Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) (Page 21)

Ack!  Looks like we posted at about the same time.

I'm glad that you had a pain free run yesterday. 

Sorry about the current pain and migraine status

I did some retail therapy this morning . I bought a O'side finishers jacket (I was waiting for them to be marked down) and signed up for BolderBoulder. Still contemplating the bike...

I did some retail therapy this morning . I bought a O'side finishers jacket (I was waiting for them to be marked down) and signed up for BolderBoulder. Still contemplating the bike...

a dear friend posted this on my FB with the caption: Indonesia's First Iron Woman!

hahaha

i do feel like this most days right now.

Oh, get the bike.  I'm told that bike technology* is currently changing enough that it's worth an upgrade about every five years.  You are past due for a bike technology upgrade!  ;-)

* This was specifically referring to road bikes.  I think that tri bikes maybe in a similar place.  I think that mountain bikes may actually be moving faster with 26, 29 and now 27.5s...

Oh, get the bike.  I'm told that bike technology* is currently changing enough that it's worth an upgrade about every five years.  You are past due for a bike technology upgrade!  ;-)

* This was specifically referring to road bikes.  I think that tri bikes maybe in a similar place.  I think that mountain bikes may actually be moving faster with 26, 29 and now 27.5s...

Long tough day but not in the usual ways. It's not 'til I get back to Bali that I realize how deeply fatigued I am. Spent most of the last three days sleeping. Really needed to. So today was travel day back to Jakarta and I'm still exhausted.

A good friend of mine, someone close in our Bali circle, died today. It wasn't totally unexpected--she'd been in hospital in Hawaii--but she'd been rallying back and we were hoping for the best. Not to be. I'm worried about her dogs, whom she adored, but I know our Bali friends are taking care of her affairs. She didn't really have family so we were her family.

Long tough day.

Be sure to wear your helmet.  It gets messy in there.

Some ahole just posted about Pop Tarts in there so now of course I HAVE TO have one. But you can't have just one. They come in foil packets of two.

Good morning all!  Swimming question for the masses.  I swim in a 25yd pool, and last night was averaging between 2:02 and 2:20/100 yds.  With my bum knee I wasn't really pushing off very had, basically using just one leg, and I don't do flip turns.  It's my first season do any sort of swim training, what do you think of my progress?  I've always know how to swim, and starting focusing on it in January.  My initial times were closer to 3:00/100 yds. 

Also, what you do experienced swimmers average for times?  Just curious as to how my fitness level ranks with others.

Thanks!

Therein lies the key to my dihlemma. If I'm going to do this I want it to be a true improvement, not just new for new's sake. This weekend I'll go to a shop owner I know and trust. His website even talks about doing a fit or "sizing" to make sure the correct brand/model is chosen. Yet on Ann-Marie's other hands I want to get last year's model for better pricing which could limit my options.

I'm going to share this because I was shocked and a little ticked and curious if this happens more often than I thought.

So I started out walking for 5-6min to warm up for my run tonight. My 4mi loop goes through our subdivision for a bit. I don't run with ear buds, but I have Pandora playing on my phone. As I got to a 4-way stop, I heard and saw a few boys jumping on a trampoline across the street. They weren't very old 7-12 y/olds. As they were coming up over the backyard wall, they were yelling things...didn't pay much attention til I got closer. I turned my phone down a bit and heard "I want to eat your pu$$y" several times and in various voices. I ignored for a minute as I was going by...but it continued with a few other things thrown in. I paused my runkeeper and turned of volume as I walked back and pretended to look for something on the ground. This time it was "Hey, girl! I want to....." Ugh! I turned across the street and headed for the house (it was on a corner).

 By the time I got to the front of the house, they whole group was racing down the sidewalk to another house. The boy in the back looked no more than 7 and he was scared. LOL!!! Good!  I started to follow them, but decided to go to the house where it happened. The mom was coming out as I went up the driveway, and she looked very puzzled. I asked her if there was a group of boys on a trampoline that just ran out of her house to confirm it was them. Then I told her what had happened. She apologized, and I asked that she talk to them about their behavior.  Part of me wanted to take more time and ask her to get them to face me, but I'll save that for if it happens again.

