Manatee Mayhem Part Deux - 2017 Edition (Page 25)

Hey manatees, thanks for the good wishes, sorry I had to tap out before starting the second loop on the run  I don't know if you saw the weather, but we had a front come through yesterday, wind was crazy ; not sure what the sustained were for sure, but I was told about 25 with gust to 35.  wind was all day, even on the swim. It got worse on the bike and when the front really moved through it rained and temps drops. I got hyperthermia on the bike. I was shivering and couldn't stop. My feet lost all feeling, so did my hands. In fact, I couldn't shift gears 1 handed and even using 2 was difficult, taking multiple minutes. After finally finishing the bike, I needed a volunteer to basically dress me for the run! She had to take off my helmet, put on my arm warmers and help me get into my running shorts. I spent extra time in the changing tent trying to stop shivering. Finally got on the Run and had a decent first mile, but then things started to go down hill. My back started seizing up cramping. So, I resorted to a very haphazard run- walk. Then my hamstrings started cramping, so walks got longer. I couldn't take in nutrition which I was probably already behind with the extra work on the bike and extra burn from shivering. The last few miles on the first loop were all walking. Of course, it got dark and the winds were still blowing, so I started shivering again. When I tapped out my body was shaking uncontrollably.  I was sooo cold. I needed the volunteers to take off my chip, they gave me gloves and my friend who was sherpaing  put me in a warm jacket. Thankfully, the hotel was very close. Back at it I was wrapped in a comforter, the bathroom heated up and eventually I was able to stop shivering long enough to get in.  My hands were still frozen after the long shower.

im very disappointed my race ended the way it did and second guess my decision to abandon it- i probabably could have walked the seond loop and still made the cut off- had I just been dealing with back spasms and cramping hamstring, but With the hyperthermia I think I was headed toward the medical tent. 

Congrats to Janyne and Jim for an awesome race!! 

Hey manatees, thanks for the good wishes, sorry I had to tap out before starting the second loop on the run  I don't know if you saw the weather, but we had a front come through yesterday, wind was crazy ; not sure what the sustained were for sure, but I was told about 25 with gust to 35.  wind was all day, even on the swim. It got worse on the bike and when the front really moved through it rained and temps drops. I got hyperthermia on the bike. I was shivering and couldn't stop. My feet lost all feeling, so did my hands. In fact, I couldn't shift gears 1 handed and even using 2 was difficult, taking multiple minutes. After finally finishing the bike, I needed a volunteer to basically dress me for the run! She had to take off my helmet, put on my arm warmers and help me get into my running shorts. I spent extra time in the changing tent trying to stop shivering. Finally got on the Run and had a decent first mile, but then things started to go down hill. My back started seizing up cramping. So, I resorted to a very haphazard run- walk. Then my hamstrings started cramping, so walks got longer. I couldn't take in nutrition which I was probably already behind with the extra work on the bike and extra burn from shivering. The last few miles on the first loop were all walking. Of course, it got dark and the winds were still blowing, so I started shivering again. When I tapped out my body was shaking uncontrollably.  I was sooo cold. I needed the volunteers to take off my chip, they gave me gloves and my friend who was sherpaing  put me in a warm jacket. Thankfully, the hotel was very close. Back at it I was wrapped in a comforter, the bathroom heated up and eventually I was able to stop shivering long enough to get in.  My hands were still frozen after the long shower.

im very disappointed my race ended the way it did and second guess my decision to abandon it- i probabably could have walked the seond loop and still made the cut off- had I just been dealing with back spasms and cramping hamstring, but With the hyperthermia I think I was headed toward the medical tent. 

Congrats to Janyne and Jim for an awesome race!! 

TJ and Melanie, hope you had good races.

Mine was more of a run than race   My longest run since my HIM in July has been 13km and the race was 30....was having cuboid syndrome issues so run volume was down.  We just decided it would be run and then drink beer.  17km in and neither of us was sure we were going to finish, but we made it!  First half is super technical, with first 9km uphill.  Second half has some really good climbs, but nice trails.  Not a terrible way to spend a Saturday!

