Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) (Page 212)

Mel, I too hope that you are mistaken.  But I will send prayers either way.  Tough thing to deal with on a race.

Kate, that sounds so amazing!  I love that Shanti was there to help you!  I've got your RR bookmarked to read later.

Chris, I also have your RR bookmarked.  Hope you are feeling ok today.

Comfortable on the swim from the first stroke: √

Bike didn't interfere with my run: √

Sub 2:20 run: √ !!!!!

I had a GREAT race.  I laid down a 20km time that was just 2 min more than my open HM PR!  On a 12.5km long run.  Mostly easy consistent training runs work people!

I will write a RR later, but we are off to a BBQ.

Ann-Marie - sorry about the PITA home owners stuff.  ARG!

TJ - Glad that DS1 made it home!  I'm sure that you are having a great visit!

Kat - So sad to hear about Shanti.  Great job on the half marathon!

Chad - glad the race went well

Chris - Oh no!  So sorry to hear about the crash!  Take care of yourself!

Melanie - I'm glad that your race went well but I am sorry to hear that something may have happened to one of the other participants.

Felicia - I'm glad that you are feeling good about the race.  I can't wait to read more about it!

Kirsten - Great job!  Woo hoo!

Oh well I beg to differ - my run didn't suck at all.  The rain held off, it was chilly but no wind - the bay looked incredibly green whereas it's usually a murky browny/grey colour.  I stayed in Z2 - sure it was slow but 12.7km was done.  It was warm enough to wear shorts - I felt good enough to wear shorts.

I came home as it started to rain but donned my gum boots and took Scooby for a play in the park with the other puppies.

Then home to stalk athletes at Roth and Vineman.  Finally got to bed about 1am - and woke up at 5.30 feeling great.

Some days life just works out.

Felicia, I am so glad you had a good race, you truly deserve it. And how awesome that it comes in tough conditions.  Great job!

BOOM!!!

Funny I was reading Brenton Ford's comments on his site www.effortlessswimming.com and he was happy that one of his squad threw up in his set!

Yay!  Can't wait to read the RR.

Sounds like this will make for an interesting RR!

I am so happy to see this.  I love the points that you made about each discipline--swim comfortable from the first stroke, gotta love it when that happens.

Looking forward to the RR for sure.  You're calming my nerves for my HIM this weekend--thank you :)

I did check out the weather for my HIM this weekend at it's supposed to be 75 with 7mph wind.  How freakin awesome is that? 

Lats hurting while extending?  Man, you're in a league of your own.  Strong work.

Way to go Kirsten!

Between reading this and seeing your smiley picture, well, wow, I am so happy to see you're happy. Keep on keeping on!

We had about the same, so it could be that. A big jump where it seemed like the daily highs went up 15-20 degrees in only 2 days. I thought the indoor runs would have helped more than they did. The gym is kind of warm for such an active place. No fans on the treadmill either. I'd work well, sweat way more than I should, so not sure why that didn't translate to outdoors nearly as well as one might think. Seem to be coming around a little though. Just in time as we're supposed to be seeing 90 a good part of the coming week.

What's the weather supposed to be like at the time of your race? Many tend to look at the high when the difference can sometimes be substantial.

http://www.whptv.com/news/local/story/Coroner-investigating-death-during-Catfish/g6qu_qxRQ0uSWWOA91S5qg.cspx?rss=50

Sadly I also got word from friends doing Musselman that someone died Saturday during the Mini Mussel on the bike leg and another racer was seriously injured on Sunday, also on the bike leg (edited to add my friends weren't hurt, it was people we don't know): http://www.fingerlakesdailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=16&id=85227#.UeNO7W3l31I

Melanie and Chris I'm sorry about your negative experiences this weekend.

I'm looking forward to reading everyone's RR once I have a minute.

DS1 and I didn't race. Our 5k was cancelled due to a T-storm. I guess that's to be expected when you plan an evening race during Monsoon Season. We did have a chance to catch up with some friends we hadn't seen in a while, and still got ice cream :-D 

DS2 is still en route to SoCal. Still don't know if the bike is on the same train. :-0

Still contemplating the TT this weekend.

My race forecast is a low of 60 overnight and a high of 75 with 7mph wind.  Woo-hoo!  I just need to make sure I do the right things with training and hydration this week through 4+ days of >90.

I'm really sorry to hear that I had been praying for anyone involved and now will continue to. So tough when these things happen at our races and each one is like its own community, not to mention the multisport community at large.

.  So sad.