Yanti & Lynn: Manatee Madness Mentor Group CLOSED (Page 19)

I am "retiring" from training until May.  I am going to respect my body and do whatever it is in the  mood to  do so that I am moving it 30 min/day.   I want to see where my body takes me, maybe to running, maybe to swimming, maybe to biking.  I am letting my mind and how my body parts feel direct the activity that I will do. No directions, just movement. Its sort of my yoga lifestyle influencing my training.  Respect my body and let it direct me.  Who knows maybe it will want to do an ironman someday.  Today is not that day.

That 8k on Saturday really opened my eyes as to how much fitness I have lost and how much recovery I still need from my 3 marathon insanity (for me it was too much).  i am going to cut my losses with the coach and the registration fees and let my body guide me.  I truly was healthier and thinner before I ever did my 1st event in 2006.  Its been down hill from there.  I need to regain some fitness and stop beating my body so much pushing in a direction its not ready to go right now.

If you want to kick me out of the manatees, I will understand. (notice I put that in smaller print so that you maybe you don't notice this).

So... how did you end up at Davidson anyway?

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It's a hard thing to be injured and I am sure that you have made the right decision for you. 

p.s. I don't think anyone will want to kick you out!  Geez!

They are! Although I hear Danskin's tops are great. Anyhow, starting out in tri with big boobs and wanting to cover my belly and not have a tri top ride up, I actually bought some men's tri tops ... because men have longer torsos (in general), they are cut longer.

Most major manufacturers list the specs for their specific types of tri-tops -- may want to measure yourself (over boobs and belly if you have one, not straight from shoulder to hip) and see how that fits with the length for the tri-top posted.

Hahaha! Nice try! If you want to get rid of us, you will have to try a lot harder ... honestly, all of the above is so beautiful it brings a tear to my eye. That attitude--all of it--means health, whole health, for LIFE.

And it's something I need to pay very, very close heed to myself. As per my post last page (about pain and illness), you are now the Head Yanti Thwacker. (Feel free to flipper-thwack any other Manatees in danger of trespassing beyond the boundaries of their bodies too).

Ah yes, you are a Carolinian (currently, anyway!) Actually, Davidson heavily recruited me. I was one of the hamsters in their push to be a truly national and international top liberal arts institution, and to do that they needed to diversify. A LOT. It's gotten much better since I went there (I've visited several times hence and remain in close touch with several professors and many alumni), but it was pretty difficult to be part of the gateway group, so to speak.

I can certainly understand why it would be an adjustment!  It's a beautiful area but not exactly cosmopolitan -- no way to get to Charlotte without a car, etc.   It's very cool that you were recruited!  What fun

I'm really proud of you Allen -- Keep remembering how great you feel after exercise and how those cigs won't prolong that feeling!

Ditto--no one gets out THAT easily....just not happening. You can be our chief Thwacker (special Yanti word).

I definitely have my own, um, unique vocabulary, but thwacker is actually a real word and does mean to thwack. Although ... no lexicographer was probably thinking of a manatee flipper.

Tearing up.   Thank you so much for the support and not judging or pushing.  You made me feel so special!! (even if I have to look it up to see what a thwacker actually is)

 {{Group Melon Presses}}     

Also known as a {MELON PILE}.

So Webster's definition of Thwacker:  One who thwacks.  

Glad I looked that up. Now I know.  

Your avatar and being a Manatee lend themselves perfectly to thwackerhood.

I think learning when and how to take a break is a key part of being a triathlete/athlete/human being. Try not to stress too much and just take it easy and listen to your body.

Salty, you are the EPITOME of this (I really need to get writing about it). I am so ridiculously clueless about such things.

I know you are You just need someone there to keep you in bed every now and again. 

Hmmmmm not sure if that came out the way I meant it or not...

Just saying Hi to all the Manatee's.

As corny as it sounds, new years resolution is run races again this year, had a mental (and good year) last year but it had its tolls!

Hope you are all well, and hello to a fellow brit !

Hey Group,

Hope everyone had a great new year.  Mine was pretty uneventful.  Put the kid to bed and had a few drinks with my wife, she fell asleep before midnight but I lasted.  Woohoo party!

I've been hesitant to jump on any piece of machinery because it seems everything I eat gives me a pretty nasty stomach ache.  It goes away after about 30 minutes but dealing with that puts working out at the bottom of my "sounds like a good idea" list.

I'm hoping to hit a trainer ride tonight for a half hour.  It's pretty cold out and I don't want to risk the "guest door" being locked at my secret gym - only to have to make the drive of shame back home.  I did get an email from the manager regarding setting up a membership... all good free things must come to an end, that and I left a note saying I worked out because nobody was staffing the desk... figured i'd get some slacker the axe in the process :P

Happy new year!

Joel

edit:  Picture of my pet rat... er I mean dog, Peanut.  She's wierd.

I completed my first workout of the "training season"--30 minute run on the treadmill--intervals varying speed and incline--the speed part wasn't so bad, but the (very) few minutes that I had to run at a 2% or more incline, I was getting wiped out! Then, as my gym was crazy busy, I cam home and did the strength part of the workout--it wasn't much, 2-3 exercises for the lower body, then the core, then the upper body--and not just lifting weights--mostly body weight exercises with resistance bands or the exercise ball. All in all, I am happy with my efforts tonight...

Tomorrow brings a bike workout--a simple 1 hour bike ride--rolling hills and low to moderate effort--I think I'll hit our local bike trail, it runs right along the river, with plenty of wildlife viewing opportunities! (Last year I saw quite a few rattlesnakes on the trail--this made me happy!) I will have to watch out for quails though--they like to run DIRECTLY in front of moving bikes...silly-little-pretty-stupid-birds!

Fun day at work today too! I got to help our education dept. "fly" their hawk! Due to his aptitude to flying away, we take a Harris' Hawk out on a creonce to fly him and train him to do specific behaviors--Its cool cause I get to have a hawk land on my hand! Its also cool to watch him fly up and do a flip in the air to catch food bits that we toss him...Sorry, I love to talk about my job--I'm like a goofy schoolgirl about it!

Btw, I'm on Facebook, if anyone wants to friend me, I like to share my zoo stuff and dang near everything else!I friended some people from my last mentor group on there, its been fun to share our adventures in that site as well as BT!--its  Kate Gore--same profile pic as my avatar, and the one from Citrus Heights, Ca (apparently theres a few more of my name out there!)

kgore, I sent a FB friend request.

Yesterday was a 30min run, my heart rate jumped right up my aerobic threshold so I had to throw some walks in.  Today if I can get to the pool will be a short swim, if not, a short bike.  

I may be changing my username, just so you know its still me.

Today is my first day back to work since 12/21 and I was anxious to see how my work clothes fit after the holidays.  Happily, the damage wasn't as bad as I feared   Definitely put on a pound or so, but that is better then I thought it would be.

I woke up this am at 5:30 to get in a 5 mile run, but went back to bed when i found out that with sustained winds of 15-25mph, the wind chill temp was in the 20s!  I can do 30s, but I don't have any clothing appropriate for 20s.  This is not Florida weather.

Hopefully, I can squeeze the run in after work.

Happy Tuesday everyone!

Ann-Marie

Gotcha!  I'm on as well -- click my BT profile and you should be able to friend me from there if you're interested.