There weren't any kids in any backyards when I passed on the way home. I can only hope that there was a discussion at least. Even if not, I know it scared them enough to run.  It really came down to letting them think it was ok to talk to a woman like that...any woman/girl.

Sooooo...has this happened to anyone else? What did you do....or what would you do?

Long tough day but not in the usual ways. It's not 'til I get back to Bali that I realize how deeply fatigued I am. Spent most of the last three days sleeping. Really needed to. So today was travel day back to Jakarta and I'm still exhausted.

A good friend of mine, someone close in our Bali circle, died today. It wasn't totally unexpected--she'd been in hospital in Hawaii--but she'd been rallying back and we were hoping for the best. Not to be. I'm worried about her dogs, whom she adored, but I know our Bali friends are taking care of her affairs. She didn't really have family so we were her family.

Long tough day.

As usual, normal nutty banter in here.

Erin, I had the unfortunate experience of hearing my own son using such language. He was young (10ish) and hanging out with older cousins (on his Dad's side ). We can all hope our children wouldn't do such a thing but at least I was able to explain to him why it's wrong and hopefully the parents of your offenders will do the same.

I think I'm finally getting my mojo back! Yesterday I was going nuts having missed my training so I did an easy run and felt no pain in the calf. Unfortunately this morning I woke with the pain again, same not worse, and was dizzy from my migraine meds so I postponed todays training to this afternoon. But I'm stoked that I don't feel the urge to just blow it off anymore! Yay! Me thinks my post-O'side slump is finally gone!

Happy hump-day all!

Darn rude little punks!  Good on you for saying something to their mother, bad habits need squashed early.  Words have consequences.

Long tough day but not in the usual ways. It's not 'til I get back to Bali that I realize how deeply fatigued I am. Spent most of the last three days sleeping. Really needed to. So today was travel day back to Jakarta and I'm still exhausted.

A good friend of mine, someone close in our Bali circle, died today. It wasn't totally unexpected--she'd been in hospital in Hawaii--but she'd been rallying back and we were hoping for the best. Not to be. I'm worried about her dogs, whom she adored, but I know our Bali friends are taking care of her affairs. She didn't really have family so we were her family.

Long tough day.

Long tough day but not in the usual ways. It's not 'til I get back to Bali that I realize how deeply fatigued I am. Spent most of the last three days sleeping. Really needed to. So today was travel day back to Jakarta and I'm still exhausted.

A good friend of mine, someone close in our Bali circle, died today. It wasn't totally unexpected--she'd been in hospital in Hawaii--but she'd been rallying back and we were hoping for the best. Not to be. I'm worried about her dogs, whom she adored, but I know our Bali friends are taking care of her affairs. She didn't really have family so we were her family.

Long tough day.

Big hugs! Love that you are thinkin' of the pets, too. Love that big heart of yours.

A bad morning at work = a good mid day run

I'm here to make you feel better, LOL!  I swim in a 25 meter pool and am usually around a few seconds +-2 min/100 for a 100, more than 2 min/100 if the distance is more.  I'm pokey compared to most, but a little faster than a few.  Sure I'd love to be faster and keep working on better form, but there is a part of me that wonders what makes some folks that much faster.  Last week I was having a pretty fast-for-me day when some teenage piglets jumped in and reminded me just how slow I really am.  I watched them with awe, wonder and envy - they made it look so effortless and went so fast!

Hang in there, keep practicing, and take any advice Yanti gives - she's a real fish!  Jo is pretty fishy, too!

I'm just gonna post this here:

http://talk.brooksrunning.com/2013/05/08/running-is-racy-survey-finds-majority-believe-running-benefits-couples/

But I'll tell you what not to do. Don't ever say, "Babe, do you want to get in bed and listen to the Sarah McLachlan Surfacing album?" 

Apparently that is a turn off?