Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) (Page 242)

Hi, my name is TJ and I'm a race addict...

Seriously, I think I suffer from FOMO, fear of missing out. The upcoming races that I want to do (of course I won't do all of them...maybe):

Wow!  People thought I was over doing it when I was on a once a month race schedule:0 

God bless you, Jo. God bless you.

Attention all AG NAT Manatees looking to meet up. Ima let you know where I will be, and if you choose to accept, can join me for any of it. PM me for my number if you are interested

1. I'll be in Chicago Wednesday night - Friday morning. I am meeting Monica for a run, poutine and beer. I'm also planning on doing some quasi-touristy things (mostly oriented towards art/design/architecture) Oh yeah, Dougs Dogs and some deep dish pizza place is on my list (can't remember the name right off.)

2. Meeting switch to do the practice swim in Milwaukee on Friday. I believe this is between 11:00-1:00 and we have not yet nailed down a time but I prefer a little later. After that we have to take our bikes to transition. THEN at some point dinner and beer. I know ya'll triathletes are super picky about that stuff. I am not. So, if you prefer to pick a location I am in. 

3. Post race on Saturday I have all intentions of riding the mechanical chili pepper at La Perla  the freekin' thing has a live web cam, you should all watch. We don't have to eat at La Perla but riding the pepper is a must. I was also told getting Kopps, Cafe Lulu and Maria's Pizza are all very important. 

Wow!  People thought I was over doing it when I was on a once a month race schedule:0 

Just got pics back from my race weekend at Tenby. One photo stuck out from the rest, for all the wrong reasons.

I look about 80 years old

did you win your age group?

Attention all AG NAT Manatees looking to meet up. Ima let you know where I will be, and if you choose to accept, can join me for any of it. PM me for my number if you are interested

1. I'll be in Chicago Wednesday night - Friday morning. I am meeting Monica for a run, poutine and beer. I'm also planning on doing some quasi-touristy things (mostly oriented towards art/design/architecture) Oh yeah, Hot Dougs and some deep dish pizza place is on my list (can't remember the name right off.)

2. Meeting switch to do the practice swim in Milwaukee on Friday. I believe this is between 11:00-1:00 and we have not yet nailed down a time but I prefer a little later. After that we have to take our bikes to transition. THEN at some point dinner and beer. I know ya'll triathletes are super picky about that stuff. I am not. So, if you prefer to pick a location I am in. 

3. Post race on Saturday I have all intentions of riding the mechanical chili pepper at La Perla  the freekin' thing has a live web cam, you should all watch. We don't have to eat at La Perla but riding the pepper is a must. I was also told getting Kopps, Cafe Lulu and Maria's Pizza are all very important. 

SO! If you or someone you know would like to hire a PhD with skills in molecular biology, bioinformatics (programming side and bench side), pulmonology/cardiology, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let me know!

Just got pics back from my race weekend at Tenby. One photo stuck out from the rest, for all the wrong reasons.

I look about 80 years old

I thought I'd share something my niece posted on FB yesterday. This is the niece who courageously battled cancer and started running when her chemo was done. Just recently she got my old 10 speed and immediately became an avid cyclist...

A little jingle I made up today...

A rainy day with such might
Hides today’s sunlight.
I see there is no end in sight,
I just want to ride my bike tonight.

Sheets of rain and I don’t care,
It’s just a little water and air.
It comes in spurts and now it’s fair
... Off I go with something warm to wear.

In the rain and I don’t mind,
I am no longer confined.
I pedal fast to unwind
And leave my day behind.

I’m soaking wet
And I don’t regret
What a rush I won’t forget

A rainy day with such might
There was no end in sight
I rode my bike tonight
And it just felt so right! — feeling happy.

Hi, my name is TJ and I'm a race addict...

Seriously, I think I suffer from FOMO, fear of missing out. The upcoming races that I want to do (of course I won't do all of them...maybe):

Dear Manatees. I have a slight scheduling problem.

The 10k Trail race (the one with the multiple water crossings that I did last year) is September 21. I am already signed up for a half marathon on September 22. I want to do both of these.

Last year, I said that I would use the 10k as a training run, but I ended up racing it. I think the half marathon was the week after the trail run last year.

So this year, I'm thinking of going ahead and racing the 10k and then using the half marathon as a "recovery" type training run, since I don't seem to be able to maintain any kind of speed over 13.1 miles.

Of course, this could be scuttled because I am scheduled to go on an accreditation visit on . . . September 22. Sheesh. How do I manage to complicate things so completely?

Anyway, I figure I can run the 13.1 in the morning (after having run the 10k the morning before), shower at the park, drive down to Wichita and fly out for New Mexico and then do the visit Monday and Tuesday (not much time for running anyway on these visits) and then fly back to Kansas on Wednesday and by then, be ready to hit the ground running, so to speak.

That's only 19.3 miles over two days, which right now, is a lot, but by then, not so horrible. My last tri is August 10, and after that is done, I will become running focused through December. My running has been dismally weak over the last 8 weeks, what with one thing and another.

Thoughts?

Attention all AG NAT Manatees looking to meet up. Ima let you know where I will be, and if you choose to accept, can join me for any of it. PM me for my number if you are interested

1. I'll be in Chicago Wednesday night - Friday morning. I am meeting Monica for a run, poutine and beer. I'm also planning on doing some quasi-touristy things (mostly oriented towards art/design/architecture) Oh yeah, Hot Dougs and some deep dish pizza place is on my list (can't remember the name right off.)

2. Meeting switch to do the practice swim in Milwaukee on Friday. I believe this is between 11:00-1:00 and we have not yet nailed down a time but I prefer a little later. After that we have to take our bikes to transition. THEN at some point dinner and beer. I know ya'll triathletes are super picky about that stuff. I am not. So, if you prefer to pick a location I am in. 

