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 2013-06-23 4:28 PM in reply to: brigby1 |
Regular  5477    LHOTP |  Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes)Originally posted by brigby1 It would definitely be a yes/no kinda ride for me. I've never done a century, so I would need to train for that, but if I roll a similar race schedule next year, this would be a good weekend to have something like that.Originally posted by switch Originally posted by brigby1 Originally posted by switch Originally posted by brigby1 Kickapoo Kicker ride. Tough day, even without the hills. Woah. It was hot out there bro. And what do you mean without the hills? That SS looked pretty hilly to me. 150K? Strong, strong work. Had thunderstorms go through very early, delaying the start. Roads were very wet the first few hours making the downhills rather tricky. Many of the hills would be 40+ coasting, but there are too many turns on rough roads to reach that often when dry. Sun came out partway through and quickly got busy heating everything up. I think those logged into Strava can see the difference in plot of the power chart under the Performance tab. Wind also picked up quite a bit. Going into it was quite a bit slower than normal. I actually stayed small ring up front at times, which almost never happens without a decent hill. I did this one last year and was ~21-22 minutes faster. None of this is like say, Kona conditions, but still plenty to have a notable effect. I have never done a ride like this. Is sounds brutal, and, yet, oddly appealing. I'm not too far away from there. I'm going to put it on the "maybe" list for next year. What is the traffic like on those roads? We don't really have hills like that around here, and I would consider making the drive just to do part of the course for the hills. I have done much wet riding. I need to do it, but it is a big fear of mine. If I have wet conditions in a race, I'll be in trouble. This one is part of the Wisconsin Triple Crown series. The Aracdia's Brute ride from a month ago was the first. The third one (Dairlyand Dare) is coming up in August. The territory is right next to the Horribly Hilly Hundreds mentioned earlier, so fairly close to Madison. I haven't done this one yet, but know it'll be hilly too. It might also be more populated than the others, but don't remember them feeling crowded. That brutal yet appealing part does draw out a number of people, and just like a tri, their ability will be all over the place. I think most will have a final average in the 11-13 mph range. Traffic is very low as the routes really get out to the middle of nowhere. I've been on a few of these and literally see about 1 car an hour outside of the towns. There are a few small towns around, but they generally stay out of them. They're exhausting to do, but it does bring out a great feeling of accomplishment for everyone. I haven't seen anyone who's cared about time. It's more yes/no, or rather which route we did. Definitely need to have a setup for climbing with the really low speeds. Have you done TOMRV? |
| 2013-06-23 4:44 PM in reply to: switch |
| Master 10208 Northern IL | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) Originally posted by switch Originally posted by brigby1 It would definitely be a yes/no kinda ride for me. I've never done a century, so I would need to train for that, but if I roll a similar race schedule next year, this would be a good weekend to have something like that.Originally posted by switch Originally posted by brigby1 Originally posted by switch Originally posted by brigby1 Kickapoo Kicker ride. Tough day, even without the hills. Woah. It was hot out there bro. And what do you mean without the hills? That SS looked pretty hilly to me. 150K? Strong, strong work. Had thunderstorms go through very early, delaying the start. Roads were very wet the first few hours making the downhills rather tricky. Many of the hills would be 40+ coasting, but there are too many turns on rough roads to reach that often when dry. Sun came out partway through and quickly got busy heating everything up. I think those logged into Strava can see the difference in plot of the power chart under the Performance tab. Wind also picked up quite a bit. Going into it was quite a bit slower than normal. I actually stayed small ring up front at times, which almost never happens without a decent hill. I did this one last year and was ~21-22 minutes faster. None of this is like say, Kona conditions, but still plenty to have a notable effect. I have never done a ride like this. Is sounds brutal, and, yet, oddly appealing. I'm not too far away from there. I'm going to put it on the "maybe" list for next year. What is the traffic like on those roads? We don't really have hills like that around here, and I would consider making the drive just to do part of the course for the hills. I have done much wet riding. I need to do it, but it is a big fear of mine. If I have wet conditions in a race, I'll be in trouble. This one is part of the Wisconsin Triple Crown series. The Aracdia's Brute ride from a month ago was the first. The third one (Dairlyand Dare) is coming up in August. The territory is right next to the Horribly Hilly Hundreds mentioned earlier, so fairly close to Madison. I haven't done this one yet, but know it'll be hilly too. It might also be more populated than the others, but don't