Hey manatees, thanks for the good wishes, sorry I had to tap out before starting the second loop on the run  I don't know if you saw the weather, but we had a front come through yesterday, wind was crazy ; not sure what the sustained were for sure, but I was told about 25 with gust to 35.  wind was all day, even on the swim. It got worse on the bike and when the front really moved through it rained and temps drops. I got hyperthermia on the bike. I was shivering and couldn't stop. My feet lost all feeling, so did my hands. In fact, I couldn't shift gears 1 handed and even using 2 was difficult, taking multiple minutes. After finally finishing the bike, I needed a volunteer to basically dress me for the run! She had to take off my helmet, put on my arm warmers and help me get into my running shorts. I spent extra time in the changing tent trying to stop shivering. Finally got on the Run and had a decent first mile, but then things started to go down hill. My back started seizing up cramping. So, I resorted to a very haphazard run- walk. Then my hamstrings started cramping, so walks got longer. I couldn't take in nutrition which I was probably already behind with the extra work on the bike and extra burn from shivering. The last few miles on the first loop were all walking. Of course, it got dark and the winds were still blowing, so I started shivering again. When I tapped out my body was shaking uncontrollably.  I was sooo cold. I needed the volunteers to take off my chip, they gave me gloves and my friend who was sherpaing  put me in a warm jacket. Thankfully, the hotel was very close. Back at it I was wrapped in a comforter, the bathroom heated up and eventually I was able to stop shivering long enough to get in.  My hands were still frozen after the long shower.

im very disappointed my race ended the way it did and second guess my decision to abandon it- i probabably could have walked the seond loop and still made the cut off- had I just been dealing with back spasms and cramping hamstring, but With the hyperthermia I think I was headed toward the medical tent. 

Congrats to Janyne and Jim for an awesome race!! 

Hey manatees, thanks for the good wishes, sorry I had to tap out before starting the second loop on the run  I don't know if you saw the weather, but we had a front come through yesterday, wind was crazy ; not sure what the sustained were for sure, but I was told about 25 with gust to 35.  wind was all day, even on the swim. It got worse on the bike and when the front really moved through it rained and temps drops. I got hyperthermia on the bike. I was shivering and couldn't stop. My feet lost all feeling, so did my hands. In fact, I couldn't shift gears 1 handed and even using 2 was difficult, taking multiple minutes. After finally finishing the bike, I needed a volunteer to basically dress me for the run! She had to take off my helmet, put on my arm warmers and help me get into my running shorts. I spent extra time in the changing tent trying to stop shivering. Finally got on the Run and had a decent first mile, but then things started to go down hill. My back started seizing up cramping. So, I resorted to a very haphazard run- walk. Then my hamstrings started cramping, so walks got longer. I couldn't take in nutrition which I was probably already behind with the extra work on the bike and extra burn from shivering. The last few miles on the first loop were all walking. Of course, it got dark and the winds were still blowing, so I started shivering again. When I tapped out my body was shaking uncontrollably.  I was sooo cold. I needed the volunteers to take off my chip, they gave me gloves and my friend who was sherpaing  put me in a warm jacket. Thankfully, the hotel was very close. Back at it I was wrapped in a comforter, the bathroom heated up and eventually I was able to stop shivering long enough to get in.  My hands were still frozen after the long shower.

im very disappointed my race ended the way it did and second guess my decision to abandon it- i probabably could have walked the seond loop and still made the cut off- had I just been dealing with back spasms and cramping hamstring, but With the hyperthermia I think I was headed toward the medical tent. 

Congrats to Janyne and Jim for an awesome race!! 

Sorry to see you had to drop, but very happy you had the sense to do so. Hypothermia is quite serious. Shivering can burn through energy stores fast so you would be down as you thought.

