Beth and Yanti's New Manatees - FULL! :-) (Page 24)

sounds like a fun weekend on tap!

a movie theatre that sells beer - awesome

get thee to the pool

LOL!  almost as good as the pool is broken  

I resemble that remark 

Steve

Hi everyone,

 Thanks to those that sent some "inspires" this week.... I was still training just had a lite week scheduled, and I didn't have a chance to post during the week

 However, I did something kinda cool for the first time today; since I have my first ever Sprint coming up I wanted to get a since of what to expect physically and mentally so....I decided to bike 12mi {ended up being 11.5} and run 3 {ran 3.25} other than being somewhat stiff coming off the bike at first... once I loosened up on the run it was a great day: I was happy with the pace kept in both:-)

 I am glad I did this it was a big confidence booster in the upcoming race in about 4 weeks

Just started checking the blog again looks like things are going well with the Manatees

 Keep it up

 Chad

Amy darling! You have indeed been doing a great job with the running.

I'm doing pretty well. This was the first week of Ironman training, and I did okay! Missed a swim so far (not a big deal) but that's it.

Not at all. You should have signed up for the meet. Ha ha ha ...

Oh wait. You are actually doing an indoor tri today. My bad. Have a BLAST!!! And just one week after that great du, tu!

It is so, so wonderful to see you back on your feet again after all your patience in healing your knee.

Bethie Love ... you are an AWESOME runner!!!

It's good to see you back in action--you're doing great. You really are a strong soul.

I'm really glad you're over your sickness and not dead from reading the thread (or the sickness )

You do have a crazy crazy lot of stuff on your plate. Good luck with the job decisions and outcomes.

Hope to hear from you again soon!

Hi everyone...hope your weekend is going great.

This weekend I have the following.

This is from my blog.  I am lazy efficient, like Beth taught me... LOL, so it is a cut/paste job.

I stopped by Office Depot on the way home from practice to get a rubber stamp made up.  when I got home I found ALL pictures of me in any Tri gear...especially on the Bike...and I stamped "Dumb-A$$" on the pictures.  I went and found a new bike route the other day and knew it had some hills...but ....Holyfrickinmotherfricker.  Road is 5 miles long for a total of a 10 mile ride....""not today my pissy legged little friend.""  I made 7.5 total and had to stop twice to regain my legs...I am also very new to using bike shoes with Speedplay pedals and I am still working on the clipping/unclipping routine.

This is a route I will ride again (and again) but not until I am in serious Hard Core training for my HIM in Sept.  Practice ran long today so a swim is out.  I am going to change The PLAN for Mon. and substitute a good swim for the 60 min bike since I am biking and running tomorrow.

I am going for my ride/run shortly and the run will be with Dr. GoodHands (fellow Manatee Susan).  I am going to show her how to do some of the running drills that are coming up in her plan...like strides, fartleks and tempo runs.  We will then meet with the other members of our Tri Team and do our regular Sunday 3 miler.  Weather is GREAT here this weekend and I hope everyone else is lucky to get out and do some training.

Steve

Erin:  Hope the movie was fun...A theater with BEER?  Awesome...If they had one of those around here I would take the wife to the movies more often.....who am I kidding.

John:  Hope you have a great race today.

Amy:  Great job on the running.

Chad:  Nice work on your 1st brick.  I know you will be ready for your first race in a few weeks.

Maggy:  Glad you are feeling better and the job thing will work itself out.  There are not many times in our lives we can add 10-15 hours to our schedule and x4 on the stress meter...so HEY...GO FOR IT   

Yanti:  You are the GAL.  First week of IM training in the book.  You ROCK.

Steve

Hi everyone! I too have been AWOL for a couple of weeks! It's crazy how time just gets away from us!! Looks like everyone has been doing ok! Thanks to those of you who send me the "inspires". Those really make me smile. Thanks again!! 

 I want to report on the bike fit that I had done a couple of weeks ago. Here is a link to the place and guy that I went to in Indianapolis: http://www.fittechbylamere.com/index.html

 First of all, Vern was wonderful! I have always been self-conscious about my body and my abilities. One thing I can truthfully say however, is that since losing weight, and meeting my personal goals in tri last year, my confidence level with myself has improved. Vern saw me for what I am- a sophomore year triathlete who wants to improve. He saw my body for what it was and didn't put me in a super aggressive tri position and said that as I continue to change, we can drop me down further and further. Yeah Vern!!

 He had me change into my bike clothes and put me on my bike. He used a computrainer pro trainer for my bike. He did some preliminary measurements and then did some adjustments on my bike. My bike is a roadie- Trek 2100 women's frame. I learned a lot about the women's frame design, needless to say it may be a marketing ploy! Once that was done, then he put a new seat stem and seat on my bike and some aerobars. He did the adjustments necessary for that. Then, he adjusted my cleats on both pairs of my bike shoes. 

 I got the bike home and did a trainer ride. First thing I noticed was fatigue in my quads. He said that is normal because of the new position shifting me forward. Also, there was some lady part pain because of the new position. I've stuck with it and have been on the trainer now 5 times with the new position and yesterday was a breakthrough for me. But before I get into that I want to comment on one of the main reasons why I went to the bike fit. 

 I've mentioned this before, but neck pain, particularly R trap pain, was a reason why I went. Well, Yanti- I think you're the one who said this at one point or another, that that sort of thing will work itself out with more and more time on the bike. You are so right!! And it just so happens that in the newest Bicycling Magazine, it shows exercises that I can work on for this exact problem!! Woo Hoo!! 

 Back to the breakthrough ride yesterday: So, on deck was a 45 min foundation ride (on the trainer for me) to be followed with a 10 min transition run. I did the ride and felt good. Oh, I discovered a new way to pass the time on the boring trainer in the garage. I've been downloading the Age Grouper triathlon podcast and I listened to an episode while on the trainer. AWESOME!! Anyway, ride was great- got off of the bike and went upstairs and hopped on the treadmill and no wobbly bowl-legged legs!! That run was amazing! Since my legs were already warmed up, I could run much faster than if I was just running as my workout. (it usually takes me 20 mins or so just to warm up on a run). That new bike position totally took the work out of my hams and shifted it so that my legs would be fresher. 

 Was the bike fit worth it, so far, yes. I haven't had the bike out on the road yet so I can't say how I'll do handling the bike with the aerobars- but so far, love it!! Sorry about the length of this, but I had two weeks worth of stuff to talk about!! LOL. Happy Sunday to all of you!!

That's great! So overall the bike fit was totally worth it, right? And the fitter was FIST certified, right? I am thinking of having a FIST fit done in the next month or so, I just haven't bit the bullet yet.  

  w00t w00t!

Sam - glad to hear the bike fit went so well!

John - congrats on your race this past weekend AND for getting in the pool!

Steve - nice job on the new route - sounds like if was ummmm fun?

Amy - Nice running!!

Chad - WTG on your brick, it's always a great feeling of accomplishment

Yanti - your training ROCKS!

Erin - it's so awesome to see you running again!!!