Mad Mutant Manatee Mentors 4--CLOSED (Page 16)

Richardsdrr - 2013-04-07 10:56 AM Wow, I didn't know what you were talking about Yanti, being so innocent. So I googled double penetration, and now need a good clean, my soul feels violated. When I said deep penetration, I was obviously referring to sport ointments ability to deeply penetrate the muscle to ease the pain at its origin. My mother warned me of women like you.......

JJ- - 2013-04-07 3:05 PM

First HIM Yea!!!!!

Can't wait to go back and read the messages. Need food and water first

My swim was great, could have gone harder but I held back. I was 4 minutes faster than I had planned. The bike course kicked my . The winds were bad crosswinds first 28 and then shifted to headwinds last 28. Even the Pro's were 2-3 mph slower than they had hoped. I started at my ideal pace on the run but got way over heated. Finally after getting some ice I cooled down and ran pretty well until mile 8. The last 4 miles I stopped and walked through the aid stations to try and cool down. Had so much fun!!

First 1.2 mile open water swim ever

First 56 mile bike ride ever

First 13.1 mile run ever

And I did them back to back after 3 months of IT Band Pain. I'm thrilled!!!

and no IT Band Issues on the run!!!

ponderingfox - 2013-04-07 3:35 AM Erin, this is for you! Here's a few shots of my blingy Saucony Kinvaras.  All people are going to see in the morning is a blaze of neon-green as I fly by them.

4agoodlife - 2013-04-07 6:02 AM I took Silver out for a ride today...clipped in and everything!  16 miles in a little under an hour and NO MAJOR SCARINESS   I practiced shifting a lot and not losing speed around corners. Of course, unclipping before stops. Getting started at lights was a pain at first because I forgot to shift down before stopping...DUH!!! Heart rate shot through the roof a few times, until I stopped worrying about getting my foot out "in time".  My last stop I had a little trouble because I got too cocky. I shifted twice before stopping but didn't pedal through...oooops!  Left foot shot out of clip when I only got grinding chain upon take off.  I'm sure it was a good show for the cars around the major intersection where I was flailing away.   Overall a great confidence-boosting first ride. Yes!

jobaxas - 2013-04-07 7:07 AM Hair do!!!

TriAya - 2013-04-07 3:28 PM

Good grief. A lovelier, more youthful couple never 'twas! Congrats!

TriAya - 2013-04-07 6:39 PM

So wrong, but also so slow.

That would be Double Penetration, silly.

I'm with you on this one Yanti. Now all we need is one other......

ukweeble - 2013-04-08 6:56 PM

Is that before, or after? Or should i not be asking that question? I was never very good at the 'does this make me look fat?' question either.    I'll shut up now.

kgore - 2013-04-07 9:15 PM

As for me, BUSY freakin' day---3 keepers out "sick", 1 keeper at a conference, and 1 keeper on vacation....this meant I was the sole keeper for carnivore land. I did finally get to see this little monster up close and personal--its Sumatran Tiger cub C.J. with his mom, Bahagia.

Super cute and finally getting his legs underneath him (but still a bit sprawl-y)

Of course I also got to deal with our seriously STUBBORN red pandas too--half are on meds (old age is a b*tch when you're a red panda)

Jane--one of the older pandas...

--and of course they do NOT want to take the meds--even in treats! The other ones are just crazy-suspicious and young, so its hard to get them to lock up on or off exhibit for cleaning...eeesh...zookeeper problems....

Apart from recalcitrant pandas, it was a delightful, busy day. I am now decompressing with an amazing rib-eye steak, brown rice, broccoli, and a beer (or two).... Happy Kate....although I am kind of feeling race envy right now...my next one isn't til the 20th.

ukweeble - 2013-04-05 11:53 PM

So just a quick update. After a frustrating Friday pm, i thought it would be a good idea to take wifey and daughter to the pub for dinner, which would give me the perfect excuse to snick a couple of pints and unwind.

I gazed at the menu in a sort of perplexed way and decided that, with less than 48 hours to go before my first race of the season, i would, for the first time, take on one of their eating challenges.

