Mad Manatee Mentors v.2 thr.3 CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes considered) (Page 12)

The plot thickens around Jeptoo....according to an article I just read her ex husband knew she was doping 3 years ago.

http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/rita-jeptoos-husband-says-she-began-doping-in-2011?adbid=10152406029881987&adbpl=fb&adbpr=9815486986&cid=social35204537

The husbands letter sounds a lot like blackmail to me...

Interestingly, it also implicates the agent who claims innocence

No doubt. This is simply another reason that the whole thing sickens me. There is too much money involved in the whole mess.  I am so ready for something to change after watching the mess that was in baseball some years back, the cycling mess, and what not.  

ETA: Think of this too. You come from an economically blighted area. You own little to nothing. You have a talent to perform some sporting activity and are in the top 1% in the world in that activity. What will it take to get to the top .01%? What is it worth to do so? I am nearly to the point of leveling the playing field with the most simple answer possible. 

Oooh yes! I really enjoyed that book as well. 

Racing Manatees!

A listing of Manatee Races, Rides and Runs and other events
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November 8-9
Stacey - Triathlon Pink on Sunday
Melanie - Across the Bay 10K on Sunday
Jen - Run Like a Girl Fall 4-Miler on Sunday

Disabled List
Janyne - shoulder (recovery week 6)
Tom - right knee
Yanti - under the weather
Erin - foot 

Stacey, Melanie and Jen those look like fun races! Have a great time!

Disablers...  {{HUGS}}

Another week of the lady manatees racing!  Go, go go!!

And, another week of the DL longer than the race list!  Just stop it already!!

Wheeee!!  This weekend looks like an estrogen extravaganza!!  GOOOOOOOOOOOO racers!!  (I know, pink is so last month.  I just couldn't help myself.)

DL'ers, hopefully everybody's on the mend and continues on a speedy trajectory toward healthiness.

• Janyne, keep up the good work in PT.  I'm sure Emma's kind attention keeps you motivated to stay on task with those exercises.
• Tom, hope the PT's going well.  Good job sticking with the biking and swimming in the interim.
• Yanti, please keep the rest of your teeth healthy and in your head. And get the rest of yourself healthy while you're at it.  You're cute as a chipmunk, but you're cuter as a happy, healthy Manatee.
  
• Erin, wear that boot day and night to protect from children, walls, dogs, table legs, and other hazards, known and unknown, okay?!

YAY Stace Face!!! (no matter what )
GO Peach Melbo!!!
GO Wondermoose!!!

Disabled List
Keep gettin' better, don't fach yourselves up again and a healing {MELON PRESS}

Sherpa'ing for Kingsley at Tour de Bintan ... I must say that sitting in the shade and stuffing your face (well, with cool drinks anyway) sure beats being out there

For the first time since my  century ride I was able to get in a decent workout this morning.   Have had a bad sinus condition for the last two weeks.  It's hard to get in a good workout if one is constantly hacking up phlegm.      Don't know if it was from the rag weed outbreak or the spray defoliant used for the cotton harvest.   No matter as I seem to be at the end of the worst part.    We've had our first frost so the pollen problem is no more.   Most of the cotton crop is at the gin so I don't expect to be affected by the defoliate.    The weather is lovely now.  I can much better deal with the cold than I can the heat.    Used to be unaffected by either.     

I have missed my daily dose of endorphins.

Received a letter from the doc office saying I hadn't checked on my xray results (I tried, but system said it had no record?), and the radiologist couldn't find "any evidence of pathology".  Ummmm, ok. So why can't I walk/run without pain? And why does my toe move in odd ways? Jason laughed when I read it to him, "Your toe is broken whether they can see it or not." Even without "evidence", I'm treating like it's broken b/c the darn thing hurts.

I've been taking the kids for short rides. Makenna is off her training wheels for good (as many of you have seen  and our rides are getting faster. Only issue we have is that she can't get started on her own yet. Luckily, the dismounts are becoming less frequent.

Job stuff has resumed now that IMAZ training is "done". It was all put on hold for the past few months. A couple of phone interviews this week, so keeping fingers crossed.

Have you tried buddy taping the toes?  Put a small piece of gauze between hurt toe and the one next to it then tape them together for support.  Won't take away the pain enough to attempt to do the crazy train training, but at least you could walk from A to B without limping.

WOO HOOOO!!!  Congrats on totally kicking your goal time in the butt!  

I'm really glad you were able to get out - I don't know what it is, but Tony's allergies have been horrible since getting to Austin, and there have been a few days when his handy dandy app showing the levels of allergens/mold affecting people have shown levels off the charts.  

Enjoy the endorphins!  

15 minutes is HUGE!!! Congratulations!!!

Awesome! And in hot temps, it's no wonder your run wasn't quite what you wanted. 15 minutes is huge!

I just ran the most volume that I have in a week in a LONG time (94 miles.) With quality, too. My marathon plan may be a total wreck but I am starting to get fit at least!

I did a double whammy workout on Saturday wtih an AM workout with my team then drove out to the mountains and ran up to the top of Granite Mountain. There is a fire lookout up there and 360 degree views on the Cascades including Mt. Rainier, Mt. Adams (the one I climbed) Glacier Peak and Mt. Baker. I got super lucky with a sunny fall day and was down to my sports bra and shorts on the run up (November, really?????)

Yeeeee haaaaaw on rocking the bike and crushing your goal time!  100, yeah, that's a scorcher and will slow you down for sure.  Congrats on a great race!

Gorgeous, simply gorgeous.  Congrats on following your heart and your head, too, to find happiness in workouts.

I had a good race yesterday.  It was perfect weather, I had friends to share the day and experience with, it was a very unique opportunity, and I managed to set a new 10K PR!  We'll just let the fact that this is only the 2nd standalone 10K I've ever done slide by...  Beat my previous best by almost 3 minutes = happy!

Woo Hoo!! A PR is a PR whether it's in your 2d race or 20th race, so congrats!!