remember them feeling crowded. That brutal yet appealing part does draw out a number of people, and just like a tri, their ability will be all over the place. I think most will have a final average in the 11-13 mph range. Traffic is very low as the routes really get out to the middle of nowhere. I've been on a few of these and literally see about 1 car an hour outside of the towns. There are a few small towns around, but they generally stay out of them. They're exhausting to do, but it does bring out a great feeling of accomplishment for everyone. I haven't seen anyone who's cared about time. It's more yes/no, or rather which route we did. Definitely need to have a setup for climbing with the really low speeds. Have you done TOMRV? Hadn't heard of it before. Haven't done a multi-day event, but this seems much easier to fit in than something like RAGBRAI which takes a full week. Certainly one to keep in mind. And do know that the Triple Crown events have multiple distances you can do, often 100k, 150k and 200k. The Dare has several more options beyond that. 100k on hills like these is still quite a challenge. |
| 2013-06-23 5:06 PM in reply to: KansasMom |
Master 3870   | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) Originally posted by KansasMom In short, BLECH!!!!! Way to show that race who's boss though :D3:20 something for me today. I purposefully didn't run with my watch, so I'm not sure of the exact time and I have little idea of my splits. Here's the down and dirty and then I'm taking a nap. SWIM: Two 750m loops, with a short run on the beach between the two loops. I thought that would be a nice break, but it was horrible -- spiked my heart rate, so I had a mild panic when I got back in the water, but I got myself under control and finished strong. (about 30 minutes?) BIKE: Dropped my chain for no reason. Horrible winds (25 mph at least) The road was worse than last year -- I thought my bike would jiggle apart on one section. Count them -- 7 turn arounds. We climbed the dam 3 times in each loop, so 6 times. That's a killer for me. (about 1:40-1:45?) RUN: Just as I was crossing a wooden bridge heading into the second loop, I tripped and skidded on my left hip and left knee. The knee must have taken the brunt of it because it is really sore now and beginning to develop a large bruise. But I didn't break any skin, so no blood. I still felt like crying. Finished strong enough to outrun someone in my age group for a 3rd place AG. (About an hour?) My transitions were horrible. I had to clean up the grease from my hands before the run. I guess I didn't HAVE to, but I wanted to. Overall, I feel pretty good, just really tired and frustrated about my knee. :-( |
| 2013-06-23 5:17 PM in reply to: brigby1 |
Regular 5477 LHOTP | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) Originally posted by brigby1 If you don't want to do TOMRV as a two-day, you can do it in a single day. A brutal single day, but it can be done. Some of my friends do it like that.Originally posted by switch Originally posted by brigby1 It would definitely be a yes/no kinda ride for me. I've never done a century, so I would need to train for that, but if I roll a similar race schedule next year, this would be a good weekend to have something like that.Originally posted by switch Originally posted by brigby1 Originally posted by switch Originally posted by brigby1 Kickapoo Kicker ride. Tough day, even without the hills. Woah. It was hot out there bro. And what do you mean without the hills? That SS looked pretty hilly to me. 150K? Strong, strong work. Had thunderstorms go through very early, delaying the start. Roads were very wet the first few hours making the downhills rather tricky. Many of the hills would be 40+ coasting, but there are too many turns on rough roads to reach that often when dry. Sun came out partway through and quickly got busy heating everything up. I think those logged into Strava can see the difference in plot of the power chart under the Performance tab. Wind also picked up quite a bit. Going into it was quite a bit slower than normal. I actually stayed small ring up front at times, which almost never happens without a decent hill. I did this one last year and was ~21-22 minutes faster. None of this is like say, Kona conditions, but still plenty to have a notable effect. I have never done a ride like this. Is sounds brutal, and, yet, oddly appealing. I'm not too far away from there. I'm going to put it on the "maybe" list for next year. What is the traffic like on those roads? We don't really have hills like that around here, and I would consider making the drive just to do part of the course for the hills. I have done much wet riding. I need to do it, but it is a big fear of mine. If I have wet conditions in a race, I'll be in trouble. This one is part of the Wisconsin Triple Crown series. The Aracdia's Brute ride from a month ago was the first. The third one (Dairlyand Dare) is coming up in August. The territory is right next to the Horribly Hilly Hundreds mentioned earlier, so fairly close to Madison. I haven't done this one yet, but know it'll be hilly too. It might also be more populated than the others, but don't remember them feeling crowded. That brutal yet appealing part does draw out a number of people, and just like a tri, their ability will be all over the place. I think most will have a final average in the 