I'm guessing you'll have times you wished you finished the walk, I did with mine, but remember all this before kicking yourself. Heat gave me too many issues, a major one being asthma kicking in far more than I'd ever experienced. Limited to very shallow breaths as lungs just would not expand any more. Walking felt fine, aid stations would be ~1 mile apart, but with walking that's 15-20' at least. It wouldn't take much to turn much worse before I could get there. And that's just to the start of getting help. They're not an ER and may not have any sort of training for that. Different specifics here, but much the same concept for your situation.

That alone says you made the right decision! 

Hey manatees, thanks for the good wishes, sorry I had to tap out before starting the second loop on the run  I don't know if you saw the weather, but we had a front come through yesterday, wind was crazy ; not sure what the sustained were for sure, but I was told about 25 with gust to 35.  wind was all day, even on the swim. It got worse on the bike and when the front really moved through it rained and temps drops. I got hyperthermia on the bike. I was shivering and couldn't stop. My feet lost all feeling, so did my hands. In fact, I couldn't shift gears 1 handed and even using 2 was difficult, taking multiple minutes. After finally finishing the bike, I needed a volunteer to basically dress me for the run! She had to take off my helmet, put on my arm warmers and help me get into my running shorts. I spent extra time in the changing tent trying to stop shivering. Finally got on the Run and had a decent first mile, but then things started to go down hill. My back started seizing up cramping. So, I resorted to a very haphazard run- walk. Then my hamstrings started cramping, so walks got longer. I couldn't take in nutrition which I was probably already behind with the extra work on the bike and extra burn from shivering. The last few miles on the first loop were all walking. Of course, it got dark and the winds were still blowing, so I started shivering again. When I tapped out my body was shaking uncontrollably.  I was sooo cold. I needed the volunteers to take off my chip, they gave me gloves and my friend who was sherpaing  put me in a warm jacket. Thankfully, the hotel was very close. Back at it I was wrapped in a comforter, the bathroom heated up and eventually I was able to stop shivering long enough to get in.  My hands were still frozen after the long shower.

im very disappointed my race ended the way it did and second guess my decision to abandon it- i probabably could have walked the seond loop and still made the cut off- had I just been dealing with back spasms and cramping hamstring, but With the hyperthermia I think I was headed toward the medical tent. 

Congrats to Janyne and Jim for an awesome race!! 

Congrats to Janyne and Jim!  Were you two running together for a little while?  It seemed that way from the tracker.

Hey manatees, thanks for the good wishes, sorry I had to tap out before starting the second loop on the run  I don't know if you saw the weather, but we had a front come through yesterday, wind was crazy ; not sure what the sustained were for sure, but I was told about 25 with gust to 35.  wind was all day, even on the swim. It got worse on the bike and when the front really moved through it rained and temps drops. I got hyperthermia on the bike. I was shivering and couldn't stop. My feet lost all feeling, so did my hands. In fact, I couldn't shift gears 1 handed and even using 2 was difficult, taking multiple minutes. After finally finishing the bike, I needed a volunteer to basically dress me for the run! She had to take off my helmet, put on my arm warmers and help me get into my running shorts. I spent extra time in the changing tent trying to stop shivering. Finally got on the Run and had a decent first mile, but then things started to go down hill. My back started seizing up cramping. So, I resorted to a very haphazard run- walk. Then my hamstrings started cramping, so walks got longer. I couldn't take in nutrition which I was probably already behind with the extra work on the bike and extra burn from shivering. The last few miles on the first loop were all walking. Of course, it got dark and the winds were still blowing, so I started shivering again. When I tapped out my body was shaking uncontrollably.  I was sooo cold. I needed the volunteers to take off my chip, they gave me gloves and my friend who was sherpaing  put me in a warm jacket. Thankfully, the hotel was very close. Back at it I was wrapped in a comforter, the bathroom heated up and eventually I was able to stop shivering long enough to get in.  My hands were still frozen after the long shower.

im very disappointed my race ended the way it did and second guess my decision to abandon it- i probabably could have walked the seond loop and still made the cut off- had I just been dealing with back spasms and cramping hamstring, but With the hyperthermia I think I was headed toward the medical tent. 

Congrats to Janyne and Jim for an awesome race!! 

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