3. Post race on Saturday I have all intentions of riding the mechanical chili pepper at La Perla  the freekin' thing has a live web cam, you should all watch. We don't have to eat at La Perla but riding the pepper is a must. I was also told getting Kopps, Cafe Lulu and Maria's Pizza are all very important. 

Dear Manatees. I have a slight scheduling problem.

The 10k Trail race (the one with the multiple water crossings that I did last year) is September 21. I am already signed up for a half marathon on September 22. I want to do both of these.

Last year, I said that I would use the 10k as a training run, but I ended up racing it. I think the half marathon was the week after the trail run last year.

So this year, I'm thinking of going ahead and racing the 10k and then using the half marathon as a "recovery" type training run, since I don't seem to be able to maintain any kind of speed over 13.1 miles.

Of course, this could be scuttled because I am scheduled to go on an accreditation visit on . . . September 22. Sheesh. How do I manage to complicate things so completely?

Anyway, I figure I can run the 13.1 in the morning (after having run the 10k the morning before), shower at the park, drive down to Wichita and fly out for New Mexico and then do the visit Monday and Tuesday (not much time for running anyway on these visits) and then fly back to Kansas on Wednesday and by then, be ready to hit the ground running, so to speak.

That's only 19.3 miles over two days, which right now, is a lot, but by then, not so horrible. My last tri is August 10, and after that is done, I will become running focused through December. My running has been dismally weak over the last 8 weeks, what with one thing and another.

Thoughts?

Attention all AG NAT Manatees looking to meet up. Ima let you know where I will be, and if you choose to accept, can join me for any of it. PM me for my number if you are interested

1. I'll be in Chicago Wednesday night - Friday morning. I am meeting Monica for a run moving forward at a pace slightly faster than a walk for speedy Salty whilst Monica trudges along beside asking frequently "can we stop now", poutine and beer. I'm also planning on doing some quasi-touristy things (mostly oriented towards art/design/architecture) Oh yeah, Hot Dougs and some deep dish pizza place is on my list (can't remember the name right off.)

2. Meeting switch to do the practice swim in Milwaukee on Friday. I believe this is between 11:00-1:00 and we have not yet nailed down a time but I prefer a little later. After that we have to take our bikes to transition. THEN at some point dinner and beer. I know ya'll triathletes are super picky about that stuff. I am not. So, if you prefer to pick a location I am in. 

3. Post race on Saturday I have all intentions of riding the mechanical chili pepper at La Perla  the freekin' thing has a live web cam, you should all watch. We don't have to eat at La Perla but riding the pepper is a must. I was also told getting Kopps, Cafe Lulu and Maria's Pizza are all very important. 

Dear Manatees. I have a slight scheduling problem.

The 10k Trail race (the one with the multiple water crossings that I did last year) is September 21. I am already signed up for a half marathon on September 22. I want to do both of these.

Last year, I said that I would use the 10k as a training run, but I ended up racing it. I think the half marathon was the week after the trail run last year.

So this year, I'm thinking of going ahead and racing the 10k and then using the half marathon as a "recovery" type training run, since I don't seem to be able to maintain any kind of speed over 13.1 miles.

Of course, this could be scuttled because I am scheduled to go on an accreditation visit on . . . September 22. Sheesh. How do I manage to complicate things so completely?

Anyway, I figure I can run the 13.1 in the morning (after having run the 10k the morning before), shower at the park, drive down to Wichita and fly out for New Mexico and then do the visit Monday and Tuesday (not much time for running anyway on these visits) and then fly back to Kansas on Wednesday and by then, be ready to hit the ground running, so to speak.

That's only 19.3 miles over two days, which right now, is a lot, but by then, not so horrible. My last tri is August 10, and after that is done, I will become running focused through December. My running has been dismally weak over the last 8 weeks, what with one thing and another.

Thoughts?

I had to fix that first point for you. 

There are a TON of architecture tours to choose from - the Architecture Foundation has a number of walking/boat/bus tours as well as a pretty cool store on Michigan Avenue:  http://www.architecture.org/

Giordano's is the most touristy deep dish pizza place, but the hubs & I actually prefer Gino's East (and there's one located conveniently a block from our apartment), and there will absolutely be poutine on Thursday!

We may be in Milwaukee for Friday night dinner - will let you know, but the chili pepper riding is a MUST... and there will be pictures.   

I don't disagree with the comments from everyone else. I'm just here to say let me  know if you have time to get together for a meal or even coffee.

Definitely. I don't have the schedule for the visit yet, so I'm not sure what all will be happening and when.

Thanks for the comments. I feel the need to remind everyone that my "racing" speed is most of you all's "I can't run that slow" speed. So, "racing" the 10-k on a single track trail is not going to be speedy, for anyone there. But I learned from running it last year that I have the unexplainable need to pass people in front of me, especially when they are showing weakness. (insert evil grin).

I hadn't thought about the Disney Goofy challenge days. That also reminded me that last year, I ran 6-7 miles the day before the 25k "race." When I am running focused, I usually run 6-7 days a week, so I'm not worried about back to back runs. My only "concern," if I have one, is that my mileage is way down right now. I'm sure I can build it back up again, reasonably quickly, but I am also all about avoiding injury.

I still have time to think about it. Sunday is supposed to be a travel day for the visit, and if I run the half, I won't be able to get into Albuquerque until about 8:30 p.m. That may be kind of late for my team.

Very cool, thanks! I volunteered with the Seattle Architecture Foundation doing walking tours for a bit. I might self guide but I do like the idea of a boat. I once built a model in design school of the John Hancock building using a Fiji water bottle and a brick. Symbolism? I think so!