11-13 mph range. Traffic is very low as the routes really get out to the middle of nowhere. I've been on a few of these and literally see about 1 car an hour outside of the towns. There are a few small towns around, but they generally stay out of them. They're exhausting to do, but it does bring out a great feeling of accomplishment for everyone. I haven't seen anyone who's cared about time. It's more yes/no, or rather which route we did. Definitely need to have a setup for climbing with the really low speeds. Have you done TOMRV? Hadn't heard of it before. Haven't done a multi-day event, but this seems much easier to fit in than something like RAGBRAI which takes a full week. Certainly one to keep in mind. And do know that the Triple Crown events have multiple distances you can do, often 100k, 150k and 200k. The Dare has several more options beyond that. 100k on hills like these is still quite a challenge. I don't think I'll ever do RAGBRAI. I don't want to say never, but it just doesn't sound appealing to me. Good to know that there are different distances for the Triple Crown events. I'm really very new to cycling, so it may take me more than one more year to work up to the bigger stuff. It's hard to get really big hills around here, decent rollers, yes, big hills no. I have yet to break 40mph (I've done 39 though!) on hills around here, and I'm big ring pedalling until I'm out of gear to get there, cadence 95ish :/ |
| 2013-06-23 7:09 PM in reply to: TriAya |
Elite 4435 | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) Originally posted by TriAya Hey sweet Manatees. What a relief coming here ... it's like coming home. I'm so angry about the Bali Tri that I had to wait a few hours to comment (still not sure what to post on FB) and will wait a couple days to write the RR otherwise it's going to be all swear words. I've done more to promote this race than they have--and I'm not kidding that I had a more exhausting day than Chris Lieto with talking to athletes and having my picture taken with them yesterday--I'm done. #1, always, everywhere, is athlete safety. They completely effed this up on BOTH the bike (far worse than when I crashed 2 years ago) and the run (where last year we were running IN TRAFFIC--Asian traffic--and sucking diesel fumes). Some of my friends got really hurt, many people who came to this race because I promoted it so strongly got hurt, and especially two of our likely-bound Olympics athletes, ones that I brought into this sport and supported and nurtured. At about 12km of 20km sprint course, one of them was sitting on the side of the road, bleeding, his bike wrecked, and I know he got there a LOT sooner than me because I'm just not that fast. Nobody had come to help. I stopped and talked to him and his body was actually okay other than ugly road rash, so I convinced him to take my bike to finish the race and I'd run his in. We swapped shoes (dif pedal sys) but I really couldn't run in his, so I ran barefoot half-carrying the bike (the steering column was totally effed and the wheel kinda stuck on the frame so I had to keep the front bit lifted and wheel the back bit. In that traffic. On side-of-road debris. Temps had reached nearly 100F (in high humidity too) so that pavement felt awesome. I know it was my decision to run the bike in and keep the helmet on--BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE RULES. the RDs and ROs may be mofos--I take it VERY poorly when you, in full knowledge and so it's coming close to purposefully--put my life and loved ones' lives at risk and in many cases resulted in significant harm. But I almost did it to make a point. What point, I don't know, but I follow the effing rules. My water and Gatorade were on my bike and Guscha (my friend) had gone thru most of his, so I did it sans nutrition/hydration. The run course (in order to avoid traffic) was straight up a very steep hill (we're talking car-stallin' twisty hill) and then back down. Guess what. In that heat in the middle of the day after that bike, even for the Oly distance, TWO aid stations (and none till after 2km uphill) that ran out of supplies. Nice. And guess what? No volunteers, no marshals, nobody, and NO EFFING SIGNAGE. I was not in the best frame of mind so I didn't "get it" until nearly 4km that I must have gone past the (nonexistent) turnaround. My feet and I are in pretty bad shape. Although it didn't develop 'til later, I also was right on the border of heatstroke--103F and not doing well--I knew I should call for help (I got home okay) but was so confused I didn't know who to call and couldn't keep anything down ... anyway I've been slowly cooling down all afternoon and while I still have a whopping headache and nausea, can keep fluids down now and the pee is yellow again (not dark) and working on clearer. So I'm angry. Lots of very bad swear words and dental-floss angry. On the bright side, Chris Lieto's clone (the piglet I mistook for him whom I got a date Monday night with) SHOWED UP to cheer me on in the race!!! Totally took care of me afterward as well, got me drinking and in the ocean right away, tended to my feet etc. and got me salty things to eat. I recovered well, so I went home, but then the symptoms really kicked in. Anyway, I'm better. Not great. I'm pretty banged up--even diaper wipes/cream after taking care of the wounds and blisters and raw skin, never mind the cleaning them, is painful. I missed my dad's 100 days for THIS SHYTE? Tina and Mutti called after the race again, and I didn't even have to say much to her--we have that connection--and she is LIVID. She pretty much runs this island and it's going to get ugly. That is truly awful - not just for you but for all who have put themselves out to trust and support this event. I'm so sorry it turned out this way. Feel free to swear your azz off. Lots of healing hugs for your poor feet. Geez. |
