Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) (Page 182)

Very nice TJ!

Yes. YES!!!!!!!!! JUDI THE PRETEND-NON-FISHIE wins the prize!!! I *knew* there was something very fishy about you.

I have no idea what the prize will be, but it's going to be something from Chris. I will squeeze it out of him (or just sink my teeth further into his calf until he capitulates).

Piddy piddy! I ruv it. The bike especially of course, but also the beads. Very NM.

Me too! I have a gazillion cotton t-shirts! Tech shirts I use, and regular medals go on the rack where they are rarely seen.

That's awesome! And sounds fun, too.

Originally posted by amd723

Originally posted by blueyedbikergirl

Okay... I really didn't mean for my boobs to be that big this early in the morning. 

Yikes - that's kind of scary. 

Do you change their size according to the time of day ?

Some days I swear they do... but this time, it just seemed like a lot of boobage so early in the morning!

Love this! 

I always like it when races give out something different - that is really a great idea! 

Phew. Survived the weekend. Barely. Some pics in my log.

Looking forward to hearing/reading about all of your races. 

I love races that are done by women for women!

Speaking of, you should read Marathon Woman by Katherine Switzer. Aside from her Boston Marathon fame she did just a ton of work for women in sports. 

Ooooh. Not available on Kindle but there are some inexpensive used copies!

Thanks. And yeah, I tried things like that. Pushing harder up the hills, hoping to spark something. Spinning more in places, pushing a bigger gear, hoping something would get going as I've really been able to build up stronger as intervals go on this year. Especially with the bigger ones. Tried up to the end, but no go. Good to know that someone like Chris will do that too. It wasn't the speed so much as both power and HR. Speed is more taking that effort and putting it out effectively for the various types of resistance. Very course and daily conditions dependent.

WAY TO GO MANATEES!!!  Collectively, we were at <80% and they say that if you can do something good 80% of the time, then that is probably sustainable. 

Special Manatee Congratulations to our 100% club: Chris, TJ, Jayne, Kate, Salty, Judi, and Kirsten.  Extra big flipper flaps to all of you!!!

Thank you to all for making the stalking fun and making my name into a verb!!

FINAL JOGO TRACKING:

Last week one of our Las Cruces agents was asking me about triathlon and mentioned that he doesn't like the idea of riding on the roads for safety reasons. Later that day I sent him a link to an Xterra tri in his area called the Dread Mon. Today he sent me an email asking if I'm doing it. I told him I don't do off-road because I crash. This is from his last email:

You're the devil...     

 You seriously have me considering this.  One question though.  I can swim, but I have never swam distances and it's not like you can just stop and have a breather.  That part of it has me a bit uneasy.  Any suggestions, hints, etc?

So I replied with some ideas... but we may have a new tri convert

Oh yeah, great job all!!!!

Unfortunately, I need to be removed from the 100% club. Sadly enough, I think I was 36/37.

I hear the Yanti can help with that.

I can send you my copy. It was actually passed on to me by a previous Manatee. Maybe we can make a tradition of it.

Oh that'd be cool!

Ummmm... His wife is also an agent and a good friend. Not sure she'd react well to the... um... nibbling aspects

Hmm, good point.  Do they have any 20 something aged sons?????

Ha! Actually they have a 6 year old daughter, which is part of the reason he's hesitant to ride on the roads.

Understandable.