Manatee Mentors 2014 CLOSED Thread 2 (Page 21)

That is a bit close for comfort.  Keeping my fingers crossed the storms keep missing you and your loved ones.

Saw that there were more people killed last night close to you.  Hope you're okay!!

In TN my grandpa had his garden washed away.  Lots of water there.  They had a tornado hit their place a year ago.

Originally posted by mtnbikerchk

Originally posted by laffinrock

Originally posted by amd723

Originally posted by mtnbikerchkLooks like it was a pretty good weekend all around!Judi - congrats on the 10K! You take what the day (and your body) will give you! SUCKS about your LBS. GO FIND A GOOD ONE! Jonathan - ouch on the legs/hydration. It's so tricky but once you get it dialed in you'll be unstoppableKate - another win for the manaTEAM! Sounds like a pretty good day.ME? Yeah, I pr'd my 10K by 3 minutes despite being scared to death that my tendonitis was going to prevent me from being able to walk to the car after. I was, in fact, able to run and walk to the car after with no real pain. Of course then sitting in the car for 10 minutes seized everything up but my PT swears it's getting better! Mondays suck - so I hope you all survive yours as I hope to mine!

Woo Hoo! A 3 minute PR over a 10k is really awesome, congrats!!!!!

Don't know how I missed this ?????.  Dang, Randee, you're amazing!!

WOO HOO!!! THANKS!! I hired Mike Plumb to be my tri coach - YAY! And today was my first swim workout. And a workout it was especially considering I blew off the last 6 weeks in the pool. DUMMY. THEN I sat outside the vet office this am waiting to get cat food at 7:51am because the sign said hours: m, t, th 7am-7pm, w, f 8am-6pm. Yeah, I thought it was Wednesday. D'OH!! Have a good day all - hope it gets better than that

Hey. At least you were up and presumably dressed at 7:51am

CONSPANKULATIONS RANDEETEE!!!

Yikes.

Very sad to be seeing the news about those areas.

We made it okay.  The folks just east of us weren't so lucky.  

Originally posted by mtnbikerchk

Originally posted by MadMathemagician

We made it okay.  The folks just east of us weren't so lucky.  

So happy you're ok. So sad for those hit

Same here. Thanks for checking in.

Whew. I'm back. Been keeping up via email but haven't caught up on RR's yet.

I have a question for you bike brainiacs. DH and I went to the annual bike swap over the weekend. I scored a new pair of bike shoes for $25! The problem... I didn't look at the bottom. They are set up for the Look system and I am running the SPD system. So I figure my options are 1) waste/donate $25 worth of bike shoes and stick with mine, 2) switch to Look or SPD-SL (i think those would work wouldn't they) 3) I think I saw an adapter somewhere.

I'm not unhappy with the SPD system but hear good things about the SPD-SL. My old shoes are getting tired. That's why I was so excited to find the marked down shoes at the bike swap (don't recall what brand they are). Also need to consider the fact that I will have to run in them during races (I don't leave my shoes clipped in).

Thoughts?

Are they smooth bottomed road shoes or mtb shoes?  Not all road shoes can fit SPD so that's the first thing (the holes screw the cleats in may not work).  Secondly, if you switch to SPD-SL on your tri bike, what will you do with your mountain bike?  Use your tired old shoes?

Originally posted by IndoIronYanti

Originally posted by mtnbikerchk

Originally posted by MadMathemagician

We made it okay.  The folks just east of us weren't so lucky.  

So happy you're ok. So sad for those hit

Same here. Thanks for checking in.

X 2.  Keeping your area in my thoughts - based on our weather in CO, I'm guessing there's still more to come.  Take care. 

They are smooth bottomed shoes. The SPD's will not work unless I buy an adapter (think i saw one online). As for the MTB, I do have some MTB shoes I rarely wear, but then I rarely ride the MTB

Some scenes from my trip to Moab. We spent most of the time wheeling (with a little hiking) but I was able to squeeze in some time to run and bike.

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Got my first couple runs back in the books. Damn it feels good to run! It's crazy how much I miss it after just a few days! Taking a nice easy week then building into ... uhhh, well, building into something. 

Also, here is my Boston Marathon Race Report

Those are awesome!

I've gotten bitten by the hiking bug again it seems. Been spending some time on outsideonline drooling. 

Gorgeous!!  Thanks for sharing!  (Makes me a little jealous....)

Hey all.  Back from vaca (awesome family trip) where it was tough to connect.  Lots happened here!  I'll comment as I'm able to catch up...

On this end, it looks like my season is in trouble.  My knee won't go more than a couple miles running, despite a rest period and easy ramp.  So, while I can do a couple miles at a time (so, lots of short runs in my future - which is better than the couch!), I can't do anything like "train."  

We'll see what a season without racing (might complete a couple, if I can get the distance back on the run - even without the speed) is like, as racing is my thing. Or maybe I'll be able to get back on track for the second half - we'll see.

Ugh - all that winter base evaporating…  At least I'm in shape for bikini season.  

Matt

Well, crud, Matt.  That stinks.  I suppose if you get desperate, you could do some tri relays and have somebody else do the running.  It wouldn't be the same but at least you'd be doing something that remotely resembles racing without killing yourself.  Wouldn't advise fishing in a bikini, though.  Could lead to a nasty sunburn.

Very beautiful!  Someday I'll get there, until then I will drool over you and Erin's pics...

Have you seen any medical-type people about your knee?  PT? ART? Ortho? Doctor?  Sorry to hear your season is possibly in jeopardy, could you at least do sprint distance races?  I know, far from 'racing' if you are used to and prefer the long stuff but it's something, which as you said, is better than nothing.

So you are over your illness?  Glad to see ya back!

HELP!!!

Very upset, what to do? Lovely cat (not mine) with spinal cord injuries, my dogs were having a go at it (didn't break skin and left it alone right away when I yelled). Not sure if they did it or two dogs that are skulking about my gate (or even if cat had accident/got hit and then crawled under).

It's now trapped in the hood compartment of my car, cannot get it out, have a box with smelly wet food in it by nearest wheel well. Watching from kitchen window. Cat can only drag itself by front legs--can move quite quickly but not far.

Any ideas on how to get it out? (Plan to take it to emergency vet, they are waiting).

unfortunately cat is literally in between/underneath hoses, cables, and partially covered by car battery. It stuck itself in there. I could poke it with a broom or squirt it with water?

Thanks hon, (how're ur legs) unf. not possible--really stuck in there. Might be able to get a rope threaded around him--am gonna wait just a little while to see if it'll come out and/or reinforcements arrive.