How dumb am I!!!!

To cut a long story short, i failed to clear my plate, it is now 5am and my indigestion has kept me awake for half the night. I am not sure if i will actually have finished digesting everything before 11am tomorrow, despite thinking that several glasses of red wine might help.

Somebody needs to give me a slap. Ok, just line up behind Salty and you'll get your turn when she eventually gets tired 

ponderingfox - 2013-04-05 9:02 PM My endurance racing team that races to support foreign mission projects, Team Revolution, just got our jerseys in today.  I won't get mine for a couple weeks, but I thought I'd share the pics!  Let me know how you think they look!

Richardsdrr - 2013-04-06 4:03 PM I've had a week of training PBs, which is nice. Started off the week by breaking both my 10 km and my HM Bests whilst on a long run, sweet, then, this mornings run gave me a new 5 km pb and have knocked off another 1 min 7 secs to bring me under 25 min barrier on ,y way to my sub 20 target . I am reading the JD book u recommended Salty, and so far, I'm liking it. I am already going to apply one of the teachings from it. That is, I'm gonna train at the current stress level for the next 6 weeks rather than raising the bar each time I pb. Hopefully reduce the risk of injury/burn out. Good luck to all the racing manatees out there this weekend, not that you'll need it. You've done the training, now reap the rewards.

ukweeble - 2013-04-07 11:52 PM

Silver. Nice.   I hope i can find a cool name for my bike when i get one, yet it seems a bit, well, girly. I guess i will have to secretly whisper it's name.

 

jobaxas - 2013-04-06 8:32 PM

Update for the manatee peeps.  30km road ride.  Yes me.  It was nice, we chatted the whole time - have I mentioned he's hawt?

Anyway it was lovely, we certainly weren't pushing it but 30km on the Trek is a first!  It's a beautiful sunny autumn day, came back into a headwind so we had to work harder, we passed a few though and that felt good!  He makes me feel safe, he takes care of the drivers that shout at us - I feel very much a girl and let him do his manly stuff! Shame on me!

I am having a hair cut this afternoon, there is a salon open on aSunday - awesome.  Cannot wait it has been months, about 7.

4agoodlife - 2013-04-08 8:10 AM Full name is Silver Streaker And why is it girly? Guys name all kinds of things....cars, motorcycles, boats, tools. I bet it was men who began naming inanimate objects in the first place. :D

TriAya - 2013-04-07 8:23 PM

CONGRATULATIONS JJ-TEJ!

TriAya - 2013-04-07 8:45 PM

your "near perfect" sounds like my "near perfect"--awash in ale and still pushing through stale food, no sleep, walked way too much, haven't trained blah blah blah you have learned well, young Padu-froggy!

CONGRATULATIONS FROGGY!

4agoodlife - 2013-04-07 9:45 PM Well, Froggy... it's over and you did see improvement. Though I can't help but wonder what a circle of Manatees could've done for you instead of that line

kgore - 2013-04-08 3:15 AM

As for me, BUSY freakin' day---3 keepers out "sick", 1 keeper at a conference, and 1 keeper on vacation....this meant I was the sole keeper for carnivore land. I did finally get to see this little monster up close and personal--its Sumatran Tiger cub C.J. with his mom, Bahagia.

Super cute and finally getting his legs underneath him (but still a bit sprawl-y)

Of course I also got to deal with our seriously STUBBORN red pandas too--half are on meds (old age is a b*tch when you're a red panda)

Jane--one of the older pandas...

--and of course they do NOT want to take the meds--even in treats! The other ones are just crazy-suspicious and young, so its hard to get them to lock up on or off exhibit for cleaning...eeesh...zookeeper problems....

Apart from recalcitrant pandas, it was a delightful, busy day. I am now decompressing with an amazing rib-eye steak, brown rice, broccoli, and a beer (or two).... Happy Kate....although I am kind of feeling race envy right now...my next one isn't til the 20th.

Muskrat37 - 2013-04-08 5:09 AM

I don't know why - but this update made me LMAO... Was that your intention, or am I just dimented?