Mad Manatee Mentors, Part 2! CLOSED (Page 2)

Haha, yes I did. Except I was wearing snowboarding socks but that was a blessing as it was cold and rainy out. 

Well folks the numbers don't lie....

January Totals I did take nearly two weeks off.....just been slack to be honest.  February is gonna be huge.

Run - 8hours - 70km

Swim - 7 hours - 25km

Bike - 4 hours - who cares how far?!!!

So clearly it's the bike that I don't love!  hehe!

My aim for Feb - Bike to be bigger than swim and run.  Consistency is key.  Tonight it's long run 2 and a half hours.  Saturday 3 hours on the trainer let's download me some Kona to watch.  Also OWS about 2.5km

Sunday - 1 hour trainer and 10km off the bike. 

Here's to a FABULOUS February for you!!! Maybe the lack of fire water and the assistance of built in child care will help

Hi manatees!  Time to chime in for the new thread. 

Jen - aw, so close to making your running goal in Jan.!  If not for your toe injury and being sick you would've blown that away!

Salty - dang, girl, you continue to awe and amaze with your running times.  Love how you did your workout in snowboard socks!

Jo - here's to a great month of training in Feb! (toasting you with water!)  Speaking of toasting, what is the typical Australian saying or word when toasting?  A friend of mine loves to 'collect' such words/phrases, and I'm always looking to help add on!

TJ - that is so cool that your son is taking to the workouts so easily.  No doubt you will get him drawn into tri madness!

My Feb. goals are to start my half marathon training, which will include teaching my brain that I can and will indeed do this.  13, ok, 13.1 miles seems so daunting.  Next goal is to get on my bike more, I've sadly been neglecting that discipline.  Speaking of neglecting disciplines, I need to get my pool membership renewed to make sure I didn't forget how to swim, so perhaps that will be a goal as well for this month.  And of course my ongoing goal of getting out in my kayak at least once a month.

Asalzwed - 2013-01-31 9:41 AM

bcraht - 2013-01-31 10:10 AM Huh.  Lookit that.  The Canucks beat the Avs again.  And I got to see it live and in person.  My mom volunteers for the 50/50 groups and gets free tickets now and again.  She couldn't go last night, so SO and I got to . 

Awesome!

Full disclosure, I used to be an Avs fan. Had a Patrick Roy poster and everything. 

Both of these things make me sad.   

This almost brings a tear to my eye....  Why do you guys keep trying to make me cry?  

rrrunner - 2013-01-31 9:03 AM

bcraht - 2013-01-31 9:10 AM Huh.  Lookit that.  The Canucks beat the Avs again.  And I got to see it live and in person.  My mom volunteers for the 50/50 groups and gets free tickets now and again.  She couldn't go last night, so SO and I got to . 

Hey hey now... easy on my Avs...

Well I did about an hour twenty on the drainer this morning to get my bike time to at least where it was for December (missed it by like 20 seconds ). The cool part, though, is that my time is about the same but my miles are higher! Yea!

I am definitely feeling yesterday's swim. Interestingly my right bicep is sore, my left bicep is slightly less sore but my left lat is sore

I'm about 3 months in to HIM training, with 8 weeks to go. I am noticing some muscle definition that I've not had before. Also all my clothes, even my skinny clothes, are loose. I hope my suits fit me for trial in a couple weeks

Someone, I think ChrisM, posted the following elevation graph of the Oceanside bike course and I'm including my elevation graph, again, from my ride a couple weeks ago. I'm a bit nervous about the Oceanside hills but know that being at sea level will work in my favor (that's favour for those of you across the pond) too to some extent  as well. Thoughts?

Could just be that one arm is stronger than the other....you could be pulling harder with one arm.  Also, do you favor one side while breathing?  I'm a left side breather almost exclusively...I notice when breathing the stroke changes a bit, which causes me to use different muscles..  Just some ideas.  

After you have worked on this for a couple weeks - will you get us some more videos...would love to see them.  

I swim with 'swimmers' - I feel very inadequate and humbled then I go to the public pool and I rip up that fast lane!  I too want to be labelled a 'swimmer'.

Wow--take a bit of time off from computer-ing and a new thread starts! 

I have been doing all my workouts like a good Kate, started my LAST semester of college, and dealing with accreditation prep work like a madwoman at the zoo...so I have been just looking and not posting on the computer. Accreditation inspection is over as of tomorrow, school is going to be busy, but not crazy, and my working out will be...well...it isn't going to get any less so, but I plan on staying on track...So off I go to update my training log for the rest of January. 

