Yanti & Salty Straight-Up Ridiculous Manatees Part 5 - FULL (Page 15)

Artemis - 2012-09-05 9:50 PM

I ran today.  Got a wee bit dizzy, but I'm assuming that was from pushing too hard and the blood donation yesterday.

cdban66 - 2012-09-05 9:59 PM Wow, I don't think blood donation and running would happen in the same two day time period for me.

Artemis - 2012-09-05 10:03 PM

It may not have been the best idea....

I think that's the theme for this group.  

jobaxas - 2012-09-05 10:37 PM

Just smashed my lunchtime run - 5.4km in 33 mins run/walk 2/1 - I was motoring, I never run that fast don't know what got into me, kept saying the faster you go the quicker it's over!

Rewarding myself with a tuna pattie sandwich and a bar of white chocolate. mmmmmm

Artemis - 2012-09-06 10:03 AM

It may not have been the best idea....

I think that's the theme for this group.  

cdban66 - 2012-09-06 10:11 AM Yeah, decision making at it's finest. At least we enjoy ourselves

jobaxas - 2012-09-06 10:37 AM

Just smashed my lunchtime run - 5.4km in 33 mins run/walk 2/1 - I was motoring, I never run that fast don't know what got into me, kept saying the faster you go the quicker it's over!

Rewarding myself with a tuna pattie sandwich and a bar of white chocolate. mmmmmm

TriAya - 2012-09-06 8:17 AM

*wolf whistle* nice new avvie, DubSix!

I been praying for you and all your womenfolk. It's been chaotic.

cdban66 - 2012-09-06 8:19 PM Thanks, much love and prayers for you as well. Chaotic=no boredom, so I got that going for me. How are you feeling today?

TriAya - 2012-09-06 8:23 AM

Much better = DANGER ZONE

It's about that time to check back in with the shrink, though, so I'm going there tonight and will try to be honest.

I'm like a one-man medical industry here in Bali.

Y'know, pretty much unless I'm flat-out, I'm just a ball of trouble, and flat-out is its own trouble. Hm. How do I get out of trouble? And on the rare occasions I'm not in trouble, the Funny Farm family is doing it for me.

Hm.

Sell tickets? Get busy writing that book?

cdban66 - 2012-09-06 8:27 PM I hope you can find some sort of middle ground, where the sicknesses are gone and the calm is comfortable for you. Today will be the best day yet. I'm sure of it. Take care, I have work calling so I'll probably check in later today. {{{{Prayers and Hugs}}}}

amd723 - 2012-09-06 8:28 PM

I finished watching season 3 of Deadwood last night and then tried to download season 4 only to discover that there is no season 4.  What??!!!  How could they have stopped where they did?  Total disappointment.

That is all.

rrrunner - 2012-09-05 8:29 PM So I'm back to "should" do 4 bikes & 5 runs :-/

Artemis - 2012-09-05 7:03 PM

It may not have been the best idea....

I think that's the theme for this group.  

Asalzwed - 2012-09-06 12:45 PM

I had my second official practice with the team last night. Saturdays are supposed to be the more casual day and Wednesday is the real deal. 

It was, hands down, one of the hardest things I have done in a long time. Granted A. I have had a bit of a fever and B. I didn't eat before practice (which fell during my regular dinner time) but daaaayum! 

Let me back up and talk about how awesome my coach is. After warm up he gathers everyone together and talks about how all the racers did over the weekend. Even getting into the minor details like, "despite the 1.5 mile gravel field at mile 11-12.5 so and so finished with x time." He clearly values each and every one of his athletes. Second, he was talking about some race detail and said something along the lines of "so and so had about a 10k left in the race, so about 6 miles when ..." then was interrupted by a smart azz that says, " A ten K is 6.2 miles." Tom (coach) just looks at him and then says, "6.21371...I could go on?" 

Anyway,  the guys were supposed to do 3.5 miles speeding up at the middle mile and then speeding up again for the last 800. The girls were supposed to do 1.5 miles with the same progression. "Swwwwweeet!" I was thinking to myself. The coach had come up to me earlier and told me he has an idea of my current capabilities but wants to sand bag me a little until I get used to the frequency of these harder workouts. "Think of it as a practice in patience." he says. So this whole idea of a sandbagged 1.5 miler has me feeling pretty great. Just before we are lining up on the track to start he comes up to me and tells me I will be doing my workout with this girl who is prepping for a HM this weekend. 4.5 miles with the above progression. "SH*T!" 

I did it. And it was REALLY hard. I mean, had it not been with a whole group I think I might have quit. Obviously it's exactly that reason that this group is going to be so good for me. Just like you have all said about masters swimming.

At the end the coach pulls me aside and says something along the lines of "You looked great! Piece of cake." I don't know if he was effing with me or what but I am pretty sure I didn't look anything close to great. 

*Sorry for the book, I just had to share

jmkizer - 2012-09-06 8:35 AM

TJ and Manattees and FoM (that would be Friends of Manatees),

I have a link to a race contract on my training log page here.  It's from Running with the Pack and while it is a bit running oriented, I think that it applies. 

Most of the contract items are pretty good, here are some random highlights:

• I will review the race map and elevation chart (if available)
• I will remember to pack my shoes
• I will not try anything new for the first time on race day
• I will not start out too fast and overdo it in the first half of the race
• I will share my experience with others

In fact, maybe the Manatees need to make up their own version?

melbo55 - 2012-09-06 10:56 AM

Very cool, Salty!  And your coach sounds like a very competent, attention-paying, individual-athlete-minded-approach kind of guy with a sense of humor!  So when he mentioned 'piece of cake' did you think of the earlier manatee discussion of cake, LOL?!

melbo55 - 2012-09-06 11:56 AM

Very cool, Salty!  And your coach sounds like a very competent, attention-paying, individual-athlete-minded-approach kind of guy with a sense of humor!  So when he mentioned 'piece of cake' did you think of the earlier manatee discussion of cake, LOL?!

jmkizer - 2012-09-06 9:35 AM

TJ and Manattees and FoM (that would be Friends of Manatees),

I have a link to a race contract on my training log page here.  It's from Running with the Pack and while it is a bit running oriented, I think that it applies. 

Most of the contract items are pretty good, here are some random highlights:

• I will review the race map and elevation chart (if available)
• I will remember to pack my shoes
• I will not try anything new for the first time on race day
• I will not start out too fast and overdo it in the first half of the race
• I will share my experience with others

In fact, maybe the Manatees need to make up their own version?