Manatees Roar into the 20s! CLOSED (Page 16)

Last week was a little below 60* and was supposed to rain. We never got rain, but it got colder in the morning.  We are early risers, so we cranked up the fire and were good to go. This weekend should be about 40ish. I think Ann is going to have a rough time, as cold weather beats her up pretty bad. More blankets is key! 

So basically, "Florida Cold."

Florida Manatees: perhaps you should spend the day with your bike helmets on:

https://imgur.com/a/70bT6jl

Full article: https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/21/weather/miami-freeze-falling-iguana-forecast-trnd/index.html

(sorry, I can't seem to insert the picture itself)

We are in the midst of our Florida cold! Feels like temp in Orlando this morning was 25*! Brrr!!  

Florida is a special place

I believe the term is "Florida Freezing"

That's great!  Anything to keep engaged and not bored is a good thing, keep at it!

Nice work!

Sufferlandrians, who among you have tried the strength and yoga workouts?

Have you found them to be helpful?

Manatees and Future Sufferlandrians, what other online yoga options have you tried?

Have not done the Sufferfest yoga - did some youtube - Yoga with Adrienne and Yoga with Sarah Beth - were good. 

I now have bought the Beach Body On Demand and a couple of the programs have a yoga session or two that are part of it. I do like the 30 minute session that's a part of 21 Day Fix Extreme... 

While I've been a slacker of late, I like the yoga workouts. They are short and sweet and seem to be effective. Last year's TOS had 1 or 2 strength workouts as part of the tour, so that's the number i've done of those! I had nothing against them, just found it hard to fit into my schedule. I intend to remedy that situation and based upon what I  learned via my Dr Sims course I will be going to the gym to lift heavy sh*t rather than doing the sufferfest workouts. If you are not a 30+ year old female this lift heavy sh*t directive is not relevant to you -at least for the purpose i will be doing it 

I'm glad you enjoyed it! If you haven't already done so check out sufferfest's FB page.

I currently use The Sufferfest yoga. I like that it's 15 minutes long so it's easy for me to fit into my day. I can target the areas that I need to with this setup. I also like that the instructor gives good directions and that she gives options to make it easier or more difficult and even says at times to not push to deeply into a pose.  One thing that I like, that others may not, is that it's not super yoga-ish.  What I mean is she'll say "go into downward dog and move your heals to the floor one at at time" rather than "go into down dog and then walk the dog."

Pre-Sufferfest, I used Yoga With Adriene on YouTube. I liked her sessions a lot but I found it difficult to wade through to find what I wanted.  I saved a few -- 15 or so -- to a playlist and that helped some. 

Are you positive that there are no Manatees in your age group? You gave away your secret!

haha! I didn't want to call anyone else out, but I'm willing to let people know I'm over 30! 

Ann-Marie asked me about Chattanooga 70.3 training in an Inspire. I belatedly realized that I failed to answer her question when I responded to her!  I thought that I would respond here.

I'm currently doing the Endurance Nation OutSeason plan. That ends February 2nd.  

Then I'm doing a long course "prep" program until 12 weeks before Chattanooga.  Apparently, this involves me getting in the pool!  (Note that one week of that is Tour de Sufferlandria. If it's on Apple TV, I'll consider it. If not, well, we'll see.)

Then I long course 12-week plan for the last bit.  I have a question in to Coach P about run focused or bike focused or some other combo.  That would start February 24th.

Of course, all of that is assuming that my runner is functioning as it should.  My hip has improved a whole lot but that was a bit of a setback.  (Note to self, listen to your body!)

I live near a town that supposedly pays $50 for a dead iguana. They are a non-native nuisance to the area. I thought I should go out and collect them off the sidewalks one morning and submit them for income.

Can I come out and play?  I'd like a group to help me hold myself accountable.

NAME:  Mike Flanagan (aka Big Mike or Iron Mike, because I ride Iron Butt endurance motorcycle rides)

STORY:  I am a 61 yr old Marine and retired Federal law enforcement officer.  I spent 23 years walking the dark side, working maximum security penitentiaries.  I completed one tri back in 10/2012, the Blueman.  I got back into training in November, after I retired from my second career, teaching high school science.  I became a T2 diabetic in August and decided it was time for me to put ME first for a change.  Since then I have only missed three scheduled workouts in the last two months and I am absolutely loving the journey.

FAMILY STATUS: I've been married to my long-suffering better-half, Cindy, for over 38 years.  We have one daughter and two grandsons (12 and 6).  I don't talk about the USIL.  Cindy keeps two cats; Chloe and Mittens.  I keep one Airedale named Samson.  We also have 19 chickens and 2 ducks roaming around the homestead.

CURRENT TRAINING:  My training log has always been public.  Since I have been seriously sedentary for LONG time I am really only interested in building a good base for my one race and one planned event for 2020.  December was just building every week.  January has been three weeks of Base with one Recovery week scheduled next week.  After that I am going to be using two Base weeks and one Recovery week.  I have read that we older folk need to allow ourselves more recovery time.  My base schedule is Mon AM=short walk, Mon PM=med swim; Tu=long bike; Wed=long swim; Th=long walk; Fri AM=short bike, Fri PM=short swim and Grandpa Duty.

THIS YEAR'S RACES/EVENTS: Only one race and one special event.  My youngest brother and I will be doing the Lumberjack Sprint on August 2nd in Duboistown, PA.  Then on Saturday, August 29th I will celebrate my 62nd birthday by biking the entire 62 mile Pine Creek Rail Trail through the PA Grand Canyon and the Pine Creek Gorge.  I will plan a more active season for 2021

GOALS/OBJECTIVES/DESIRES: Well, obviously I want to  improve my own health, maybe even get off the diabetic meds.  But most importantly, I want to set a good fitness example for my grandsons and my daughter.  Last I knew, she was over 300, just like me.  I want better for her and believe that I need to set the example.

WHAT MAKES YOU A GOOD MANATEE:  The last time I was on BT regularly I joined the Tri-ing for Weight Loss group.  I like to think I was fairly active, more so than most.  I am not a lurker.  But I am a great cheerleader and believe in celebrating all the "little" goals we should be setting for ourselves and for each other.

I would like to vouch for Mike (not that we need to, just adding my 2 cents).  I was with him in the weight loss group he mentioned, plus he's a fellow Pennsylvanian!

I've got a question for the Manatees. For those of you who are married or in a relationship, does your partner support your training? Is your partner a fellow athlete? 

I ask because I'm finding it difficult lately to find the time to train. It always seems like something urgent needs to be handled and since I get off work first, I end up with being the one to do the errands.

It is just frustrating, as my wife isn't an athlete. She loved the fact that I was a USMS swimmer when we started dating, but it seems like my swimming isn't a priority that she values. 

So I'm just curious how everyone does it and how do your partner's support it. --Tom