Yanti & Salty Beyond Ridiculous Manatees PART 6--CLOSED (Page 20)

WOOHOO!

DFL, my azz.

Hey all, completed my 10k mud/obstacle race....1:34:00 or something....not bad...though I seem to have bruised my left hammy (stupid marine hurdles!) and pulled my right calf muscle....so I am happily hobbling around, trying to finish up the costumes.

While I love doing tris, I think I have more fun doing mud runs...something about the atmosphere of them; that and the challenge on the obstacles--doing more than you think is possible...

Thanks for all the well wishes Manatees.  I am home; powdered, puffed and eating pizza and drinking a beer!  I messed up my Garmin, so I have no idea what my time was and I haven't checked the website yet. 

I will write a RR soon, but here's a little hint: during the run, I changed the words to the  song  "the wheels on the bus go round and round ' to "the wheels on the bus are coming off, off, off!"

It was great to "meet" Chris.  He was nice enough to find me on the course and cheer for me!

Hey all, completed my 10k mud/obstacle race....1:34:00 or something....not bad...though I seem to have bruised my left hammy (stupid marine hurdles!) and pulled my right calf muscle....so I am happily hobbling around, trying to finish up the costumes.

While I love doing tris, I think I have more fun doing mud runs...something about the atmosphere of them; that and the challenge on the obstacles--doing more than you think is possible...

That's cool Kate!  Must post pics of all the muddyness!

Ooooh yeah, it's allllllll true! It was great getting to meet you guys. I thought I was going to get stood up wooomp wooomp woooomp. Wouldn't be the first time!

I apparently failed in Canadian pop culture but in my defense I do:

1. Know what highway one is (with the 1 and the Canadian leaf, right?? I  mean eh?)

2. Play hockey

3. I forgot to mention but I slept on the side of the road in Vancouver once ... long story

of course we had beers. That's a silly question.

Hi Manatees!!  Had a great time at the 10k yesterday.  Super fun race with lots of costumes.  It was REALLY windy.  Ended up changing the location of the after party to be inside.  It was right next to our hotel, so that was nice.

The rain from Hurricane Sandy just started at home. We are prepared with lots of bottled water, canned food, a camp stove, and flashlights. There’s a good chance we’ll lose power - we seem to with every storm that has strong wind - and possibly water.

I am off work tomorrow and am keeping the baby home from daycare. Hubby still has to go to work, but it is about 10 minutes away, so it shouldn’t be too bad.

I’ll keep you updated when I can.

Eek!  Be safe, Jen.  Glad you had fun at your race!  How is your wrist doing?

As you said - you'll probably get 2 inches of rain!  But the stores will have done well with sales of canned goods and bottled water.

Meh, if they are not open, you are a doctor, pull 'em out yourself

Ok, back home where I have more reliable internet connection.  Reece, nice to hear from you.  Hope your relay went well.  Ann Marie, so sorry your swim got cancelled, but sounds like you had a great race!  Can't wait to read the RR.  Kate, you make me want to try one of those races for sure.  I think it would be a hoot.  Jenn, hope your race went well and same to Janyne on your ride!

So, I go to these agility trials with my SO.  They are always looking for volunteers--sometimes the dogs knock the bars off the jumps and you have to put them back up, when the bigger dogs run you have to put more bars on the jumps to make them higher, etc.  I usually volunteer at some point, because they feed you lunch.  So yesterday, I signed up to set the chute.  The chute is basically a barrel with a piece of fabric on the end that the dogs run through.  After they go through, the fabric is all twisted up, so you have to straighten it out so the next dog doesn't get caught.  I made the mistake of volunteering for several height classes, for a total of about 150 dogs.  I made up a song, too Ann Marie..."This is the class that never ends, it just goes on and on my friends, some people started running it not knowing what it was..." Ok, hold that thought.

We got back to the hotel and were going to go out for dinner, but I wanted to go for a bit of a run.  Of course, it is pouring out, it has been pouring all day.  So off I go, just 30 minutes, absolutely soaked at the end, but it was a good run.  We go out for dinner, sat for an hour or so.  I get up and I am feeling a little stiff.  Strange, I didn't run that far/fast.  I do some stretching and figure it was just the cold/wet.  This AM I get up and my hamstrings are KILLING me.  WTF?  Takes me an hour to realize...I did about 150 squats yesterday!  Get up from chair, walk to chute, crouch down, straighten chute, get up.  Holy cr@p.  Went out tonight for a short, slow, easy run to try and work some stiffness out...hopefully feeling better tomorrow!

Congratulations. I'm glad you had a good time. I hope you recover quickly from your injuries.

Hi Manatees!!  Had a great time at the 10k yesterday.  Super fun race with lots of costumes.  It was REALLY windy.  Ended up changing the location of the after party to be inside.  It was right next to our hotel, so that was nice.

The rain from Hurricane Sandy just started at home. We are prepared with lots of bottled water, canned food, a camp stove, and flashlights. There’s a good chance we’ll lose power - we seem to with every storm that has strong wind - and possibly water.

I am off work tomorrow and am keeping the baby home from daycare. Hubby still has to go to work, but it is about 10 minutes away, so it shouldn’t be too bad.

I’ll keep you updated when I can.

Coffee with Macca booked for next Saturday - he'd better bring mrs Macca or I won't be held accountable for him not making it to the start line Sunday morning......

Crowie is up there too, signing his book - yes I'll be getting one of those!  After all without me he couldn't have won IM Melbourne - special needs on the bike that's all I'm saying....