Manatee Mayhem Part Deux - 2017 Edition (Page 20)

Well, she still has two family members on Bali but they are more or less en route to Jakarta. She also said, "The Funny Farm and Hobbits are about as far (and up, which could be important) as one can get from Mt. Agung and still be on Bali, so they're in the best situation they can be and they have no intention of leaving regardless."  She also wrote, " If the volcano goes in a HUGE way, it's probably not going to matter much where on the island one is ."

Here's hoping that this is not a major event.

Where is Mutti?

How cool is that?!

I would LOVE to see something like that!

That is so very awesome, love it!

Well I am back in Santa Fe and feeling "normal" for a couple days now.  I know I need to take it easy, but...

I have the Marine Corp Marathon in three weeks (ohcrapIstillneedtobookmyflight).  How would you all bridge from IM to a marathon in 4 weeks?

Lots of rest with some easy bikes and easy swims, maybe some hiking towards the end of next week. Add some speed/intensity work starting the week of the 8th to keep some sharpness. I'm thinking that you have the distance thing covered!

Also, get a massage if you can.

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Melanie - under the weather

Good thoughts for Yanti and her friends and family in Bali.

Scotch flu Mel? :P

Prayers for Yanti and family, and all of Bali.

Feel better Mel!

I've done 1.  It was a lot of fun.  The course was marked with glow sticks which worked well except in those areas where the trail turned and the light was after the turn! In those areas if you weren't near the people in front it was difficult to pick up the trail.  Thankfully, there were only 1 or 2 places like that in the race I did.  I imagine the type of trail would make a difference in regards to how easy or hard it would be to follow as well.  The best advice I can give is to make sure you have a really good light !  And, if your place is anything like mine, have bug spray!!

Pretty much no activity the first week, shed the fatigue of the last event is priority here. The non-weight bearing activities are helpful in getting some movement going without adding stress.Then build up running again as able. I don't see a need to really beat yourself up here as that could bring on the fatigue pretty quick. No particular workouts to get to, but would try to work in going a little faster for short sections either later in week 2, or in week 3. Start with some strides so the motion feels better at least. If anything, that's what to look at, how well you feel running. Don't worry about trying to push a 20 miler or max weekly mileage like in a full build-up. That's getting things backwards. Build up what you're able and that's what you have to go with. Probably not going to have much of a taper because you're not likely to build up a whole lot of volume in this time.

I've run after sunset plenty and had a couple twilight races, but none fully at night. What does the race say?

I ran a Ragnar leg after dark that was on a mtb course. The difficulty was shadows and hidden roots. I would read the description carefully. You don't want to miss a bunch of training due to a sprained ankle. And I agree with a good headlamp!

I am getting ready to do one in the State Park here. It is Halloween themed. I hope it is good weather because I won't be able to do it if it is muddy. I don't want to risk twisting my ankle again. It sounds like tons of fun.