Mad Manatee Mentors CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?) (Page 26)

Well, keep in mind the run is going to be 105 miles and 25K elevation gain. So, while I would love to, the summit is not quite feasible. There is also glacial travel so we would need ice axes and likely crampons. Running with those things, and other necessary mountaineering grea wouldn't work. It's likely a 12+ hour ascent/descent 

But yes, at some point I will go for it. 

Originally posted by melbo55 I'm hanging with Dad at his first chemo treatment, thanks, manatees for offering quality entertainment as usual!Thanks for starting the manatee TR group, fun! I did my 20 minute TT for coach today, for a total workout of 70 minutes, right, Erin ? Later I will go against desires and run inside on my friend's treadmill. There is a wind chill advisory, we had wind chills of -10 last night. Later still, I have hockey practice, a very busy day indeed!Good news, Dad and I will be getting outta here sooner than expected! Sorry for the formatting, I'm on my tablet.

Wow, you're a busy girl!

Glad you could be with your dad for his first treatment. You'll be able to guide the others through what to expect and I'm sure it's a comfort for Dad.

Originally posted by rrrunner

Originally posted by melbo55 I'm hanging with Dad at his first chemo treatment, thanks, manatees for offering quality entertainment as usual!Thanks for starting the manatee TR group, fun! I did my 20 minute TT for coach today, for a total workout of 70 minutes, right, Erin ? Later I will go against desires and run inside on my friend's treadmill. There is a wind chill advisory, we had wind chills of -10 last night. Later still, I have hockey practice, a very busy day indeed!Good news, Dad and I will be getting outta here sooner than expected! Sorry for the formatting, I'm on my tablet.

Wow, you're a busy girl!

Glad you could be with your dad for his first treatment. You'll be able to guide the others through what to expect and I'm sure it's a comfort for Dad.

x2

Glad he's getting out early! Overachiever  

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Originally posted by Asalzwed

Originally posted by rrrunner

Originally posted by melbo55 I'm hanging with Dad at his first chemo treatment, thanks, manatees for offering quality entertainment as usual!Thanks for starting the manatee TR group, fun! I did my 20 minute TT for coach today, for a total workout of 70 minutes, right, Erin ? Later I will go against desires and run inside on my friend's treadmill. There is a wind chill advisory, we had wind chills of -10 last night. Later still, I have hockey practice, a very busy day indeed!Good news, Dad and I will be getting outta here sooner than expected! Sorry for the formatting, I'm on my tablet.

Wow, you're a busy girl!

Glad you could be with your dad for his first treatment. You'll be able to guide the others through what to expect and I'm sure it's a comfort for Dad.

x2

Glad he's getting out early! Overachiever  

It's so important for family to just be there with them.  Happy for him (and you) that you're able to!

Matt

In response to the TR posts, can someone break it down for me? 

<and a response here of, "Let me Google Trainer Road for you" would not be inappropro, but I'm curious about how you all use it>

Thanks.

Matt

lol same. And then my follow up questions would be:

A. Can this be done on a beach cruiser or whilst casually riding to happy hour or will that drag the team down?

Trainerroad is a program that takes feedback from ANT+ Sensors (speed, cadence, power, etc) and gives a head up to display showing feedback as you progress through a workout.  There are all kinds of workouts that are based on your FTP, so your targets for each interval of a given workout change as your FTP does.  
For example here's a readout from my last TR ride:
http://www.trainerroad.com/cycling/rides/1442496-Sufferfest-Fight-Club

The whole interface is very well done, but the added draw is for those without powermeters you can get a virtual power number based on a curve programmed by the TR staff.  Most trainers are supported.  This gives people who have never ridden with power an awesome introduction on what riding with power is like.  This was a huge plus for me.

Thanks for the explanation. I don't believe I qualify

That data you posted is really interesting, though. And that is coming from a non-data person. 

It changed the way I ride indoors completely and for the better.  I would put TR up there with learning about VDOT in things that improved my performance.

Must be Disney marathon weekend!

Stacey sent Phil to Indianapolis so that he can get a taste of winter on her behalf. ;-)

blahblahblah bundled up blahblah.  High today in the 20s.  Not exactly our average high temperature of 51.  Heck, our high temperature today is lower than our normal low temperature for January (30).

I was under the impression that yo-yo weather was kinda normal for the Front Range?

Yeah, but not usually this much from day to day.  Typically, it fluctuates more in 3-4 day stretches than like this.

Originally posted by melbo55 I'm hanging with Dad at his first chemo treatment, thanks, manatees for offering quality entertainment as usual!Thanks for starting the manatee TR group, fun! I did my 20 minute TT for coach today, for a total workout of 70 minutes, right, Erin ? Later I will go against desires and run inside on my friend's treadmill. There is a wind chill advisory, we had wind chills of -10 last night. Later still, I have hockey practice, a very busy day indeed!Good news, Dad and I will be getting outta here sooner than expected! Sorry for the formatting, I'm on my tablet.

