Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) (Page 102)

Congratulations!  I look forward to hearing more about it :-)

Ha ha ha ha ha, that pretty much described my trail running today, too, both the time and the running(ish)!  A few of those dang hills just slayed me in the heat.

Trails are great, no?

TJ, Tom, Yanti and Brie - sounds like you had good races, nice job!  And yes, Brie, Felicia is right - we need pics of the jacket!

Janyne - nice job to you as well, I just read your RR.

What distance was this?

Tri's get so confusing with all of their different distances.

Great job to all of the racers. Looking forward to hearing more about them.

TJ, you have been a racing machine!

Do know that while power is the superior method in theory, a good number do just fine (and maybe even better) with HR. It doesn't have the same capability, but can be enough for a lot of people. It is simpler to use and noticeably more cheap. Then also remember that people were able to figure out how to go under 50 minutes for 40k (the length of an Olympic bike segment) on a road bike with only a timer. It's really more figuring out what system fits best to you and learning how to utilize what capabilities it has. I've always been looking into math & science for as long as I can remember, in engineering now. So having and understanding data like this tends to come more easily. More info has been better. I don't think one has to totally be into the numbers to be helpful, that's just where I'm coming from in my decision.

One doesn't have to use all the info available for either, but it would be good to make sure you're going to utilize at least some part of it beyond simply reporting a number and thinking it's cool.

Should be interesting to see how things go. Do remember that the biggest thing is to keep getting out there and doing anything!

I'm already thinking of marathon training and have been mulling over a lot of stuff.

I was going to write a really lengthy post in TT asking about different kinds of long runs and the specific training stimulus they have and which "type" of run would be better (I was weighing the structure of a weekend doing a long tempo/flo workout on Saturday followed by a true long run on Sunday VS putting in some solid miles and THEN doing the long tempo/flo on Saturday, making that the long run, with a fast finish and then doing a solid 10-miler or something on Sunday.)

But then it came to me, I will just do a variety of these types of runs throughout the entire training cycle (depending on the stimulus I am looking for that particular week.) 

It's becoming more and more clear to me that there isn't a lot of necessity to keep things exactly the same week after week (except for convenience, which can't totally be discounted) and if I am doing it in all my other workouts, why not the long run as well?

Anyway, I'm just talking to myself more than anything, but I figure someone, somewhere might benefit from hearing these thoughts.

I plan on taking some time in December, It's the perfect month for it. Maybe see if J wants to go to Hawaii or something too. But some actual full days OFF and no workout schedule for at least half before I ramp up the base mileage into Jan. 

See, I've thought of that too 

Hope you are not too disappointed that there is no mask or cape.    

I took this pic the day before I put on the new tires.  That is my new car (when I when the raffle) in the background.  

I saw this and thought of Yanti!

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57587125-71/the-technical-joy-of-burger-kings-hands-free-whopper-holder -- think of the on bike nutrition possibilities!

I think it is the planning, reading, scheduling and such that you do that I wonder about. Time off from that might be beneficial.

HA HA HA HA HA!!!!  That is hysterical!  She'll love everything about that pic: the piglet, the beach, the Whopper, the Whopper holder!

Fachmie!! 

apologies manatees - real busy at work not had much pod time

I am off to Cairns on Thursday.  Not sure if Macca will race, he was hospitalised with a kidney infection and slight rupture at the weekend.  I hope he hangs out anyway.

But plenty of others to stalk on.  The lovely Pete Jacobs is racing the half.

Training is going well - weather has been chit so no road riding.  Not worried, it's like riding a bike I won't forget!

This Manatee says it might be wiser to wait until you have more run base.  If your longest run ever has been 4K that isn't even 1/2 the distance you want to run.  If you don't have a good base then building up distance too fast could lead to an injury and lengthy recovery.  Is there a 10K you could aim for?  That would be doable without ramping the volume so much.

If you decide to JUST DO EEET then you have to commit to run walk intervals to lessen the stress on your body.

Okay, I kinda slacked on my reporting: On Saturday, my Jogo was a 45 minute swim at the gym (stupid boat stuff at the lake--BOO!), On Sunday, I needed a kind of 'break'--I did a 30 minute walk. Today, I did some Body Combat dvd-ing for 50 minutes.

Tomorrow I plan to hit the bike trail. And then, this Friday, I don the Frog suit again for the Dream Night event at work--special kids all around, and I hang with them for the whole 5 hour event....too bad temps are forecast to be 105 degrees that day!