Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) (Page 161)

You're making me cry!

I thought about that when you said it ... yeah. So much of what was good about this race was bringing people back to Bali, a place that's suffered horribly from terrorism, giving back to the community through some really amazing causes, and getting INDONESIAN triathletes established/sponsored/experienced/prepared to compete internationally/etc. Establishing triathlon as a sport in Indonesia, especially for those who are talented but can't afford/access training and equipment.

My family, and my dad too I'm sure, really are proud.

The "kid" I gave my bike to? (I think of him as my kid brother ) He HAULED ASH in on it, blew out a 0:44 T2 (this was a BIG transition area, which you had to run AROUND after chip swipe to get into, killed himself on the run, AND WON THE M20-29 AGE GROUP (competitive--15 athletes in it, including several other of our development athletes.)

The trade was technically legal since I "sold" him my bike in exchange for his shoes. He did not abandon equipment on the course (his bike), because he handed it off to an official (me!).

This is what he posted on my FB wall (he tried really hard to write it in English so more people would understand it--bless him):

"Big gratitude to Mrs Yanti Ardie being my angle. she teach me never give up though you fall in the bike you got injured and bike broken. you must keep continue.
event condition is so bad never give up.
once Big Thanks Mrs Yanti Ardie you."

Now that's worth an effen cry!

In other good news, I was top 15 (out of well over 200 counting relays) out of the water. Chris Clone Piglet said he counted me as 7th but there's this 100m steep sloping soft-sand run before chip swipe--sigh--but oh well, I still held on to a damn good place. That effen Sheila T I hate with her 1000 fly and 1000 kick in "recovery endurance" workouts has done me some good it seems! Also, as usual, the swim course was mismeasured. Every frickin' year! Not as bad as previous years, though. And shockingly enough, I was not DFL either in the bike, run, or the whole race!

However, adding insult to all the injuries many of us sustained, there was some serious course-cutting happening (on the bike, likely purposefully ... this happened in previous years as well) ... you gotta get a little suspicious when the top guy pulls out a Brownlee, Gomez, and Lieto-shattering 0:53 on an Oly course (that has a long steep hill in it and shyteloads of Asian traffic).

Run course was a fiasco and most of the 5K people ran a lot longer (some the full 10K!) because of no turn sign/marker/volunteer/etc., but there shouldn't have been any course-cutting on the Olympic (no marker there either but it was the end of the road), and there likely was cutting there too.

They have not amended the results and the prizes both overall and by category are significant. Especially to Indonesians, for whom the cash prizes mean several months' salary.

I still need to do some introspection about this in order to have a clear head for tomorrow--it's just that so much (basically anything actually having to do with THE RACE, duh!) went wrong ... but at least I'm not swearing EVERY word about it now, just every other word.

P.S. Chris Lieto took a DNF rather than risk actually trying to race the bike course--he had a GoPro mounted on his bars and the evidence is just damning. He looked at one of the intersections and rather than trying to go through it, just turned back, and rode very slowly through the traffic, stopping, etc., and getting it all on camera. He did do the whole run course.

Because he "turned himself in" after the race, he got a DNF rather than a DQ (that's for people who get caught, so to speak).

So, that's TWO races I've beaten Chris in now

But seriously ... shameful. Effin' shameful. We bring triathlon's greatest cyclist, one of triathlon's greatest, period, and certainly one of the nicest guys in triathlon ... shame, shame, shame!!!

Thinking about it, I can't believe he's still willing to even talk to us, never mind in a positive and constructive fashion.

But that's who he is.

Impressive list at that event. Really seems to be getting some attention. Lauren Jensen is 46, but either is or was a pro, can't remember if she still has the pro card. Paul Eicher is a pro. Lukas Verzbicas is THAT Lukas. Ryan Giuliano has run pro tri for a few years, but dropped it to concentrate on pro duathlete side (which he's better at). Matt Ancona is amateur, but on the Zoot team. Same as Bryan Dunn for those who remember him.

Wow!  Another Bada$$ Manatee.  Way to tough things out.

How is your knee today? 

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.

Pub Ride

This is the event we did this weekend. High Vis orange tech shirts is TW and I.

Heya sweet Manatees I've been able to scroll through and read everything, love/hate what I've read (as appropriate ... or heck, mostly I'm inappropriate) and will do my best to get back to everyone.

I'm still pretty battered and angry and licking my wounds, and look ... while what I wrote was the worst that happened in the race, a whole lot of other important stuff went very wrong too.

I did spend the whole day with Chris Lieto and then his wife, so that was awesome. Except he's pretty sick with a chest cold, so they come to me for help in figuring out what he can take that isn't on the banned list?! Ummm ... I dunno, a hot shower? And you're serious that you don't know what alternative remedies/relief you can take (since most decongestants and quite a few antihistamines and cough suppressants are on the banned list, especially since he is IN competition right now)? HAHAHA ... oh man, he is never going to hear the end of this from me.

Also, I took both above-water and underwater swim video of him (not to mention one of us racing fly down the pool ... this was yesterday before he got sick) and I threatened to publicly post them if he doesn't rest, use what we did find for him, and get the eff better fast.

However, I told him I WOULD be providing a closed (so probably BT albums posted) link just for the Manatees

Anyway, Chris, Brennan (the U.S.-side sponsor/organizer) and I will be meeting tomorrow to see if we can save this race. Chris has fallen in love with Bali and the Bali Sports Foundation (for disadvantaged and disabled kids) and really wants to keep it partnered with his foundation, More than Sport (which actually raises money for other foundations). Brennan also understands exactly what I'm going to add in large red letters across everything I've ever written or posted about the Bali Tri AND search-engine optimize it if MANY things aren't merely addressed, but amended (like getting our Indonesian athletes new bikes and reimbursing their follow-up medical care). That's for starters.

Originally posted by kgore 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.

"Zookeeper" was on tv last night. In your expert opinion, is it wrong that I didn't find talking zoo animals that far-fetched?   "Since when could you talk???" "Today's Tuesday? So...always." hehehe

To me, this says it all. 

Some help - I was advised to train in Z2 for my run and ride, easy enough on the trainer.

My z2 max is about 140.

On my run I run 2mins, walk 1min.  In the walk section my HR is about 120-125, so i figure in the run it could max at 160 making an average of 140.  Am I being too simplistic?