| 2013-06-23 7:49 PM in reply to: TriAya |
Veteran 940 Citrus Heights, CA | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) Originally posted by TriAya Hey sweet Manatees. What a relief coming here ... it's like coming home. I'm so angry about the Bali Tri that I had to wait a few hours to comment (still not sure what to post on FB) and will wait a couple days to write the RR otherwise it's going to be all swear words. I've done more to promote this race than they have--and I'm not kidding that I had a more exhausting day than Chris Lieto with talking to athletes and having my picture taken with them yesterday--I'm done. #1, always, everywhere, is athlete safety. They completely effed this up on BOTH the bike (far worse than when I crashed 2 years ago) and the run (where last year we were running IN TRAFFIC--Asian traffic--and sucking diesel fumes). Some of my friends got really hurt, many people who came to this race because I promoted it so strongly got hurt, and especially two of our likely-bound Olympics athletes, ones that I brought into this sport and supported and nurtured. At about 12km of 20km sprint course, one of them was sitting on the side of the road, bleeding, his bike wrecked, and I know he got there a LOT sooner than me because I'm just not that fast. Nobody had come to help. I stopped and talked to him and his body was actually okay other than ugly road rash, so I convinced him to take my bike to finish the race and I'd run his in. We swapped shoes (dif pedal sys) but I really couldn't run in his, so I ran barefoot half-carrying the bike (the steering column was totally effed and the wheel kinda stuck on the frame so I had to keep the front bit lifted and wheel the back bit. In that traffic. On side-of-road debris. Temps had reached nearly 100F (in high humidity too) so that pavement felt awesome. I know it was my decision to run the bike in and keep the helmet on--BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE RULES. the RDs and ROs may be mofos--I take it VERY poorly when you, in full knowledge and so it's coming close to purposefully--put my life and loved ones' lives at risk and in many cases resulted in significant harm. But I almost did it to make a point. What point, I don't know, but I follow the effing rules. My water and Gatorade were on my bike and Guscha (my friend) had gone thru most of his, so I did it sans nutrition/hydration. The run course (in order to avoid traffic) was straight up a very steep hill (we're talking car-stallin' twisty hill) and then back down. Guess what. In that heat in the middle of the day after that bike, even for the Oly distance, TWO aid stations (and none till after 2km uphill) that ran out of supplies. Nice. And guess what? No volunteers, no marshals, nobody, and NO EFFING SIGNAGE. I was not in the best frame of mind so I didn't "get it" until nearly 4km that I must have gone past the (nonexistent) turnaround. My feet and I are in pretty bad shape. Although it didn't develop 'til later, I also was right on the border of heatstroke--103F and not doing well--I knew I should call for help (I got home okay) but was so confused I didn't know who to call and couldn't keep anything down ... anyway I've been slowly cooling down all afternoon and while I still have a whopping headache and nausea, can keep fluids down now and the pee is yellow again (not dark) and working on clearer. So I'm angry. Lots of very bad swear words and dental-floss angry. On the bright side, Chris Lieto's clone (the piglet I mistook for him whom I got a date Monday night with) SHOWED UP to cheer me on in the race!!! Totally took care of me afterward as well, got me drinking and in the ocean right away, tended to my feet etc. and got me salty things to eat. I recovered well, so I went home, but then the symptoms really kicked in. Anyway, I'm better. Not great. I'm pretty banged up--even diaper wipes/cream after taking care of the wounds and blisters and raw skin, never mind the cleaning them, is painful. I missed my dad's 100 days for THIS SHYTE? Tina and Mutti called after the race again, and I didn't even have to say much to her--we have that connection--and she is LIVID. She pretty much runs this island and it's going to get ugly. Wow. Just wow. After reading your glowing reviews in years past, I had thought that it was kind of a definite given that the Bali Tri would be all kinds of awesome. Sad. Maybe it was an 'off' year???? Well, on the bright side, I am truly (as always) heartened by your love and care for people (whether good friends or just someone in need) you are truly an angel, and I am proud to know you. (gecko phobia aside!
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| 2013-06-23 8:17 PM in reply to: kgore |
Master 1890 Gig Harbor | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) Yanti - that totally sucks about your event..Unbelievable, and inexcusable how unprepared they were.
