers realtor says "they already have 5 offers, 2 over asking. They'll make a decision in 30 minutes if you want to get an offer in." That home had been on the market for less than 24 hours. Must be nice to be selling right now, eh?!

I hope you find exactly what you're looking for!

Good news.  We won a bib yesterday for a house. 

My wife saw it pop up as a new listing and spent all day trying to get ahold of our realtor.  The relator finally got back with her late that night and said she would try to set something up for us to see it that weekend but when she got with the selling agent they said they had 10 viewings the first day and 10 offers so they wouldn't make a viewing appointment with us.  They did let our relator go over and do a video with her phone to send to us.  So we made an offer $15K over list an hour later.  The sellers debated for 4 hours between our offer and another offer, but we got it.  My wife and kids drove 6-1/2 hours down this morning to see what we are buying. They will be there for home inspections tomorrow and then drive back.  I am so happy to be through that. 

I will have two tracks within a mile of where I live as well as a community lap swimming pool. 

I think the closes place to do any outdoor cycling like I am used to is about 25 minutes away (no bike lanes or shoulders on any of the roads closer than that). 

I have already found about 30 Strave Segments within a few miles of me. 

Things should be exciting.  So I am giving up long open roads for cycling but gaining lap swimming pools, 400m tracks, and Strava users on the same running paths as me.  

Congratulations! It's good to have place to live and the location sounds about as ideal as you can get.

Good news.  We won a bib yesterday for a house. 

My wife saw it pop up as a new listing and spent all day trying to get ahold of our realtor.  The relator finally got back with her late that night and said she would try to set something up for us to see it that weekend but when she got with the selling agent they said they had 10 viewings the first day and 10 offers so they wouldn't make a viewing appointment with us.  They did let our relator go over and do a video with her phone to send to us.  So we made an offer $15K over list an hour later.  The sellers debated for 4 hours between our offer and another offer, but we got it.  My wife and kids drove 6-1/2 hours down this morning to see what we are buying. They will be there for home inspections tomorrow and then drive back.  I am so happy to be through that. 

I will have two tracks within a mile of where I live as well as a community lap swimming pool. 

I think the closes place to do any outdoor cycling like I am used to is about 25 minutes away (no bike lanes or shoulders on any of the roads closer than that). 

I have already found about 30 Strave Segments within a few miles of me. 

Things should be exciting.  So I am giving up long open roads for cycling but gaining lap swimming pools, 400m tracks, and Strava users on the same running paths as me.