Beth and Yanti's Manatees Mentor Group--FULL! (Page 18)

Thank you!!!

H20 temp's about 66. Should be perfect--hoping for no wind!

BunnyB - 2008-05-09 9:47 PM

Fielding - 2008-05-09 6:14 PM Do you guys ever have those days where it occurs to you that you've completely lost your mind with this whole training thing?

Daily!

and

as I often say

GMTA!  

GOOD LUCK YANTI!! 

Have Fun

Sounds like ROAD TRIP to me....let me check the flights to California for December 

We are by far the most active group!  The most pages anyone else has has like 7!

Yanti! How was your race? (It was today, right?)

I did really good this week for my manatee challenge.  I hit 3 days of being in bed by 10! I def noticed a difference in my energy level.

Good luck on your race tomorrow Yanti!  I am sure you will give it all you've got!

You California people are killing me.  It seems like you can find a race any weekend you want one in a location that is no more than a drive away.  For me to do a late October, November or December marathon, I need to travel to Philly, Richmond or Vegas!  Fun, but definitely not cheap or convenient.  So where are you all going to be?

Yeah, post-event depression is definitely real!!  Tons of threads on here about that. The only fix is another event!  So when's the next one?  It seems like it is taking soooooo long for actual tri season to get here!  And spring, too.  It was chilly this morning on my ride but I wore shorts anyway.  I hear there's a chance of sun sometime in the next month.   

Hopefully on Monday afternoon I will be riding the full route around Lake Washington--60-ish miles!  It will definitely kick my azz cuz it is HILLY!  Cross your fingers for me that it will all work out.  I will be gone next weekend, so it will have to represent two long rides for me.  I did ride my nemesis hill this morning, after 26 miles of riding, and had to stop to get my HR under control about halfway up. I was really mad that I'd had to stop, but I was able to finish the hill after a minute of rest, so I guess that's better than walking.  I live on a plateau, so there's no way to ride from home without a killer hill coming back.  This is the first time this season I have ridden off the plateau, so I am getting braver. Usually I have been driving and parking at the bottom!  Next time, I will get up it without a break.  Mentally it is such a challenge, and it really only took a total of three minutes to get up it.  It's just straight up for 1/2 mile!!  Anyway enough about the dang hill.

I hope Yanti is out there having fun and that everyone else is having a fun weekend and training hard!! Anybody else racing?  I've had such a busy week that I've barely had time to skim the forum!

Next event is a 10K on July 1.st a sprint on the 6th of july and another on the 13th of july busy 13 days

Come to Philly and race with me

Hi there Sunshine!

WTG in your challenge  

you buying???

that would be fun, wouldn't it! 

LOL!

Sounds like it's worth talking about!  

It's pretty tough finding hills to ride in NE - pretty darn flat

Very nice job on your ride Leslie!  It seems to me that you did the right thing and stopped and listened to your body - and more impressive, you tackled your nemesis!  Now that takes some guts!

You are getting braver and stronger every day - so focus on that and not the fact that you had to stop and rest for a moment.

We'll be keeping our fingers crossed that your ride on Monday works out! 

Hopefully knowing that those are out there and coming up will help motivate you -

I haven't personally experienced the post event depression, but have seen enough people go through it to know it's real

Hang in there - be kind to yourself and you will get your mojo back!  

hope it's feeling better today

Remember ice is your friend

HEY, MANATEES!!!

I thought about you all today ... A LOT! (I kept chanting to myself, "Do as I say, not as I do ... " heh heh ...)

Thanks for the wonderful wishes and great support. I see a lot of awesome stuff going on in the thread and will get to it in due time if I indeed have anything to add to Bethie's great words of wisdom.

Here's the RR:

http://beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=114248&posts=1#M1394405 

It was not my best week in sticking to the challenge.  On the positive side, I juiced three times which was more than I was shooting for.  Didn't make a dent in the other two.  It was a stressful week fo me, but that is no excuse.....oh well, at least tomorrow is Monday and I can start again....... hope everyone else did great!

My goals:

1. Juice twice a week which for me is some combo of vegetables/fruits.

2. Avoid mindless eating at my computer or kitchen counter (e.g. cereal, chips, chocolate something) Monday-Thursday. Weigh things out if I have to to break the cycle. Hate that!

3. Give myself 5 minutes of thinking time before reach for a snack when I get home from wherever.  that should be enough time to determine if I am hungry or simply going for something out of habit.

Nice job Suzy - and it's understandable if you didn't meet all of your goals - stress can do that

way to look at the positive side of things and focus on what you did do, rather than what you didn't do!