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| 2013-06-23 8:23 PM in reply to: Muskrat37 |
Master 1890 Gig Harbor | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) Stalkers - aka live tracking app testers... I will be going for a run at approx 8:00 p.m. EST. I have found a new free app called "Glympse"... In that app, I created a group called "Manatees" (plural).... If you get the app, and join the group, I can send out a "Glympse" to the group... You do not have to get the app to view the live tracking - you can send me your email - and I can add it to my list, then you will get an email when I start a glimpse. I don't think this app has the route tracer on it - but you can see where I am live, and see my speed. If anyone wants to try it - get the app and join the group.. I will send out the glimpse when I start my run. Skrat |
| 2013-06-23 8:48 PM in reply to: Muskrat37 |
Master 3870 | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) Watching the live coverage of Wallenda tight roping across the Grand Canyon. My HR is up...and I'm just sitting in my living room!  |
| 2013-06-23 9:39 PM in reply to: 4agoodlife |
Elite 4435 | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) Originally posted by 4agoodlife Watching the live coverage of Wallenda tight roping across the Grand Canyon. My HR is up...and I'm just sitting in my living room! nuts |
| 2013-06-23 9:42 PM in reply to: 4agoodlife |
Master 4452 | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) I'm just on the ferry ride home from a day biking on Pender Island with DBro and DN1. 53 ish km and I dd almost all the hills twice (bro and nephew were walking a lot of them so I would double back to them and reclimb). A lovely day! We did this once last summer, but plan on at least one more trip this year, maybe two. |
| 2013-06-24 12:06 AM in reply to: bcraht |
Master 2770 Central Kansas | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) |
| 2013-06-24 1:06 AM in reply to: KansasMom |
Elite 4435 | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) sorry Pod I have been absolutely MIA lately. Life got busy was away for the weekend couldn't fit much in and love the new site it's sh*t on my phone. So it's Monday it's time to put in some training hours this week and some core! Yes Switch count me in for 10 mins a day, I should be doing this anyway. Work is cr*p busy, it's our peak time of year for importing products and it always turns to cr*p despite our best efforts to be organised. This year we really got it right but our team in China is a new one - and they have majorly stuffed it all up. Sigh back to the drawing board. So tonight a trainer ride for me and my ten minutes of core. I have some Macca Sportoga I'm supposed to do as well as piglet Andrew homework. Perhaps a bit of both, thinking more like thirty mins not ten. The rest of the week is the same as usual, run ride swim blah blah! |
| 2013-06-24 5:00 AM in reply to: jobaxas |
Veteran 1100 Dayton | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) I'm back from vacation! Pretty surprised that this thread is still open. That must mean that Yanti is still super busy and life is hard for her. Had a great time away. I didn't run the 5k I wanted to do (to be responsible and all that), though I did get out daily for bike rides, and actually played a good amount of sports (soccer, ultimate frisbee), which happened to not be painful. My knee actually feels... better because of it (positive effects of adrenaline?). Now it's time to get back to work and let the sunburn peel. My next tri is coming up this week, and I'm excited for it! Just need to line up a sherpa so I can get some pics snapped. |
| 2013-06-24 7:48 AM in reply to: TriAya |
Master 9705 Raleigh, NC area | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) Originally posted by TriAya Hey sweet Manatees. What a relief coming here ... it's like coming home. I'm so angry about the Bali Tri that I had to wait a few hours to comment (still not sure what to post on FB) and will wait a couple days to write the RR otherwise it's going to be all swear words. I've done more to promote this race than they have--and I'm not kidding that I had a more exhausting day than Chris Lieto with talking to athletes and having my picture taken with them yesterday--I'm done. #1, always, everywhere, is athlete safety. They completely effed this up on BOTH the bike (far worse than when I crashed 2 years ago) and the run (where last year we were running IN TRAFFIC--Asian traffic--and sucking diesel fumes). Some of my friends got really hurt, many people who came to this race because I promoted it so strongly got hurt, and especially two of our likely-bound Olympics athletes, ones that I brought into this sport and supported and nurtured. At about 12km of 20km sprint course, one of them was sitting on the side of the road, bleeding, his bike wrecked, and I know he got there a LOT sooner than me because I'm just not that fast. Nobody had come to help. I stopped and talked to him and his body was actually okay other than ugly road rash, so I convinced him to take my bike to finish the race and I'd run his in. We swapped shoes (dif pedal sys) but I really couldn't run in his, so I ran barefoot half-carrying the bike (the steering column was totally effed and the wheel kinda stuck on the frame so I had to keep the front bit lifted and wheel the back bit. In that traffic. On side-of-road debris. Temps had reached nearly 100F (in high humidity too) so that pavement felt awesome. I know it was my decision to run the bike in and keep the helmet on--BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE RULES. the RDs and ROs may be mofos--I take it VERY poorly when you, in full knowledge and so it's coming close to purposefully--put