Yanti & Salty Mad Manatees PART 3: FULL POD (Page 13)

So I was reading up a bit on sodium and the endurance athlete, here re. hyponatremia:

"The spectrum of symptoms can range from mild to severe and can include nausea, muscle cramps, disorientation, slurred speech, confusion, and inappropriate behavior."

Okay, so in my case, how could anybody tell?!

Today was a mock run through of the Sprint I am doing next week. I think I went a bit short on the swim and a bit long on the bike and run. I was really happy with it. I think I'll be adjusting my time goal a bit, I think I can probably go about 1:21 or maybe even shorter if I push through it and get to the puke point. I didn't bother today, since it was a mock run. It should be fun next week.

Smooth run-through! I do encourage you to go for the puke point ... there's an oddly amazing euphoria there and especially afterward.

So all this time i've had hyponatremia; thanks for the diagnosis, it will come in handy - "bless me Father for I have sinned, but i have hyponatremia; so go easy on the Hail Marys"

That's perfect!!! Well, it's perfect if you puke right after the finish line, but not on a volunteer.

Laughed out loud on this one!  I gotta remember that answer.  "I'm sorry, honey, I can't clean the cat litter, I have hyponatremia"

Hey it looks like we have a couple of July 4 racers tomorrow!

Good luck to CLAIRE and JANYNE!!!!!!!!!

Holy H*LL in a Handbag!!  In the middle of a deserted lake (with my newbie friend) and torrential downpour, complete with tons of lightning and scary booming thunder.  Not a soul around.  Thank God we had our wetsuits on (virtually impossible to drown).  Could not put head in water to swim because could not breathe when I tried.  The rain was pouring so hard it was hard to get any breath.   We finally made it out, kissed the ground, and the trail we walked out to get to secret lake was flooded.  We had to wade through mud to get back.

Managed to clear up as we got out so we still got 14 hilly miles in on the bike and then bailed on the run because the storms started just as we racked our bikes.  So happy to be home, eating a chicken schwarma sandwich and drinking ar really good Founder's KBS stout ale. 

We didn't die, so all is good.  Bring on the tri!!  (I may have panicked a little when we were holding each other up because we couldn't see each other with all the rain.  Bad news, my cell phone was with my towel in a dry bag and got soaked. So much for a waterproof bag in weather like that.  It is sitting in rice, hoping that it comes back to life. 

My fav numbers are those with the least amount of numbers in it.  Ex: 222 (or 22, or 2), or 333.  Next best is something like 242...  I once had a sail number (I used to race sailboats) whose # 181811 - it was coveted by other racers!!

We're back from San Antonio. We had such a wonderful time -- Natural Caverns; Bracken Bat Flight http://www.brackenbatflight.com/(Watch the video -- it was one of the most amazing sights we've ever seen. I will never forget it.) -- and The Schlitterbahn Water Park. Took our bikes down the river walk until we ran into people, then walked them to Casa Rio and had our favorite bowl of chili.

Really did no training -- swimming one night; two bike rides on my hybrid. Lots of walking. But I haven't run in a week. Yikes!

ebshot - 2012-07-03 11:27 AM I went for a 2 mile run today.  It was hot and humid and I totally melted and was slow as slow can be.  But I felt good and so happy I got it done.  Who cares what my pace was, I was out there.

Exactly. I am hoping to get out there tomorrow sometime. Our high should be 102+, but I bought arm coolers and a Halo headband in San Antonio, so I am prepared! :-)

KansasMom - 2012-07-04 6:09 AM

ebshot - 2012-07-03 11:27 AM I went for a 2 mile run today.  It was hot and humid and I totally melted and was slow as slow can be.  But I felt good and so happy I got it done.  Who cares what my pace was, I was out there.

Exactly. I am hoping to get out there tomorrow sometime. Our high should be 102+, but I bought arm coolers and a Halo headband in San Antonio, so I am prepared! :-)

How can you 'think of slapper at the most innapropriate times' and wear a halo headband?

ukweeble - 2012-07-05 12:39 AM

KansasMom - 2012-07-04 6:09 AM

ebshot - 2012-07-03 11:27 AM I went for a 2 mile run today.  It was hot and humid and I totally melted and was slow as slow can be.  But I felt good and so happy I got it done.  Who cares what my pace was, I was out there.

Exactly. I am hoping to get out there tomorrow sometime. Our high should be 102+, but I bought arm coolers and a Halo headband in San Antonio, so I am prepared! :-)

How can you 'think of slapper at the most innapropriate times' and wear a halo headband?

Even I wear a Halo and I haven't burst into flame. Yet.