I'll also try to keep up with the thread better..as for February, on the 16th I have my longest strictly running race ever--the Escape From Folsom 10 Miler..I just got a new pair of trail running shoes (Innov8 X-Talons), they are on the slightly minimal side (not completely), and I think that it is the way to go for my running, cause if I run in that type of shoes, there is no hip pain any more! AWESOME! No stoppin' me now! 

Artemis - 2013-01-31 2:57 PM I got in a run after work! Ran exactly 30 minutes on the treadmill (2.15 miles), which got me to 25 miles of running for the month.  My OCD is happy.  

Heehee! Nice going

Weekend plans besides training of course....

We are dogsitting for our neighbours up the road so Rosie is coming to stay for a couple of nights - she's adorable.  Some kind of cattle dog looks like a chocolate lab cross.

Artemis has tri training at 8am!  I may get my run in while she does that....

OWS at 4pm Saturday - party Sat night with my friend Nicki.

Sunday - trainer ride for hours and hours as long as I can bear it!  Sunday afternoon a cultural time with my daughter...we are going to the theatre dahling!  Chitty Chitty Bang Bang the musical - we are both very excited!

That's it - it will be Monday in the blink of an eye!

I was going to try to read and comment more, but who am I kidding? I've had two sick guys in my bed for the last week. I'm tired. And the docs still don't know what's wrong with my boy.

I got in the longest swim of my life last night (really 1850 is the longest straight swim ever) and put in an hour on the stationary bike tonight. It's a bare bones kinda week.

Fingers crossed for some improvement going into the weekend.

Healthy wishes to your boys--I hope the docs can figure out what's wrong. Great job on the swim though!

My guess is that the shop doing the fit also carries aero bars.  It might be good to tell them you want to add bars and see what they suggest.  They might be able to help find the best ones for you and your bike.

That is so exciting!!  Sounds like you guys have a super busy weekend!  Hope it's great.  

Great job on the swim!  Hope that the docs can figure out what is going on soon.  I can't imagine how frustrating that is for you.

So, I bite the bullet and registered to start my Masters Degree. Right now it will be a Masters in Management and Leadership, it should take me about 5 semesters to finish taking 2 classes per semesters. I will start my first class on Feb 11, and second class March 18. They will both be done before I leave Alaska, so no homework on the drive.

I am still kicking in the Tour of Sufferlandria, thus January is a high bike month so far. I am finding with this much riding that some of my weaker muscles are showing and getting a workout. My legs are screaming most days when I wake up. I am still getting at least 2 workouts in a day. For February I am looking at a run focus month. I am going to start a 30 runs in 30 days on February 4. Who else is streaking?? My goal is no less than 2 miles or 20 minutes a day. most will still be on the treadmill as I will have to do more runs in the morning to fit everything in the day.

My January Totals: Bike - 15h 49m 33s all trainer time, Run - 6h 57m 35s - 36.81 miles, Strength 3h. Snowshoeing - 55m. I was not able to get any swim in due to either work or the pool being closed. I will be able to get back to my Masters Swim on Saturday.

Hey Jonathan I am doing a Masters in Leadership and Management too. I have one unit and a project left to complete, should be finished by the end of the year.

I am also streaking, if stringing together days of missing training because of work counts as a streak

my January totals sucked a bit (I basically missed the whole last week of the month)

swim - 1:30hours 3700m

bike - 5:45hours 120km<\p>

run - 2:35hours 17.5km

10 weeks until my OD so really need to step it up this month.

My January totals:

 The run is not where I was hoping it would be (I was at 50+ miles on the 15th of January), because of this stupid cough I still have. But I feel good about the overall training volume.

If my cough were gone, I would join you in streaking this month, but I think I still need to play the run a little conservatively.

This week we have two -- count them TWO -- Racing Manatees!

February 2-3
Salty - Tubbs Romp to Stomp Snowshoe Race in Steven's Pass, Washington on Saturday where it should be mostly sunny with a low of 39 and high of 50
Stacey - Supa Sprint Tri on Sunday.  Stacey did not list the location of the race, however, the weather in the Perth area will be hot and sunny with a high of 99 and a low of 63.

Run Salty Run!

Fun Stacey Fun!

Disabled list
Kirsten - Achilles, on the mend but still no running
Darren - low back
Jonathan TX - IT band issues

In other Manatee news, Kate's graduation countdown is at 15 weeks and Jonathan AK has enrolled in a masters program.

Felicia is on deck for next week and we have a whole lotta Manatees racing the rest of the month.  Stay healthy everyone!