Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) (Page 100)

Nice pink ... should I take that to mean sarcasm for my line? Hm, race as in like race it, or waddle along like a sick zombie as usual?

Anyway I got in no problem, should be fun, not sure how I'm gonna execute it.

In other news I got a sports massage today. A real one. The pain, the grunting, the groaning, the wailing ... and that was just the therapist.

So that's 7/7 for the Jogo challenge too. I'm counting the massage. It is a doing that is a very necessary not-doing. Also, I was forking sweating and pretty nearly crying. I've done easier races!

Who you calling a "HO"?  How did you know?

Kindle freebie alert

The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It 

I don't know if it's any good but the price is right.

30 mile bike ride this morning late. I took a short break at the one hour mark to pee and chat with a friend (I used her restaurant, so I felt slightly obligated). I took a Clif shot and some water, and I actually was glad to get back on the bike. I count that as a small victory.

It goes without saying that it was windy out there.

SO last night's Jogo was kind of an unorthodox one---I was at our local triple A Baseball team--the Sacramento RiverCats' game; it was the annual "Zoo Night" which meant that zoo staff got free tickets, and that they needed a certain zoo mascot (frog) to be there. As a result, I was frogging it up for an hour and a half (dancing, walking around with giant feet, SWEATING, etc)......jogo done. 

On another note, I am going to be training at the end of this week to become a back up supervisor---which means a slightly bigger paycheck whenever I am needed to "supervise"...Yay me!

10K went very well. I'm shocked. Yay me. Run/walked before and after to hit a 2:15 long run which was scheduled today ... so like a LSD with a nice peppy tempo thrown in near the beginning after a warmup.

I also took 50 pictures (yes, even during the 10K! not a race!). I have no idea how that happens ... well ... piglets and such interesting things abounded.

It was also by a long shot the absolute best-organized race I've ever been to, in every detail from A-Z.

P.S. And this in Indonesia. I didn't think that was possible. NOTHING is well-organized here, EVER, nor on time (even when it would be, the thousand factors like traffic, the dependence on so many different entities/parties to put an event on, etc. usually means at least one ball gets dropped). I think I experienced a bizarre time warp miracle here.

Seriously, 37 years and I've never seen anything like that here.

Tom, I am so sorry.  I am not going to make it.  It is an 1.5 hour drive and I must've shut off my 5:30am alarm.  I had problems with allergies last night and didn't fall asleep until after 3am.  I'll be cheering virtually, as we all are!! You are going to ROCK Hawk Island!! 

GO all racing MANATEES!!!   

Happy person in a blue shirt holding up a finisher medal?

Eww, that was not the picture I wanted.  Thanks for the feed back.  Trying that again. 

It looks great! I was going to comment on it because you look so happy. (I think you might have to clear your cache in order to update the picture on your computer.)

What does "clear your cache" mean?  I have tried re-logging in and restarting my computer.   I have changed it again.  I cannot view my Big Sur photos on my computer so I am guessing off of tiny photos through browse.  I remember the pic with my medal was a little too much me.  I wanted a running photo anyway. 

Generally hitting the F5 button will do the trick.

BTW, the running pic is too cool!!!!!

F5 worked!  I am blurry though.  Oh well, you all get the general idea.  I am no longer a cartoon character!! (although, I have been turned into a verb).