my life and loved ones' lives at risk and in many cases resulted in significant harm. But I almost did it to make a point. What point, I don't know, but I follow the effing rules. My water and Gatorade were on my bike and Guscha (my friend) had gone thru most of his, so I did it sans nutrition/hydration. The run course (in order to avoid traffic) was straight up a very steep hill (we're talking car-stallin' twisty hill) and then back down. Guess what. In that heat in the middle of the day after that bike, even for the Oly distance, TWO aid stations (and none till after 2km uphill) that ran out of supplies. Nice. And guess what? No volunteers, no marshals, nobody, and NO EFFING SIGNAGE. I was not in the best frame of mind so I didn't "get it" until nearly 4km that I must have gone past the (nonexistent) turnaround. My feet and I are in pretty bad shape. Although it didn't develop 'til later, I also was right on the border of heatstroke--103F and not doing well--I knew I should call for help (I got home okay) but was so confused I didn't know who to call and couldn't keep anything down ... anyway I've been slowly cooling down all afternoon and while I still have a whopping headache and nausea, can keep fluids down now and the pee is yellow again (not dark) and working on clearer. So I'm angry. Lots of very bad swear words and dental-floss angry. On the bright side, Chris Lieto's clone (the piglet I mistook for him whom I got a date Monday night with) SHOWED UP to cheer me on in the race!!! Totally took care of me afterward as well, got me drinking and in the ocean right away, tended to my feet etc. and got me salty things to eat. I recovered well, so I went home, but then the symptoms really kicked in. Anyway, I'm better. Not great. I'm pretty banged up--even diaper wipes/cream after taking care of the wounds and blisters and raw skin, never mind the cleaning them, is painful. I missed my dad's 100 days for THIS SHYTE? Tina and Mutti called after the race again, and I didn't even have to say much to her--we have that connection--and she is LIVID. She pretty much runs this island and it's going to get ugly. Oh Yanti! First of all, how are you doing today? I mean physically? Recovering? Regarding the event. What a mess! How awful for the athletes! What were the organizers (I'm using that term loosely here) thinking? Were they thinking? I hope that Tina knocks some sense into them. |
| 2013-06-24 7:50 AM in reply to: QueenZipp |
Master 9705 Raleigh, NC area | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) Originally posted by QueenZipp Olympic PR. 3:16. Water was super choppy Fachmie! It's a PR! WOO HOO!!!!! |
| 2013-06-24 7:53 AM in reply to: KansasMom |
Master 9705 Raleigh, NC area | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) Originally posted by KansasMom 3:20 something for me today. I purposefully didn't run with my watch, so I'm not sure of the exact time and I have little idea of my splits. Here's the down and dirty and then I'm taking a nap. SWIM: Two 750m loops, with a short run on the beach between the two loops. I thought that would be a nice break, but it was horrible -- spiked my heart rate, so I had a mild panic when I got back in the water, but I got myself under control and finished strong. (about 30 minutes?) BIKE: Dropped my chain for no reason. Horrible winds (25 mph at least) The road was worse than last year -- I thought my bike would jiggle apart on one section. Count them -- 7 turn arounds. We climbed the dam 3 times in each loop, so 6 times. That's a killer for me. (about 1:40-1:45?) RUN: Just as I was crossing a wooden bridge heading into the second loop, I tripped and skidded on my left hip and left knee. The knee must have taken the brunt of it because it is really sore now and beginning to develop a large bruise. But I didn't break any skin, so no blood. I still felt like crying. Finished strong enough to outrun someone in my age group for a 3rd place AG. (About an hour?) My transitions were horrible. I had to clean up the grease from my hands before the run. I guess I didn't HAVE to, but I wanted to. Overall, I feel pretty good, just really tired and frustrated about my knee. :-( Wow! Another Bada$$ Manatee. Way to tough things out. How is your knee today? |
| 2013-06-24 7:53 AM in reply to: ponderingfox |
Master 1890 Gig Harbor | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) <vent> Ugggghhhh! I HATE MY FACHING JOB! I am dreading going to work today. I really want to quit, but I can't afford to. I can't stand being "stuck". My boss is literally the worst boss I have ever had. He makes every day miserable. I can't stand to see his face or hear his voice. My customers annoy the sh*t out of me. On Friday, I had a run in with a major beotch. She always gives me attitude every time I am in this store. Friday, she had to call the owner of the store to get permission to buy certain wine from me. She has called him before, and hung up before I could speak to him. This time, she grabbed the list of wine and walked in the back room whispering... (I'm sure she says sh*t to the owner that isn't true.) I followed her, and politely asked "when you are finished there, can I speak to June" - she ignored me, so I asked one more time. She turned around and snapped "If you would quit interrupting me while I'm talking" She finishes the conversation with him and gets off the phone and hand it to me repeating "Can't believe you interrupted me while I was talking" I finish my conversation and say to June "I think April wants to talk to you again" (Those are their real names)... April is talking to another employee (complaining about me) so I say to her (very politely again) "April, did you need to talk to June before I hang up" and she snaps "Interrupting me