Melanie, glad to hear your Dad is getting through the first session ok.  I have no idea what your experience is with all of this but time in between sessions is the real work.  Again, I don't know what drugs he is taking or other factors but comfort and support between the sessions is critical in getting through this.  There are some great anti-nausea drugs so hopefully he wouldn't have any issues there.  Red and white blood cell counts can be affected causing fatigue (red cells) and lower immunity (white cells).  Wishing him the best and if you have any questions let me know.  Unfortunately, I'm pretty well versed in this stuff. 

Originally posted by mcmanusclan5

Originally posted by Asalzwed

Originally posted by rrrunner

Originally posted by melbo55 I'm hanging with Dad at his first chemo treatment, thanks, manatees for offering quality entertainment as usual!Thanks for starting the manatee TR group, fun! I did my 20 minute TT for coach today, for a total workout of 70 minutes, right, Erin ? Later I will go against desires and run inside on my friend's treadmill. There is a wind chill advisory, we had wind chills of -10 last night. Later still, I have hockey practice, a very busy day indeed!Good news, Dad and I will be getting outta here sooner than expected! Sorry for the formatting, I'm on my tablet.

Wow, you're a busy girl!

Glad you could be with your dad for his first treatment. You'll be able to guide the others through what to expect and I'm sure it's a comfort for Dad.

x2

Glad he's getting out early! Overachiever  

It's so important for family to just be there with them.  Happy for him (and you) that you're able to!

Matt

x eleventy billion!  

The Cyclocross Nationals are being held in Austin this weekend and there was a bit of a hullabaloo that it wouldn't be "tough enough" weather-wise for some of those used to competing in cooler climes... it will be sleeting/freezing rain with highs of 35 here this weekend, do you think that will do? 

I WAS going to go and spectate, but might wait until Sunday afternoon for the pro/elite waves.   

Originally posted by blueyedbikergirl

Originally posted by mcmanusclan5

Originally posted by Asalzwed

Originally posted by rrrunner

Originally posted by melbo55 I'm hanging with Dad at his first chemo treatment, thanks, manatees for offering quality entertainment as usual!Thanks for starting the manatee TR group, fun! I did my 20 minute TT for coach today, for a total workout of 70 minutes, right, Erin ? Later I will go against desires and run inside on my friend's treadmill. There is a wind chill advisory, we had wind chills of -10 last night. Later still, I have hockey practice, a very busy day indeed!Good news, Dad and I will be getting outta here sooner than expected! Sorry for the formatting, I'm on my tablet.

Wow, you're a busy girl!

Glad you could be with your dad for his first treatment. You'll be able to guide the others through what to expect and I'm sure it's a comfort for Dad.

x2

Glad he's getting out early! Overachiever  

It's so important for family to just be there with them.  Happy for him (and you) that you're able to!

Matt

x eleventy billion!  

x2 x eleventy billion!!

It is Disney marathon weekend.  Started today with the 5k in feels like the 20s weather, the 10 k Friday will be in the 40s, HM Saturday upper 40's to start/60's at the end and the marathon Sunday 50s into the 70s.  I know the marathon people wish the pattern was reversed!  I also know a number of people doing all 4 races (the Dopey challenge).  I think they are all nuts!!

Originally posted by Richardsdrr

Originally posted by msteiner

It changed the way I ride indoors completely and for the better.  I would put TR up there with learning about VDOT in things that improved my performance.

I was going to say something similar. TR is like having a coach on each indoor training session with you. Telling you how much effort to put in, for how long and, on occasions, why. Instead of blindly doing workouts on a trainer you can follow a progressive plan that targets zones specific to your fitness level. Kind of like Daniels VDot pace tables are specific to a particular athletes fitness level. Some of the workouts also prompt you to carry out drills (pick ups, low/high cadence, ILTs etc). TR on its own is worth its yearly membership (seriously, for a sport where the majority of athletes would not bat an eyelid at paying xxxx dollars for a bike/set of wheels, it surprises me more people don't use it) but coupled with sufferfest videos, it can be a real pain fest' with no escape. I've said it before, TR is probably the best value for money I've spent so far in the past 26 months since starting this. BUT, it's only good value if you use it

It helps so much to have the power number I'm trying to hit on the screen in front of me.  It makes it easier to focus, and an hour (or whatever) goes by fairly quickly.

It turns any trainer into a power meter (essentially).  Not as precise a number, but as consistent, which is basically as important.

I know it is.  I still remember the snow/sleet event of 2010. It was all and I was expecting -- not ice on the roads at the water stations!

The Dopey is on my  bucket list.... I guess we'll see if I still feel that way after my first marathon in May

The Dopey is on our bucket list too - as we've agreed that 2016 is a no IM distance year, it might just be in the cards...