Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) (Page 179)

Nice Back side pack.  

God bless the Canuckistanis. Can't keep water down (yet) but sips of Canada Dry ginger ale is doing me fine.

I thought the kittens might de-freak a bit as they grew, but I was wrong. Oh well. I still like the stinky noisy fleabags anyway.

God bless the Canuckistanis. Can't keep water down (yet) but sips of Canada Dry ginger ale is doing me fine.

I thought the kittens might de-freak a bit as they grew, but I was wrong. Oh well. I still like the stinky noisy fleabags anyway.

Getting ready to take my DH and daughter to the airport for their month trip to Greece - sadly I'm excited about the training time I'll be able to get in.  I'm gonna be badazz for a month with no guilt about not being the best mum/wife etc.

Riding outside isn't much happening, piglet Andrew is just back from the states and is going again next week.  He trains the trainers over there in Kettle bells etc.  He is also training a group doing the Spartan race here on Sunday mornings so riding is out while he runs up and down mountains - sigh he is a hottie.

BUT I am no longer worried about the bike - I can't believe it, the fear is gone.  I'm training inside, in zone 2 for now.  If the weather's nice I get a little ride on the road but it's more for bike handling than anything.

Race is 11 weeks away - it's a B race so I'm training right up until race day and I'm gonna smash myself on the swim and the bike and see what falls out for the run!

Oh in addition to guilt free training, I've got guilt free computer time, that's pod time, working for Macca time and facebook time.  Not to mention reading whatever I've got which is a lot.

Oh and while on the trainer it's time to download some tv - I've never seen Arrested Development nor Breaking Bad.  Let's get that done.

And - myhouse gets cleaned, every drawer and cupboard will be done.  I'm so excited.  Oh sure I'll miss them...

Getting ready to take my DH and daughter to the airport for their month trip to Greece - sadly I'm excited about the training time I'll be able to get in.  I'm gonna be badazz for a month with no guilt about not being the best mum/wife etc.

Riding outside isn't much happening, piglet Andrew is just back from the states and is going again next week.  He trains the trainers over there in Kettle bells etc.  He is also training a group doing the Spartan race here on Sunday mornings so riding is out while he runs up and down mountains - sigh he is a hottie.

BUT I am no longer worried about the bike - I can't believe it, the fear is gone.  I'm training inside, in zone 2 for now.  If the weather's nice I get a little ride on the road but it's more for bike handling than anything.

Race is 11 weeks away - it's a B race so I'm training right up until race day and I'm gonna smash myself on the swim and the bike and see what falls out for the run!

Oh in addition to guilt free training, I've got guilt free computer time, that's pod time, working for Macca time and facebook time.  Not to mention reading whatever I've got which is a lot.

Oh and while on the trainer it's time to download some tv - I've never seen Arrested Development nor Breaking Bad.  Let's get that done.

And - myhouse gets cleaned, every drawer and cupboard will be done.  I'm so excited.  Oh sure I'll miss them...

The company was started by a triathlete who's also a graphic artist - so to me, it's a win/win! 

I love both of them... I need to make a decision on ONE of them though (cuz I also need to buy a few pairs of shoes... )

I totally understand this whole post...and I will be vicariously living your month .

I am about to head off to my race.  9:00 a.m. start - but I am in Wave 5.  I should be entering the water at about 9;15.  I plan on a 28 minute swim - with transition should be on the bike at 9:45 a.m. PST.  

I will be starting my live tracking app at that time.  If you want to follow my race progress - go to http://www.sportstracklive.com/

You don't need any membership or invite - my race will pop up on the home screen.  Now if a lot of people start tracking after I do - My live track will probably get pushed from the home page.  I'm not sure if you can search for my username or not (I think you can).  It's the same as my BT username.  

Be warned - This race is in the mountains, and there is at least 1 pocket where I get no cell signal.  I may still work though, because the GPS feature still works when I lose cell service.  

I will also start the app for my run - which should be 1:20 after the ride (if everything goes according to plan)  

I am stoked - I'm going to crush this race course!  

So, i went out for a 45 mile ride this morning and about 10 miles in a bug hit my mouth - almost swallowed it, and I thought "good thing that wasn't a bee".  Then contemplated how bad things would be if I swallowed a bee.  Of course, about 5 miles later a bee slammed into my face, very close to my mouth, caromed off and impaled itself into my left bicep.  It took me a few seconds before I could get it out of my arm.  By that point, it had deposited a good amount of stingy stuff into my arm.  It made for an ouchy rest of the ride.  Next ride I'm going to think about finding a lot of money and see if I can make that happen too

This is at least the 3d time i've been stung while biking - 1st time a wasp flew down the back of my top and stung me a number of times before I was able to get of the bike and rip off my shirt to get rid of it and the 2d time a bee/wasp flew into my stomach and got caught in my clothing.  That one hurt for days.

Anyway, it got me thinking about the various wildlife encounters I've had while biking. to include: being attacked and chased by geese, having to steer around gators, turkeys, deer running out in front of me, and keeping my fingers crossed that the wild pigs didn't take a dislike to me as i passed.

What type of encounters have you had?  I can't be the only one to encounter attack geese!

Gators, coyotes, bobcats, skunk, possum, armadillos, raccoon, buzzards, snakes (none poisonous yet), hogs, iguana, and the very scary squirrel encounter. I too have been stung, it bounced off my cheek and into my jersey. Stung me on the stomach, but it paid dearly! I have also been dive bombed by a hawk and buzzed by a bald eagle. The eagle was cool, it stayed above me and cruised along the same speed as me for a few seconds. That was the best one for me.

Never geese, I can only hope.