again - NO!" So I hang up - and walk outside to start getting the wine they ordered off my truck... As I'm walking out the door - she is telling a customer "I can't believe he interupts me while I'm talking." I'd had enough of smiling and turning the other cheek... so I said "April - I could do without your snide little remarks today"... She was egging me on, and I fell for it... Damn it Skrat...! She of course hollers something back - but I just walk out the door.. Now picture this - April is a white woman with dread locks and she acts VERY, VERY "ghetto". She has an attitude like there is no tomorrow, and she is not a nice woman. SHE FOLLOWS ME TO THE PARKING LOT AND STARTS SCREAMING AND CURSING AT ME. So I turn around and I say "Bi**h, Wrong guy, wrong faching day! If you think you can stand there screaming and cursing at me, and I'm just going to take it, YOU GOT ANOTHER THINK COMING!" It was like a nuclear bomb went off.... we were screaming and cursing each other in the parking lot. I may not have been right, but I'm not going to just stand there and take sh*t from a beotch like that... Screw customer service. She's screaming at me - and I finally say "You want your Faching wine or not?" She says "you are not coming in my store again." So I said "Good, you can tell June why you don't have any wine to sell on a Friday night!" That stopped her dead in her tracks and she said I could deliver it, but I had to talk to the other guy. As I finish up the order - I tell "Tyler" to let her know that I will not be returning to this store. I will be giving it to another sales rep. I think it's done - of course not... I get home and go for my bike ride. About 2 miles in, my phone rings...I never answer when riding, but I always check who's calling, just in case it's my son, because he knows not to call unless it's an emergency. Keep in mind, I'm reaching into my jersey pocket while riding, and I accidentally answer. It's my boss! (the before mentioned boss that I hate)... He says (very sarcastically) "Funny how you'll answer your personal phone, but not your work phone" (I hadn't realized who it was yet and my adrenaline was pumping) so I say "Who the Fach is this!" He says "it's your boss" and I say "STOP FACHING CALLING ME ON MY WORK PHONE!" He says "Don't talk to me like that" - and I tell him, "I've told you not to call me on my personal time. I'm not at work, and whatever it is can wait until Monday..there is nothing I can do about anything right now - I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF A FORKING RIDE! I didn't answer my work phone because IT'S AT HOME!" He just says "tell me about this argument with April"... FORKING A-HOLE! Leave me alone - it's Friday evening - I'm not at work... ugggghhhh.. I tell him the short version - and he says "we can talk more monday" so I yell at him "We could have had this entire conversation Monday - thanks for interrupting my ride!" (I had to stop for this conversation. Needless to say - It's going to be fun this morning... because he wants to talk to me and I want to tell him to go Fach himself. I don't care about confrontation with him... I'm not scared of this at all. What I can't stand is that I want to go in and just quit. I want to literally tell him to Fork off... BUT I CAN'T. I need the paycheck. This job has drained me this year. It has dragged me down. I hate that I have let it, but I can't help it. I am usually so good about not letting work get to me at home, but this year has been tough. At first, it did not get to me. Finally, it wore me down. My life is a good life, I am generally a happy person, but this year has not gone anywhere close to what I had planned. I am drained pod... I am stressed to the gills, I am beat. I just want to throw my towel in, and be able to do triathlons all the time. Instead, I'm off to blow some smoke up my bosses arse yet again. I'll keep looking for a job and find a better one soon, but in the meantime, this sucks. I feel better just sharing this... getting it off my chest.. thanks for letting me vent. </end vent> |
| 2013-06-24 7:56 AM in reply to: 4agoodlife |
Master 9705 Raleigh, NC area | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) Originally posted by 4agoodlife Watching the live coverage of Wallenda tight roping across the Grand Canyon. My HR is up...and I'm just sitting in my living room! Oh, I know. I started to sweat as soon as he got on the wire and I was only on the sofa! |
| 2013-06-24 8:28 AM in reply to: jmkizer |
Master 6834 Englewood, Florida | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) Originally posted by jmkizer Originally posted by 4agoodlife Watching the live coverage of Wallenda tight roping across the Grand Canyon. My HR is up...and I'm just sitting in my living room! Oh, I know. I started to sweat as soon as he got on the wire and I was only on the sofa! I'm such a wimp that I couldn't watch. |
| 2013-06-24 8:39 AM in reply to: Muskrat37 |
Master 9705 Raleigh, NC area | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) Originally posted by Muskrat37
Ugggghhhh! I HATE MY FACHING JOB! I am dreading going to work today. I really want to quit, but I can't afford to. I can't stand being "stuck". I hope that this week is better than last week. Something better is bound to turn up for you soon. |
| 2013-06-24 8:52 AM in reply to: jmkizer |
Veteran 940 Citrus Heights, CA | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) Day one of Ab Challenge DONE! I will log it tonight.  Off to play with the carnivores again....Today we get to wrangle two Giant Anteaters....Not looking forward to it---they are stinky. |
| 2013-06-24 9:08 AM in reply to: jmkizer |
Master 1890 Gig Harbor | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) Originally posted by jmkizer Thank you Jayne... mostly just needed to vent. .. Originally posted by Muskrat37
