Manatee Mentors 2014--CLOSED (begging & bribes MAY work) (Page 15)

I haven't run in anything with more than 4mm heel drop for the past 2 years. I went from Brooks Trance to barefoot then settled on 4mm. This seems to be the sweet spot for me. I doubt you'd notice a 2mm drop from 10 to 12mm, they're both quite big and suit heel striking. I'd be going the other way.

Rats, I was hoping you'd forget but yep, I'll be tagging along! Can't have you weaseling out of a perfectly good training day / new training kickstarter. Wait, I'm talking about me again.

I'll be at your place at 4:45am.

If I haven't said it yet, welcome to all, buckle in the ride is just starting!

Goooooooo Racers!!!!!!!!!

Heal sickies!!!!!!!!

I had a rough trail run this morning and was reminded of the number of other muscles that get more involved when running on uneven surfaces. It may be mental, but I am whooped a bit. In a good way. I thought of my northern running brethren that would love to be sweating the way I was today. It has warmed up a bit, and I can say that I survived the winter of 2014. Both days of it!

I hope everyone is having a great start to the weekend. I leave you with this nugget from Kid President - "Give people high-fives just for getting out of bed. Being a person is hard sometimes." So consider this a high five to all of you from me.

Yeah, I don't understand why people have complained about winter, I survived easily  

Paging Janyne and Chris or any other computer savy manatee!  Can you explain what I have done wrong in copying the manatee roster from Janyne's log - it stripped all the links, so i just got an unformatted list of names.  Help please!

\oooooh oooh pick me.  I spent awhile figuring this out last night (and was so proud of myself when I did .  Copy the source code below.  Go to 'edit dashboard' in your log.  Open 'tools' and '<source code>' and paste the source code there.  Voila!

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<p style="text-align: center;">Winter/Spring 2014<br />Mad Manatee Mentors New Year 2014!</p>
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<tr><th style="text-align: left;" colspan="2"><strong>Manatee <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/113601404233718914952/albums/5853431422368875233" target="_blank">bike gallery</a></strong></th></tr>
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<td>Yanti (<a href="/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=57784">TriAya</a></td>
<td>WL (<a href="/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=370774">wlalberts</a></td>
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<td>Chris (<a href="/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=217316">cdban66</a></td>
<td>Kim (<a href="/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=85339">tricupcake </a></td>
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<td>Randee (<a href="/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=337551">mtnbikerchk</a></td>
<td>Ashley (<a href="/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=370745">awalden22 </a></td>
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<td>Ann-Marie(<a href="/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=166384">amd723</a></td>
<td>Lana (<a href="/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=340965">lanne</a></td>
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<td>Janyne (<a href="/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=137460">jmkizer</a></td>
<td>Tom (<a href="/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=319350">ponderingfox)</a></td>
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<td>TJ (<a href="/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=273841">rrrunner</a></td>
<td>David (<a href="/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=199240">copa2251</a></td>
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<td>Melanie (<a href="/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=165273">melbo55</a></td>
<td>Marc (<a href="/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=146584">marcag</a></td>
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<td>Kate (<a href="/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=209117">kgore</a></td>
<td>Jill (<a href="/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=370800">jilliebeanmn</a></td>
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<td>Kirsten (<a href="/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=278877">bcraht</a></td>
<td>Jonathan TX (<a href="/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=307844">JJ-</a></td>
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<td>Jen (<a href="/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=15806">Artemis</a></td>
<td>Michael (<a href="/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=150274">MadMathemagician</a></td>
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<td>Monica (<a href="/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=176861">blueyedbikergirl</a></td>
<td>Erin (<a href="/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=326611">4agoodlife</a></td>
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<td>Darren (<a href="/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=334043">Richardsdrr</a></td>
<td>Ben (<a href="/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=206902">brigby1</a></td>
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<td>Stacey (<a href="/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=338694">StaceyK</a></td>
<td>Adrienne (<a href="/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=234039">Asalzwed</a></td>
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<td>Mark (<a href="/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=115157">Buckshot</a></td>
<td>Scott (<a href="/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=358342">RollTideTri</a></td>
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<td>Judi (<a href="/discussion/training/index-weekly.asp?memberid=45470">QueenZipp</a></td>
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It looks like you didn't get the whole table, just the contents or the text. I'll see what happens for me and let you know.

ETA: Never mind. Kirsten is Too Cool for school!

I saw a t-shirt that said "I survived the two day Florida winter" and thought of you two!

Well, yes but no.  I was just curious on the split between 'sorry' and 'excuse me'.  We were out running as a group on Thursday.  We came upon someone walking, and she had an umbrella.  We always call out 'walker' to the people behind, and in this instance, as it was a bit dark, I added "umbrella".  The walker immediately apologized (basically just for being there).  Then yesterday, I was going to go into the restroom, and a woman was holding the door with her foot while throwing out a towel, essentially blocking the door.  When she saw she she apologized profusely.  It just struck me that people often apologize 'just for being'.  I think 'excuse me' is much better, because I don't have any more right to occupy that space than you do--ie you shouldn't have to apologize.  I may have been channeling Chris at the time.  (Compliment, Chris, I love how 'deep' you think )

Kirsten,

thank you!  as i dont even know what a source code is, i never would have figured this out!  dont know why i copied it without issue last year, but there you go!

Originally posted by Asalzwed

Originally posted by bcraht

Originally posted by StaceyK

Originally posted by bcraht

Random Manatee question: if you bump into someone accidentally, what do you say?

Excuse me, or sorry. Did something happen?

Well, yes but no.  I was just curious on the split between 'sorry' and 'excuse me'.  We were out running as a group on Thursday.  We came upon someone walking, and she had an umbrella.  We always call out 'walker' to the people behind, and in this instance, as it was a bit dark, I added "umbrella".  The walker immediately apologized (basically just for being there).  Then yesterday, I was going to go into the restroom, and a woman was holding the door with her foot while throwing out a towel, essentially blocking the door.  When she saw she she apologized profusely.  It just struck me that people often apologize 'just for being'.  I think 'excuse me' is much better, because I don't have any more right to occupy that space than you do--ie you shouldn't have to apologize.  I may have been channeling Chris at the time.  (Compliment, Chris, I love how 'deep' you think )

that's because Canadians apologize for everything.

Well, that was part of my reasoning for asking the Pod! 

The average highs are in the mid to high 70s and lows in the mid 50s.  Of course, we've been warmer than normal this year, eg, today will be low to mid 80s. Are you coming down to ride our "hills"?