Ugggghhhh! I HATE MY FACHING JOB! I am dreading going to work today. I really want to quit, but I can't afford to. I can't stand being "stuck". I hope that this week is better than last week. Something better is bound to turn up for you soon.  Blew smoke up the bosses arse... still have my job, but I am aggressively seeking work elsewhere. .. I Refuse to be trapped... Life is too short... I did apologize to the boss though (for the argument with the customer). .In hindsight, I should have left the second she started cursing and screaming at me. .... sometimes I just react and don't think first.... Live and learn right? |
| 2013-06-24 9:18 AM in reply to: kgore |
Champion 10550 Austin, Texas | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) Morning everyone! Today will be a rest day... with the exception of day 1 of the 100 days of abs - I swear the abs of steel are under there somewhere. |
| 2013-06-24 9:22 AM in reply to: TriAya |
Champion 10550 Austin, Texas | Subject: RE: Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) Originally posted by TriAya Hey sweet Manatees. What a relief coming here ... it's like coming home. I'm so angry about the Bali Tri that I had to wait a few hours to comment (still not sure what to post on FB) and will wait a couple days to write the RR otherwise it's going to be all swear words. I've done more to promote this race than they have--and I'm not kidding that I had a more exhausting day than Chris Lieto with talking to athletes and having my picture taken with them yesterday--I'm done. #1, always, everywhere, is athlete safety. They completely effed this up on BOTH the bike (far worse than when I crashed 2 years ago) and the run (where last year we were running IN TRAFFIC--Asian traffic--and sucking diesel fumes). Some of my friends got really hurt, many people who came to this race because I promoted it so strongly got hurt, and especially two of our likely-bound Olympics athletes, ones that I brought into this sport and supported and nurtured. At about 12km of 20km sprint course, one of them was sitting on the side of the road, bleeding, his bike wrecked, and I know he got there a LOT sooner than me because I'm just not that fast. Nobody had come to help. I stopped and talked to him and his body was actually okay other than ugly road rash, so I convinced him to take my bike to finish the race and I'd run his in. We swapped shoes (dif pedal sys) but I really couldn't run in his, so I ran barefoot half-carrying the bike (the steering column was totally effed and the wheel kinda stuck on the frame so I had to keep the front bit lifted and wheel the back bit. In that traffic. On side-of-road debris. Temps had reached nearly 100F (in high humidity too) so that pavement felt awesome. I know it was my decision to run the bike in and keep the helmet on--BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE RULES. the RDs and ROs may be mofos--I take it VERY poorly when you, in full knowledge and so it's coming close to purposefully--put my life and loved ones' lives at risk and in many cases resulted in significant harm. But I almost did it to make a point. What point, I don't know, but I follow the effing rules. My water and Gatorade were on my bike and Guscha (my friend) had gone thru most of his, so I did it sans nutrition/hydration. The run course (in order to avoid traffic) was straight up a very steep hill (we're talking car-stallin' twisty hill) and then back down. Guess what. In that heat in the middle of the day after that bike, even for the Oly distance, TWO aid stations (and none till after 2km uphill) that ran out of supplies. Nice. And guess what? No volunteers, no marshals, nobody, and NO EFFING SIGNAGE. I was not in the best frame of mind so I didn't "get it" until nearly 4km that I must have gone past the (nonexistent) turnaround. My feet and I are in pretty bad shape. Although it didn't develop 'til later, I also was right on the border of heatstroke--103F and not doing well--I knew I should call for help (I got home okay) but was so confused I didn't know who to call and couldn't keep anything down ... anyway I've been slowly cooling down all afternoon and while I still have a whopping headache and nausea, can keep fluids down now and the pee is yellow again (not dark) and working on clearer. So I'm angry. Lots of very bad swear words and dental-floss angry. On the bright side, Chris Lieto's clone (the piglet I mistook for him whom I got a date Monday night with) SHOWED UP to cheer me on in the race!!! Totally took care of me afterward as well, got me drinking and in the ocean right away, tended to my feet etc. and got me salty things to eat. I recovered well, so I went home, but then the symptoms really kicked in. Anyway, I'm better. Not great. I'm pretty banged up--even diaper wipes/cream after taking care of the wounds and blisters and raw skin, never mind the cleaning them, is painful. I missed my dad's 100 days for THIS SHYTE? Tina and Mutti called after the race again, and I didn't even have to say much to her--we have that connection--and she is LIVID. She pretty much runs this island and it's going to get ugly. I'm LIVID too! What kind of crap is THAT?? I look forward to reading your race report on this one every year (and all the pictures) and this happens? Okay, now that I've got that out of my system - the best and most telling part of the entire thing is your selflessness. Giving your bike to someone else to finish. I hope the Lieto-clone piglet took very good care of you and that you've got more pigletude coming around to tend to your every whim and pop-tart desire. You are amazing. |
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